🌞 Spring – Summer 2025

→ May 21 – Lunch With An Agent (online, free)
“How to Make Your Query Letter Stand Out”
Informal, strategic, cozy chaos. Come as you are. Leave with a better hook.

→ June 12 – The Writer’s Next Step (virtual workshop)
Helping writers move from idea to polished submission—with clarity, stamina, and slightly fewer existential spirals.

→ June 14 – Writing Day Workshop (Virtual Pitch Event)
I’ll be taking live pitches. 10 minutes, big energy. Perfect for brave writers and caffeinated mornings.

→ June 18 – Lunch With An Agent: June Edition
“What to Do When Your Manuscript Starts Misbehaving”
Tips, pep talks, and gentle chaos-control techniques.

→ June 23 – HNS Pre-Conference Masterclass
“Building Believable Worlds”
Immersive historical settings without the info-dump. Research meets resonance.

→ June 26–28 – Historical Novel Society Conference (Las Vegas)
Teaching + taking pitches. I’ll be the one with too many pens and a brooch that means something.

→ July 9–12 – Midwest Writers Workshop (Muncie, IN)
Panels, pitch appointments, bad conference coffee. Let’s go.

→ July 24 – Writer’s Digest Pre-Conference Masterclass
“What’s Your Book Actually About?”
A diagnostic tool for revision season. Bring your mess. We’ll shape it.

→ July 25–27 – Writer’s Digest Conference (Baltimore)
Teaching, pitching, panels. Possibly crying in the stairwell between sessions—joyfully.