Events

Stories on Stage: Mixed Company

Saturday, November 10, 2 p.m.

Su Teatro, 721 Santa Fe Dr, Denver, CO

Denver theater group Stories on Stage has selected my work for this season's single author showcase! Actors will present "Mixed Company," featuring my stories and satire. After there will be a Q&A and milk and cookies for all! Tickets are $26.

Fiction Four-Pack: Special Topics in Fiction

Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at Lighthouse Writers Workshop and on Zoom (hybrid), October 22 - November 12

In this four-week craft class—ideal for writers who've mastered the basics—we'll discuss some trickier craft moves in fiction, including multiple-timeline narratives, multiple-perspective stories, and ways to incorporate humor and social justice themes in our fiction. Writers are invited to help shape the class by letting the teacher know what tricky fiction craft moves they would be interested in learning.

Sign up here!

Berthoud Literary Festival

Saturday, September 21

I will be chatting and signing books from 1-1:45 and 3-3:30, and in between, from 2-3, I will be discussing the wonders of short stories with fabulous writer Claire Boyles. Read all about the many wonderful events scheduled for the festival here.

September 23 - October 14

This four-week craft class will give you an overview of essential techniques for a solid writing foundation in any genre of fiction. We'll cover how to create fictional characters with authenticity and verve, how to build suspense and maintain tension, how to make classic story structures fresh, and microstructure techniques to maintain momentum and pacing. This class is ideal for busy people—homework will be light, with some optional stories to read. This class is hybrid--register for in-person or Zoom!

September 6, 2024

Frame: A Literary Salon

I’m looking forward to participating in the Frame Literary Salon at East Window Gallery in north Boulder (4550 Broadway), alongside writers Elizabeth Robinson and Charly Fasano, from 7 to 9 p.m. As always, Frame is hosted by The Literary Ladies, Sarah Elizabeth Schantz and Toni Roxanne Oswald. It’s free, so come on out!

September 9 - November 1

I’ll be teaching an 8-week online fiction class for Jesuit Media Lab, “Writing Techniques Inspired by Catholic Fiction.” We’ll meet asynchronously on the Wet Ink platform, and I’ll also host a couple of optional Zooms so we can get to know each other. Each student will receive in-depth feedback on a short story from me! We’ll be reading and learning from such authors as Kirstin Valdez Quade, Claire Luchette, Lucia Berlin and more. (Plus, the cost is only $250—which is less that I usually charge for a story critique with no class attached.)

You've been polishing your writing, and now you're ready to submit it for publication. Just how do you do that? We'll delve into a quick overview of three different pathways to publication through literary journals, websites, magazines, and books. We'll discuss cover letters, query letters, and do's and don'ts for submissions. And we'll investigate ways of tracking your submissions and useful websites for researching publications. By the end of this class, you'll be armed with a thick-anti-rejection hide and a list of publications to submit your work to.

How do you query editors to find those first jobs, and how do you make the first assignments lead to more? We'll discuss Neil Gaiman's rules for freelance writers, learn how to find venues open to new writers, study examples of query letters and write some of our own, and figure out how to establish yourself as a specialist so that eventually, editors will seek you out! The instructor has been a freelance writer of essays and articles about books, music, sports, and travel for decades and looks forward to addressing the particular interests of each student.

Panelists Include: Jenny Shank, Radha Marcum, Jenèe Skinner, Angie Chuang

Book contests with publication as a prize are a major way that all kinds of books make it into print, especially story collections, poetry, unconventional memoirs, and hybrid books. Artist residencies can increase your writer profile and lead to new opportunities. From reading series to juried workshops, there are more ways than ever to get your writing in front of those who can help make a career. Hear from authors with diverse experience in the literary world on how achieving a writing career isn’t a straight line but a journey with lots of day trips, rest stops, and double-booking.


The oldest story forms provide potent templates for structuring new work. Learn about the elements of a classic devil story and how contemporary writers such as Emily St. John Mandel and Colson Whitehead have incorporated its charms. Study notable features of ghost stories and see how writers such as Jesmyn Ward and Silvia Moreno-Garcia have crafted haunting fiction. We'll examine several folk and fairytale forms and use these as guides toward writing own new classics.

