EVENTS & CLASSES

I teach a variety of fiction seminars and series at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. See the current schedule for updates!

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In conversation with R.L. Maizes about her novel A Complete Fiction. Boulder Bookstore. Boulder, CO. November 5, 2025.

Past seminars taught at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver, CO: Intro to Writing the Novel series, The First Twenty Pages, How to be Less Afraid of Omniscient Point of View, A Whole Vibe: Mood, Tone, and Atmosphere in Fiction, The Bad Idea Factory, The Magic of Metaphor in Prose, The Living Object in Prose, The Hidden Powers of Setting, The Reliable Unreliable Narrator, Formal Constraints in Prose, How to Write Gorgeous Prose, and others.

Online book discussion. Furman University’s Alumni Association. September 26, 2023.

Festival Author. Rocky Mountain Literary Festival. Evergreen, CO. October 16, 2021.

Online Business Panel. “The Gripe Session.” Lit Fest. Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Denver, CO. Speakers: Andrea Bobotis, Michelle Dotter (Dzanc Books), Erika Krouse, BK Loren, Eric Smith (P.S. Literary). June 17, 2020.

In conversation with Crissy Van Meter about her debut novel, Creatures. BookBar. Denver, CO. February 6, 2020.

Southern Literature Night at Hearthfire Books. With author Tiffany Quay Tyson (The Past is Never, Three Rivers). Evergreen, CO. January 23, 2020.

Festival Author. Louisiana Book Festival. Baton Rouge, LA. November 2, 2019.

Author talk & book signing. “Reading Between the Wines” series. Hub City Bookshop. Spartanburg, SC. October 17, 2019.

Festival Author. Southern Festival of Books. Nashville, TN. October 12, 2019.

Author talk & book signing. BookBar. Denver, CO. September 15, 2019.

Author talk & book signing. Old Firehouse Books. Fort Collins, CO. August 5, 2019.

Author talk & book signing. Douglas County Libraries (Lone Tree Branch). August 2, 2019.

Author talk & book signing. Fiction Addiction Bookstore. Greenville, SC. July 18, 2019.

Author talk & book signing. FoxTale Book Shoppe. Woodstock, GA. July 17, 2019.

Author talk & book signing. Litchfield Books. Pawleys Island, SC. July 16, 2019.

Official Book Launch! The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt. Tattered Cover. Denver. CO. July 9, 2019.

Book signing. Book Expo. New York, NY. May 30, 2019.

Top Fiction Debuts Panel. Library Journal Day of Dialog. New York, NY. May 29, 2019.

Author! Author! Dinner. Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association. Golden, CO. April 10, 2019.

Author reception & book signing. Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. Atlanta, GA. March 19, 2019.