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Liner notes of recent workshops...

AUTHOR PLATFORM & BRANDING

FIRST PAGES WORKSHOP

A DECENT PROPOSAL

WRITING THE OTHER

I love to meet authors at conferences. Want to know the conferences I'll be attending this year?

Upcoming Events...

• February 21-23, 2020: WriteOnCon (Online) 
• March 29, 2020: Maryland Writers Conference (Hyattsville, MD)
• May 1-3, 2020: NESCBWI National Conference (Springfield, MA)
• May 16, 2020: 2020 Florida Writing Workshop (Tampa, FL) 
• May 27-29, 2020: BookExpo 2020 (New York, NY)
• June 12-14, 2020: DFW Writers (Dallas, TX)
• October 2-4, 2020: The Loft's Wordsmith Conference (Minneapolis, MN)

My 2020 calendar is filling up fast but I'd love to speak at your conference or writer workshop.

I'd love to speak at your conference...

I'm available for speaking engagements on the following topics:

• First Page(s) Workshop
• Query/Synopsis Workshop
• ​Author Branding & Platform Building
• A Closer Look at Diverse & Inclusive Representation in Publishing
• A Decent Proposal: How to Get in Bed with a Publisher Without Losing Your Shirt
• Activism in Publishing: Raising our Voices without Silencing Others
  
• It's All in the Hook: Writing Your Elevator Pitch
• Rise of the Hybrid Author: Paths to Publication
• Why #WeNeedDiverseBooks
• Why you need a Literary Agent 
• Motivation and brainstorming workshops​
• Pitch Events
• Advocacy: Autism Parenting, LGBT Parenting, Latinx in Publishing, POC in Publishing

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