Sometimes, there's one perfect perspective through which to tell a story, but other times, a story requires multiple angles to convey the whole picture. Multiple perspectives can open up a story's possibilities, showcase a writer's range, and build suspense and tension. However, they can also confuse or annoy the reader or slow the story's pacing if not incorporated with care. We'll study examples of multiple-perspective magic by Alice Munro, May-Lee Chai, Tommy Orange, and Yoon Choi and learn how to craft our own stories.

Have you ever been hooked by a surprise twist in a story, felt immersed in the sensory world of a book, or cheered a protagonist's wins and mourned their losses? We'll examine insights from neuroscience and psychological studies that shed light on why certain aspects of stories hook us as readers. We'll learn how to evoke emotions in our readers while avoiding emotional clichés. We'll learn about filtering and how to avoid it, when to use internal dialogue, and how to effectively deploy sensory detail.

Mondays, November 13 - December 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

3844 York St, Denver

In this four-week craft class, ideal for writers who've mastered the basics, we'll discuss some trickier craft moves in fiction, including multiple timeline narratives, multiple perspective stories, and ways to incorporate humor and social justice themes in our fiction. Students are invited to help shape the class by letting the teacher know what tricky fiction craft moves they would be interested in learning.

Sign up now on the Lighthouse website!

Sunday, October 8, 3-6 p.m.

Nederland Community Library

Author and journalist Tracy Ross has put together a great event to benefit the Nederland library. Tracy will lead three panel discussions with three sets of local writers. There will be live music, wine tasting, and books for sale. Admission is $10 and you can use that as a credit toward $10 off the book of your choice. Register by October 4 on the library website.

Saturday, September 30, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Counterpath Press, Denver

7935 East 14th Avenue

Could this be the Denver literary event of the fall? Yes, I think it will be. Powerhouse local author Hillary Leftwich has invited all the local authors publishing with small, university, or experimental presses for a grand day of book sales, readings, networking, and even a dance party a the Indie Author & Press Bookfair. I will swing by in the afternoon and join the reading at 5:30. Learn more in Westword.

This four-week craft class will give you an overview of essential techniques for a solid writing foundation in any genre of fiction.

Mondays, August 14-September 11, skipping Labor Day, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver, 6:30-8:30

July 25, 2023

At the Mile High MFA summer residency, I'll be reading with Erika Krouse and Mathangi Subramian on July 25. It’s free and open to the public, at Regis University’s Claver Hall, 5-6 pm (Denver).

July 27, 2023

Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum’s Some Kind of Wonderful Literary Jamboree on Thursday, July 27 at River Bar and Gallery, Denver, 7-9 pm, free

June 10

Building Your Own Emotional Thesaurus, Saturday, June 10, 9:00am - 11:00am

June 10

June 15

Seeing the Big Picture: Techniques for Revising Books, Thursday, June 15, 1:30pm - 3:30pm

March 10, 2023

March 11, 2023


March 11, 2023

February 10, 2023

Women Writing Colorado with Rachel King (Bratwurst Haven), Wendy J. Fox (What if We Were Somewhere Else), and Claire Boyles (Site Fidelity), and Jenny Shank at the Tattered Cover Colfax on February 10, 6 p.m.


February 9, 2023

Women Writing Colorado with Rachel King (Bratwurst Haven), Wendy J. Fox (What if We Were Somewhere Else), and Claire Boyles (Site Fidelity), and Jenny Shank at the Boulder Book Store on February 9, 6:30 p.m.


January 30, 2023

I have just been invited to interview illustrious Canadian author Miriam Toews as she kicks off her paperback tour for her most recent novel, Fight Night, at the Tattered Cover Colfax on Monday, January 30 at 6 p.m. Let me know if you have any questions for her!

Dec. 14, 2022

My friend Chip Livingston has edited a volume of letters between our teacher Lucia Berlin and her dear friend, accomplished opera librettist and poet Kenward Elmslie. The Lighthouse Writers Workshop will help us celebrate the release of Love, Loosha by the University of New Mexico Press with a Zoom event on December 14. Stay tuned for more details.

