Teaching and Coaching.
Content Editor, Writer
The Productive Indie Fiction Writer
2018 to date
Twice weekly how-to posts for authors, covering productivity, time management, writing more, and other related topics. Includes a weekly log post discussing the author’s own productivity goals and achievements. Direct problem solving for authors via email.
Workshop Presenter & Panelist
Various writing conferences and libraries
1999 to date.
Presented solo workshops (both paid and unpaid) and participated in multi-author panels at a great many author conferences, including multiple appearances at the Romantic Times Convention (USA), The Book Lovers Convention (USA), The Romance Writers of America Calgary Chapter, Pure Speculation (Edmonton), St. Albert Public Library, Strathcona County Library, Edmonton Public Library.
Multi-year attendance of the When Words Collide conference (Calgary). Included Blue Pencil Café sessions, with direct coaching of authors. Provided editing services and appeared as a panelist on multiple panels.
Presented an online 90-minute workshop on “After the Happy Ever After — What to do with your romance novel once you’ve written ‘The End,’” for the Saskatchewan Writers Guild in April 2022.
Workshop presenter and guest author at Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival, Shuswap, May 2025.
Writing Instructor
1999 to 2007
- Taught a variety of non-credit adult writing courses for The Writing Works.
- Developed course content and teaching materials to support the courses.