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