Nov. 1, 2022

The Mile-High MFA program is partnering with Tattered Cover to host a quarterly reading series that celebrates the work of our faculty, students, and alumni. I will read with my colleague Traci L. Jones and my former student, now twice-published author Hillary Leftwich. We’ll read at the Westminster Tattered Cover on November 1 at 6 p.m.

August 5, 2022

July 22-31, 2022

June 25, 2022

June 10-18, 2022 Lighthouse Lit Fest!

May 20, 2022

Colorado Book Award Finalist Reading for General Fiction Category

April 26, 2022

 "Finding Joy in Mixed Company:  How Spending Time with Thompson Prize Winner Jenny Shank and Getting Acquainted with Her New Book Could Offer a Remedy for Our Nation's Current Calamities in Communication."

 A Center of the American West event with MacArthur "genius grant" winner Patricia Limerick. The first 40 people to RSVP to events@centerwest.org will get a free copy of Mixed Company! The event will be held at Humanities 250 on the CU Boulder campus and via Zoom at 6 pm. Register for the Zoom version of the event here. At the in-person event, food & drink will be provided.

March 2, 2022

I will be reading and signing copies of Mixed Company on Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. at the Tattered Cover Colfax. I hope to see you there!

December 23, 2021

Mixed Company is the December selection for the KGNU & Boulder Book Store Radio Book Club! Tune in to KGNU at 9 a.m. on December 23 to hear the discussion, or check it out anywhere you listen to podcasts.

January 7, 2022

Book celebration during the Mile High MFA Winter Residency with Shannon Blair, Meca'Ayo Cole, and Jenny Shank, 5-6 p.m., free on Zoom

I am so happy to celebrate a triple book launch with two of my former students!

2021

October 16

Mixed Company Denver Book Launch!

Saturday, October 16, 7 p.m.

BookBar

4280 Tennyson St. Denver, CO

Free Eventbrite tickets available now!

If weather allows, we'll be out on the patio for Covid safety.

October 21

Mixed Company Boulder Book Launch!

Thursday, October 21,

6:30 p.m.

Boulder Book Store

1107 Pearl St.

Boulder, CO

$5 tickets, good for $5 toward a purchase available now


October 23

Mixed Company visits Montana...Sort of, as this is on Zoom!

Saturday, October 23, 3 p.m. MST

Montana Book Festival

The Big Short (Story): Big Imaginations in Small Spaces

 Zoom

Participating authors: David Allen Cates, Wendy J. Fox, Joseph Holt, and Jenny Shank.

October 30

Mixed Company Happy Hour at Lighthouse!

Saturday, October 30, 5p.m.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop

York Street Yards

3845 Steele St

Denver, CO

*free*

Plus, I'm baking pumpkin-shaped madeleines for all.

July 2021


June 2021

Lighthouse Writers' Workshop's Lit Fest classes are open for registration now! I'm teaching four online classes:

April 2021


2020

September 19

I'll be teaching, via Zoom, And Then I Woke Up: Writing Endings for the Lighthouse Writers Workshop on September 19 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

July 24 - August 2

Mile High MFA's Summer Residency

June 5 - 19

Lighthouse Writers' Workshop's Lit Fest is going online this year. I'll be teaching 5 classes via Zoom and participating in one business panel and would be so pleased if you'd join me!

GETTING PUBLISHED: STORIES, ESSAYS, ARTICLES, AND BOOKS, Tuesday, June 2, 2-4 p.m.

TWO-FACED: THE ART OF MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES, Friday, June 5, 9-11 a.m.

PANEL: TRENDING DEBUTS, w/ David Forrer of Inkwell Management and Monika Woods of Triangle House, Monday, June 8, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

GETTING UNDER THE SKIN: TECHNIQUES FOR CLOSING NARRATIVE DISTANCE, Tuesday, June 9, 9-11 a.m.

PERSONAL ESSAYS WITH A TWIST, Tuesday, June 16, 2-4 p.m.

THE CLASSICS OF STORY STRUCTURE…AND THE EVER-POPULAR B-SIDES, Thursday, June 18, 9-11 a.m.

January 7

Mile High MFA winter residency reading with Rachel Weaver and Mario Acevedo, at Regis University, Claver Hall, Mountain Room, 6:30 p.m., free

January 11

I'll be announcing the creative nonfiction graduates at the Mile High MFA's graduation celebration, 6:30 p.m., Regis University Chapel.

