I happily give talks and lead workshops across the country to help professionals take their writing to the next level, or just perk up their prose. Send me an email to inquire about my availability and fees by clicking on the link in the bottom left corner of this page.

I cover the following topics, among others:

Sin and Syntax: Making sentences sing

Wired Style: Writing about technology without sounding like a geek

Notions of a Narrator: Exploring voice, point of view, and subjectivity in journalism

The Art of Story: Using the techniques of fiction in nonfiction

Watch the Mawk Meter: Avoiding sentimentality when covering human crises

The World Is My Oyster: Writing about food and travel

First-Person Plural: Writing and critiquing personal essays

Hang That Shingle: The journalist as entrepreneur

Elements of Editing: From overhauling a manuscript to turning a phrase

I have been a keynote speaker at these gatherings:

Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism, in conversation with Jon Lee Anderson

Nieman Seminar for Narrative Editors, in conversation with Adam Moss

International Association of Business Communicators

I have taught workshops or appeared on panels for:

Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism

Nieman Seminar for Narrative Editors

The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

UC-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

Stanford University, Graduate Program in Journalism

Tufts University, Writing Across the Curriculum program

Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School

Harvard Medical School

Harvard University Extension School

UC-Berkeley Extension

UC-Santa Cruz Extension

UC-San Diego Extension

The Providence Journal

Los Angeles Times Book Festival

American Society of Journalists and Authors

American Association of Sunday and Features Editors

Asian American Journalists Association

National Association of Science Writers

Princeton Women’s Network

Bay Area Editors’ Forum

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

Maui Writers Conference

Honolulu International Film Festival

Georges Conference on College Journalism

The Book Passage

The Writing Salon

Mechanics Institute Library and Chess Room