Teaching and Speaking

I’m a faculty member at Solstice, the low-residency MFA programs at Lasell University. In fall 2024, I’ll start teaching high school Humanities–ELA at Cabot School in Cabot, Vermont. From September 2006 until June 2024, I taught at Pacem School and Homeschool Center, and from 2018 until 2022, I taught at Champlain College. In the past, I’ve taught at Writers in Paradise.

I’ve spoken at a variety of conferences and schools over the years. I especially love to talk to young writers. I offer free 15 to 20-minute Skype visits. To arrange a visit, please contact me.

When I teach one of my favorite writing workshop sessions or session series, I give students exercises, and they write a number of short pieces (a fairy tale retelling/fracture, a misunderstood monster, an alien walks into a diner, etc). At the end of the session or series, students can choose to create their very own zine or journal.

Editing

For three years, I was the fiction editor at YAReview.net, and I’m always happy to speak to groups about editing.

I have a number of openings each year for private editing projects.