2019

April 12

Issue launch of the University of Colorado's Journal Twenty Twenty for undergraduate creative nonfiction.  I introduced the issue and will deliver a keynote address.

Boulder Book Store, 7-9 p.m., free

May 4

How to Publish

College Hill Library

Westminster, CO, 3:45-4:45

June 7 - June 21

Lighthouse Writers Workshop's Lit Fest, Denver. I'll teach classes on writing fiction, nonfiction, and book reviews. Registration opens April 10!

Personal Essays with A Twist

Thursday, June 13, 2-4 p.m.

Crash Course in Character

Thursday, June 13, 4:30-6:30 pm.

Nonfiction Pitch Panel

Friday, June 14, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Getting Under the Skin: Techniques for Closing Narrative Distance

Thursday, June 20, 2-4 p.m.

Not Your Daddy's Book Review

Thursday, June 20, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

July 29

Reading at the Mile High MFA's Summer Residency

Regis University

Denver, CO, 6-7 p.m.

past events

January 6

Mile High MFA Winter Residency Reading with Khadijah Queen, Kristen Iverson, and Carolina Ebeid, Regis University, 6-7 p.m.

2018

Mile High MFA Creative Nonfiction Faculty Reading & Interview

Kristen Iversen, Helen Thorpe, and moderator Jenny Shank

Regis University, Claver Hall, Mountain View Room

3333 Regis Blvd., Denver, CO

Sunday, January 7, 6:30-7:30 p.m., free and open to the public

At The Inkwell

w/ Mairead Case, Richard Froude, and Elwin Michael Cotman

BookBar

4280 Tennyson St., Denver, CO

Sunday, February 18, 5-6:30 p.m., free

Writers Studio 13th Annual Literary Festival

Arapahoe Community College, Littleton Campus

Nonfiction Workshop and reading

Half Moon, 5900 S. Santa Fe Dr., Littleton, CO

Saturday, April 14, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop Lit Fest

1515 Race St., Denver

June 1-June 15

The Classics of Story Structure…and the Ever-Popular B-Sides

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 1515 Race St., Denver

Tuesday, June 5, 2-4 p.m.

Finding the Authentic Detail

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 1515 Race St., Denver

Tuesday, June 5, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Writing the Internet: Blogs, Essays, and Tweets

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 1515 Race St., Denver

Wednesday, June 6, 2-4 p.m.

Fierce Remix: Writing the Multiple Timeline Book

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 1515 Race St., Denver

Wednesday, June 6, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Quit Your Day Job: Brown-Bag Business Panel w/ Chris Clemans (The Clegg Agency), Marya Spence (Janklow & Nesbit), and Mario Acevedo

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 1515 Race St., Denver

Tuesday, June 12, 12:30 p.m.

The Art of Literary Submission

Learn how to submit your writing for publication and where to submit it!

Lighthouse North (Inside Office Evolution in Louisville, CO)

Thursday, September 6, 6-8:30 p.m., $65 (member), $75 (nonmember)

Personal Essays Plus

Learn how to enhance your personal essays with research and philosophical or scientific investigation. Registration details to come.

Lighthouse North - Grand Opening Sampler (inside Office Evolution in Louisville, CO)

Saturday, October 6, 1:15-2:45 p.m.

2017

Wheat Ridge Reads has chosen The Ringer for 2017!

Wheat Ridge Public Library's Thursday Morning Book Club

Ye Olde Firehouse, 3232 Depew St; Wheat Ridge, CO

Free & open to the public

Thursday, September 21, 9 a.m.

Wheat Ridge High School

Thursday, September 21, afternoon

Books & Brews

El Aguascalientes Mexican Restaurant

4105 Wadsworth Blvd, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Free & open to the public

Saturday, September 23, 4 p.m.

Past Events

Fiction Writing Lessons from Disobedient Masters

Colorado Writing School

Office Evolution, 357 S. McCaslin, Louisville, CO

Wednesday, February 1, $50-$60

Mile High MFA Sampler

Colorado Writing School

Office Evolution, 357 S. McCaslin, Louisville, CO

I will teach a nonfiction craft class & participate in a panel with other Mile High MFA Faculty.

