Classes, talks, and events – all with a dash of whimsy.
For decades, I’ve played in bands, taught yoga to kids and adults, pitched creative campaigns for a living and given lots of writer talks. Want to get kids excited about writing? Check. Looking for an author visit that’s interactive and fun? Hi! Need a moderator who can really get the panelists talking? Yoo-hoo! I love inspiring kids to write, authors to keep going, and everyone else to feel enthusiastic and empowered. Here are a few class examples. Look for recorded classes here in the future!
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Kid Classes + School Visits
Making Magic Writer’s Workshop: Character Mood Boards
Inspiration, Activate! Getting started on your novel
It’s Alive! Creating Memorable Characters that Work
Happy Little Writers: Creating the Writer’s Universe
Stretch Your Way to Story: Yoga and Writing Workshop
Adult Classes & Keynotes
Voice Lessons: Writing for a Young Adult Audience
Every Day is NanoWrimo: Writing, Revising, and Beyond
Persistence is Punk Rock: Launching a Debut Novel
Launch with Love: How to Launch your Book with Enthusiasm and Heart
Launch with Love: Embrace your Inner Book Champion
Launch with Love: The Seven Secrets of Social Media
Events
Stay tuned! Scheduling for 2022.
Past events
Sisters In Crime Guest Speaker: Author Promo, Spring 2021
PDX Young Writers’s Camp: Grades 6 - 8: Summer 2015 - 2019
PSU/Write to Publish: Panell, Writers at Work
Portland Book Festival: Voice Lessons, Writing for a Young Adult Audience (2016)
The Dalles/Wasco Library NanoWrimo Zoom Pep Talk for Teens
Powell’s League of Exceptional Writers Workshop: It’s Alive! Creating Memorable Characters that Work
SCBWI Next Level Series: Launch with Love: How to Launch your Novel and Yourself
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour, Bend Library with Elena Passarello
Young Willamette Writers: The Writer’s Universe
Various Elementary and Middle School Author Days
Literary Arts Reading with Rossanne Perry, Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown
Seattle LitCrawl
Wordstock School Visits, Panels, and Readings, Portland, OR
The Theory of Everything Book Tour
Portland: Barnes and Noble, Bridgeport Village
Dallas: Barnes and Noble, Lincoln Park
Austin: Book People + music with Tim Kerr’s “Up Around The Sun”
Portland: Powell’s Books THEORY Launch! Featured readings and a panel (moderated by Kari) with David Iverson (FIRECRACKER) and Kirsten Smith (TRINKETS)