Upcoming

• April 2024: Panel Moderator at Left Coast Crime: Literary Chills, with Peter Malone Elliott, Lee Matthew Goldberg, Carol Orange, Joseph Reid/Parker Adams

• TBD Release Date: The Write It Scared Podcast / invited guest

• TBD Release Date: The Write Approach Podcast / Invited guest

• TBD Release Date: LitMatch Podcast with Abigail Perry: First Chapters: Colleen Hoover’s Verity (with Samantha Skal)

• TBD Release Date: LitMatch Podcast with Abigail Perry: First Chapters: Liv Constantine’s The Last Mrs. Parrish (with Samantha Skal)

Past appearances

• February 2024: ProWritingAid Romance Writers’ Week 2024 / 60-minute webinar / invited guest speaker

• January 2024: Designing Thriller and Mystery Twists That Work. Guest blog post for Jane Friedman: https://janefriedman.com/designing-thriller-and-mystery-twists-that-work/

• September 2023: ProWritingAid Science Fiction Writers’ Week 2023 / 60-minute webinar / invited guest speaker

• July/August 2023: ProWritingAid Academy: Solving Suspense Issues Through Antagonist Character Development - 6 week course, available to students in ProWritingAid’s pro-membership

• July 2023: Villain Logic: The Key to Solving Your Thriller’s Climax Block. Guest blog post for Jane Friedman: https://janefriedman.com/villain-logic-the-key-to-solving-your-thrillers-climax-block

• June 2023: Panel Moderator at Thrillerfest: Post-It Notes, Napkins, or Outlines: Stringing Your Plot Together, with Reed Bunzel, Cindy Fazzi, Elise Hart Kipness, Ward Larsen, and Brendan Reichs.

• May 2023: Panel Moderator at CraftFest at Thrillerfest: Pitch Perfect: Crafting an Effective Pitch with Lori Galvin of Aevitas Creative, Liza Fleissig of Liza Royce Agency, Joe Brosnan of Grove/Atlantic, and CeCe Lyra of P.S. Literary

• May 2023: LitMatch Podcast with Abigail Perry: First Chapters: Riley Sager’s The House Across the Lake (with Samantha Skal). https://www.abigailkperry.com/podcasts/lit-match/episodes/2147941895

• May 2023: Turning Readers into Writers Podcast with Emma Dhesi: Topic: How to Write Twists and Reveals in your Suspense Novel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKdHMSwmDFQ&t=725s

• May 2023: How to Write Plot Twists and Reveals. Guest blog post for Emma Dhesi: https://emmadhesi.com/plot-twists/

• April 2023: ProWritingAid Crime Writers’ Week 2023 / 60-minute webinar / invited guest speaker: Developing Suspense in Scenes.

• February 2023: Launchpad: The Countdown to Writing Your Book, Guest contributor. Contributed chapter: “Developing Suspense in Scenes”. Red Penguin Books. Non-fiction, writing advice.

• November 2022: ProWritingAid Romance Writers’ Week 2022 / 60-minute webinar / invited guest speaker: Developing Romantic Suspense

• August 2022: ProWritingAid SciFi Writers’ Week 2022 / 60-minute webinar / invited guest speaker: How to Get Out of Revision Hell

• August 2022: #AmWriting Podcast with KJ Dell'Antonia and Jennie Nash: One Outline to Rule Them All (Even if You Hate Outlining): Blueprint for a Book Step 8: https://amwriting.substack.com/p/one-outline-to-rule-them-all-even

• June 2022: ProWritingAid: Crime Writers’ Week 2022 / 60-minute webinar / invited guest speaker: How to Get Out of Revision Hell

• May 2022: HappyWriter Webinar Series / 60-minute webinar / invited guest speaker: The Dreaded Synopsis

• April 2022: Common Mistakes with Revision OR The Dos and Don'ts of Self-Revision. Guest blog post for Author Accelerator. https://www.bookcoaches.com/blog/common-revision-mistakes