Saturday, February 25, 1-5 p.m.

Freelance Writing: Getting Started and Building Your Career

Colorado Writing School

Office Evolution, 357 S. McCaslin, Louisville, CO

Wednesday, March 8, $50-$60

Reading w/ David Hicks

Boulder Book Store

I'll be the warm-up act as we celebrate Mile High MFA director David Hicks' first novel, White Plains!

Tuesday, May 2, 7:30 p.m., $5

Word Tango Weekend Workshop

"Disobedient Fiction"

Online, May 12-14

Lighthouse Writers Workshop Lit Fest

1515 Race St., Denver

June 2-June 16

I will teach three classes and participate on one panel at this year's Lit Fest! Sign-up links coming soon.

Strategic Submitting

June 7, 12:30 - 1:30

Fierce Remix: Writing the Multiple Timeline Novel

June 8, 2 - 4 p.m.

The Art of Literary Submission

June 8, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Writing the Internet

June 9, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Mile High MFA Faculty Reading

w/ TaraShea Nesbit, Allen Learnst & Len Vlahos

Regis University, Mountain View Room

Thursday, July 27, 6:30 p.m., free

How to Write & Publish Book Reviews

Part of the Mile High MFA open house - all are welcome!

Regis University, SCI-212

Friday, July 28, 3-4 p.m., free

The Wonders of Research

Lighthouse Writers Workshop

1515 Race St., Denver

Saturday, August 26, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., $65-$75

2016

Colorado Writing School Conference

w/ Rachel Weaver, Stephen Graham Jones, Lisa Jones, Rebecca Taylor & More

Left Hand Grange Hall, Niwot, CO

Saturday, October 22, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Lit Crawl Denver

Reading w/ Mile High MFA Faculty

Book Bar

4280 Tennyson St., Denver, CO

Friday, September 2, 6 p.m.

Mile High MFA Summer Residency

Reading w/ Traci L. Jones & David Lazar

Claver Hall, Regis University

July 23, 6-7:30 p.m.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop Lit Fest

1515 Race St., Denver

June 3-June 18

I will teach five classes and participate on two panels at this year's Lit Fest!

A Man Walks into a Bar: On Writing Funny

w/ Steve Almond, Erika Krouse & Seth Brady Tucker

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Saturday, June 4, 6-7:30 p.m.

Lessons in Fiction From Disobedient Masters

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday June 7, 2-4:30 p.m.

The Art of Literary Submission

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday, June 7, 5-7:30 p.m.

Mighty Microstructure for Your Book

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Wednesday, June 8, 2-4:30 p.m.

Freelance Writing: Getting Started and Building Your Career

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Wednesday, June 9, 5-7:30 p.m.

When News Breaks in Your Backyard: Timely Essays to Boost Your Writing Career

w/ Joel Warner, Michael Henry, and Benjamin Dancer

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Monday, June 13, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

Building Your Writing Web Presence

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Wednesday, June 15, 2-4:30 p.m.

Mile High Writers Series w/ Seth Brady Tucker & Jenny Shank

We kick off the Mile High MFA's first January residency with a faculty/guest writer reading.

Regis University's Dayton Memorial Library, Denver

January 9, 7 p.m., free

2015

A Celebration of Lucia Berlin's Selected StoriesI will celebrate my writing mentor Lucia Berlin with editor Stephen Emerson, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Jennifer Dunbar Dorn, Keith Abbott, Staci Amend, Steve Katz, Erika Krouse and Peter MichelsonBoulder Book Store1107 Pearl Street

October 13, 7:30 p.m., $5

Writing The Internet: Blogs, Essays & Tweets

Lighthouse Writers Workshop

1515 Race St., Denver

August 22, 2-4:30 p.m., $65 members, $75 non-members

Fucking Fabulous Fiction Fest

with High Fiction, The Novelistas, Stories on Stage, Greg Hill, Matthew Taylor, Tuyet Nguyen and more!

