Craft

Workshops I teach

• The Poisoned Pen
• ​Developing the Romance
• A Hard Knock Life: Lessons Learned on the Path to Happily Ever After
• Building a Writing Schedule - see my sample schedule
  

Classes I've taken

• The "W" Plot by Karen Doctor
• Plotting Bootcamp by Angela Knight
• Screenwriters Tricks for Authors by Alexandra Sokoloff
• Show vs Tell by Susan Gee Heino
• Reinvention and Self-Publishing by Mary Campisi
• Fast Draft and Revision Hell Boot Camp - Heather Long and Candy Havens
• The Fire in Fiction - Donald Maass
• Lessons of Firefly: Learning from the Works of Joss Whedon  - Jacqi Jacoby
• How to Build Suspense in Any Genre - Ezra Barany
• Compelling Characters and Scenes - Shirley Jump
• Confict: How to Build It, Sustain It, Resolve It - Jaye Roycroft
• Body Language and Dialogue Cues - Margie Lawson
• Deep Editing Techniques - Margie Lawson
• Self-Publishing - Elizabeth Knight
• Amping the Mysteries of Criminal Behavior - Janie Bill 
• Story Structure Safari - Lisa Miller
• Immersion Master Class - Margie Lawson

Contests I've entered

• Chicago's Fire and Ice - Sex and Insensibility - 2nd place
• NEORWA Cleveland Rocks - Sex and Insensibility - 3rd place
• Tampa Area Romance Authors - Fallen Stars - 1st place
• First Coast Romance Writers Beacon Contest - Sex and Insensibility - 1st place w/ full request
• COFW Ignite the Flame - Saving Sam
• NWHouson Lone Star - Fallen Stars and Saving Sam (1st place)
• Heart of Denver Molly - Saving Sam - first place and winner of the Unsinkable Heroine award
• GRW Maggie's - Fallen Stars - 2nd place
• Romance the Lakes - Fallen Stars - 3rd place w/ full request
• Kiss of Death Daphne du Maurier - 1st place Fallen Stars

Conferences and RWA Chapters

• Central Ohio Fiction Writers
• Heart of Carolina RWA
• NEORWA Cleveland Rocks Romance
• Crossroads RWA Writers' Retreat
• Indiana RWA 
• RWA Nationals
• Connecticut RWA