Speaking

Schedule permitting, I am happy to come speak to your class, book club, conference, radio show, etc., either in person or by video chat.

Previous Engagements

Catholic Writers Conference Live
July, 2022
“Character-Driven vs. Plot-Driven: False Dichotomy”
Panel Discussion: The Editing Process

Apocatastasis Institute Podcast
May, 2021
“Vampires, Digital Age Publication, and the Author’s Craft”

St. Benedict Institute at Hope College & Collegium Institute at UPenn
April, 2021
Panel discussion: “On the Making of Books: Crafting Catholic Literature for the 21st Century” 

The Catholic Writers Guild Conference Online 
February, 2021
“Tension and Conflict in Fiction”

September, 2019
“Thematic Grace: Stories Without Sermons”

The Catholic Writers Guild Conference Live
Lancaster, PA, July-August, 2019
“Thematic Grace: Stories Without Sermons” and “Horror: The Genre of the Sacred”

The Louisiana Book Festival
Downtown Baton Rouge, November, 2018
Panel, “Dark Fantasies: Fairy Tales and Ghost Stories for Grown-Ups”

Doxacon Prime
St. Sophia’s Orthodox Cathedral, Washington, D.C., November, 2018
“Sacred Monsters: Horror Stories as Spiritual Parables”

The Catholic Writers Guild Conference Online
September, 2018
“Beyond Showing: The Art of Immersive Writing”

“Meet the Author” Radio Show with host Ken Huck
Radio Maria, November, 2017

Trying to Say ‘God’: Re-enchanting Catholic Literature
Notre Dame University, June, 2017
Panel, “The Marian Effect: Building strong Women in Writing and Life”

The Catholic Writers Guild Conference Online
February, 2017
“Horror: The Genre of the Sacred”

The Louisiana Book Festival
Downtown Baton Rouge, October, 2016
Featured author book talk on Jennifer the Damned

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