The Oriental Theater, Denver

July 31, doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m., $12, 18+

Lighthouse Writers Workshop Lit Fest

1515 Race St., Denver

June 5-June 19

I will teach six classes and participate on two panels at Lit Fest this year:

The Art of Literary Submission

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Monday, June 8, 2-4:30 p.m.

Please, Sir, I Want Some More: On Failure and Rejection

with Andre Dubus III, Paula Younger, and Rachel Weaver

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Monday, June 8, 8-9:30 p.m.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday June 9, 2-4:30 p.m.

Microstructure for Your Book

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday, June 9, 5-7:30 p.m.

Building Your Writing Web Presence

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Monday, June 15, 2-4:30 p.m.

Freelance Writing: Getting Started and Building Your Career

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Monday, June 15, 5-7:30 p.m.

Brown Bag Business Panel: Lit Mags to Launch Careers

w/ Seth Brady Tucker, Lynn Wagner and Amanda Rea

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday, June 16, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

Shouts & Murmurs: Writing Short Comedy

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday, June 16, 2-4:30 p.m.

Funny Words: Writing Humor Under the Influence of Mary Roach

University of Denver

April 8 & 15, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Mary Roach P&P lecture, April 20, 7:30 p.m

The Future of the Catholic Literary Imagination w/ Julia Alvarez, Ron Hansen, Alice McDermott & Tobias Wolff

University of Southern California

"Words Made Flesh: Reading and Response," a reading with my fellow USC Generations in Dialogue participants.

February 21, 3-4:15 p.m.

2014

Fiction Four-Pack w/ Doug Kurtz & Jenny Shank

Lighthouse Writers Studio

1515 Race St., Denver

Wednesdays, February 19 - March 12, 4-6 p.m.

City As Muse with Ray Rinaldi and Amy Zimmer

Denver Post

101 W. Colfax Ave., Denver CO

Wednesday, April 2, 6 p.m.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Monday, June 9, 12:30 p.m.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Monday, June 9, 5-7:30 p.m.

Microstructure for Your Book

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday, June 10, 2-4:30 p.m.

Building Your Writing Web Presence

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday, June 10, 5-7:30 p.m.

Brown Bag Lunch: Social Media for Writers

With Eleanor Brown, Ron Doyle and Monika Woods

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday, June 17, 12:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Kidding or Not, the Question of Parenting, Family, Art

With Steven Wingate, Amanda Rea, and Nicky Beer

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday, June 17, 8-9:30 p.m.

Freelance Writing: Getting Started and Building Your Career

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Wednesday, June 18, 2-4:30 p.m.

Shouts & Murmurs: Writing Short Comedy

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday, June 18, 5-7:30 p.m.

Jefferson County Open School Guest Author Program

Jefferson County Open School, Arvada

December 10, 1 p.m.

2013

Web Presence for Writers Workshop

Boulder Writing Studio, 239 B Canyon Blvd., Boulder

Freelance Writing

Saturday, March 9, 4-6:30 p.m.

Boulder Writing Studio, 239 B Canyon Blvd., Boulder

Saturday, June 8, 3-5:30 p.m.

Lighthouse Writers Workshop Lit Fest

1515 Race St., Denver

June 2013

Building Your Writing Web Presence

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Monday, June 10, 2-4:30 p.m.

Freelance Writing: Getting Started and Building Your Career

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Monday, June 10, 5-7:30 p.m.

Shouts & Murmurs: Writing Short Comedy

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Tuesday, June 18, 2-4:30 p.m.

Microstructure for Your Book

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Wednesday, June 19, 5-7:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Scent of a Woman's Ink: The Question of Gender Bias in Publishing

w/ Nick Arvin and Amanda Rea

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

Wednesday, June 19, 8-9:30 p.m.

2012

8-Week Novel Writing Workshop

Boulder Writing Studio, Boulder

Mondays, beginning January 24, 6:15-8:30 p.m.

Longmont Library Book Festival

Longmont Library

April 13, 2-5 p.m., free

Query Letter Writing Workshop

Boulder Writing Studio, Boulder

April 23, 6-8:30 p.m., $53

SoBo Reading Series

Reading with poet Chip Livingston

Vic's Espresso, 4770 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder

May 10, 7 p.m., free

Lighthouse Lit Fest 2012

Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver

I'll be teaching classes and doing a panel discussion and a reading:

"Envisioning Your Novel"

June 4, 2-4:30 p.m.

