Literary Conferences & Workshops
- Catamaran Literary Conference
- Public Reading, Listening to Whales: Sightings inspired by “The Log of the Sea of Cortez ”
- Monterey, CA
- August 2014
- California Studies Association, 2004
16th Annual Conference: “Gimme Shelter: California Home”
- Panel Speaker/Moderator, Loyola Marymount University
“Farewell, My Lovely: Is Film Noir Dead? New Thoughts on a Dark Subject”
- With co-panelists Eddie Mueller, author and film historian; RJ Smith, senior editor of Los Angeles Magazine; Norman Klein, professor, California Institute of the Arts
- California Studies Association, 2003
15th Annual Conference: “Origins, New Starts, Coming of Age”
- Steering committee member/conference organizer
University of California, Davis
- California Studies Association, 2002
14th Annual Conference: “Representing California: Is Imagine Everything,”
- Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort, Dana Point, CA
- Panelist/Speaker: “Territory of the Imagination: California in Books, Films, TV, and Beyond”
With co-panelists Susan Straight, novelist; Lily Barsha, journalist; Bob Delegall, director; and Robert Ward, screenwriter
- Writers’ Program
- UCLA Extension
- Los Angeles, CA
- February 2001 Workshop with Rita Nachtmann
- New York State Writers Institute
- Skidmore College
- Summer 2000
- Workshop leader: Cristina Garcia
- Stanford Professional Publishing Course for Professionals
- Stanford University, CA
- Executive Refresher Course – Summer 2005
- Attendee – Summer 1998
- Squaw Valley Community of Writers
- Squaw Valley, CA
- Art of the Wild – Summer 1994
- Fiction Workshop – Summer 1993
- Workshop leader: James D. Houston
- Workshop leader: Ted Solotaroff
- Workshop leader: Max Steele