Presentations and Workshops
KEYNOTE speaker for Museum Education Conference, Feb 2008
"Story Making Making Story: The Image that Catches"
Guest Writer Santa Clara University, May 2007
"Uses of Time in Heavier Than Air and Story Craft and Process"
Guest Writer, British International School in Prague, June 2007
"The Creative Process"
Tamalpais Union High School District, May 2007
Staff Development for English Teachers
"Reading and Discussion of Heavier Than Air and Teaching Creative Writing"
TOPICS
Fictive People: Writing Beyond Familiar Social Reduction
For the Love of Teaching: What Writers Get from Teaching
Lesbian and Gay Characters: We're People
The Art of Teaching Creative Writing: The Workshop and Beyond
Can Creative Writing Be Taught?: Yes
Why We Read: Generosity and the Imagination