"Shouts & Murmurs: Writing Short Comedy"

June 6, 5-7:30 p.m.

Reading at the Lit Fest Book Fair

June 15, 12 p.m.

"Writing and Publishing in the 20th Century Marketplace"

with Eleanor Brown, Sandra Bond, and Shari Cauldron

June 15, 1-2:30 p.m.

High Plains Book Awards

Billings, Montana

October 20, 2012

Writer Walks Into A Studio…Writing Short Comedy

Boulder Writing Studio, 239 B Canyon Blvd., Boulder

Friday, November 30th, 6:00-8:30 p.m.

2011

Blog Tour

In 2011, I wrote guest posts for websites including The Huffington Post, Largehearted Boy, New West, Craig Lancaster's A Mind Adrift in the West, Montana Public Radio's The Write Question, Three Guys One Book, and more. Here are the links:

A Mind Adrift in the West

Interview with Craig Lancaster

March 2

The Huffington Post, Denver

Essay, "Writing the Decent Denver Novel"

March 4

The Write Question

Interview with Chérie Newman on Montana Public Radio

March 24

New West

Interview with Traci J. Macnamara

March 28

KUVO's R&B Jukebox

An interview with Easy Bill, who spun a Ringer-themed setlist.

Saturday, April 2, 8 p.m.

Three Guys One Book

An essay for their "When We Fell in Love" series

April 6

Tattered Cover Blog - Between The Covers

Essay and info on my book

April 8

Janet Skeslien Charles

Interview

May 15

Fiction Writers Review

Interview with Steven Wingate

June 23

Embracing Creativity

Interview with Sally Evans

January 5

910 Arts

910 Santa Fe Boulevard, Denver

Saturday, February 19, 7 p.m.

Participating in the Lighthouse Writer's Workshop's "The Story of a Book" with authors Harrison Fletcher, Eleanor Brown, and Jackie St. Joan.

Denver Woman's Press Club

Monday, March 21, 5:30 p.m.

Tattered Cover Bookstore, LoDo

Denver, CO

Friday, April 8, 7:30 p.m.

Come celebrate the Rockies' opening week at this baseball-themed book launch for The Ringer!

Boulder Book Store

Boulder, CO

Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.

Barnes & Noble

Greenwood Village, CO

8555 E. Arapahoe Rd.

Saturday, May 7, 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Lighthouse Lit Fest

Teaching two craft seminars on Monday, June 13

Shouts & Murmurs: Writing Short Comedy, 2-4:30 p.m.

Envisioning the Novel, 5-7:30 p.m.

Ferril House, Denver CO

Monday, June 13

Gypsy House Café Reading Series

279 Marion St., Denver

Thursday, June 30, 7:30 p.m.

University of Denver Summer Publishing Institute

Panel discussion about publishing a novel with Cathy Langer, David Wroblewski & Eleanor Brown

July 14, 6-9 p.m.

Boulder Writers Workshop

Paradise Bakery, Boulder, CO

Craft Discussion: Envisioning Your Novel

Saturday, July 16, 9:30 a.m., $10

Englewood Public Library

Englewood, CO

1000 Englewood Pkwy.

Monday, July 18, 6:30 p.m.

Boulder Public Library

1001 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO

Discussion of The Ringer with the Women of the West book club--all are welcome!

Saturday, August 13, 10 a.m.

Chautauqua Community House

Boulder, CO

Thursday, September 8, 7 p.m., $7-$10

8-Week Novel Writing Workshop

Boulder Book Store

Mondays, beginning September 12, 6-8 p.m.

Montana Festival of the Book

Missoula, MT

October 6-8

Denver Public Library's Colorado Author Series

Schlessman Family Branch, Denver, CO

October 22, 2 p.m.

2010  

Friday, April 9 – Moderating the panel "To West or Not to West," Colorado Convention Center, Room 111, 9 a.m.

Saturday, April 10 – Participating on the panel "Homing In: Migration as Place," Colorado Convention Center, Room 107, 12 p.m.

Denver Notre Dame Alumni Club Reading

Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Denver 

Friday, November 5