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• September 30, 2023 - Fall Festival at the Oaks - Vidor, TX - "Being an Author and Photographer."

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• April 1, 2023 - Art in the Park - Orange, TX - "Being an Author and Photographer."

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• August 11, 2020 - Bridge City High School - Bridge City, TX - "Creating a Book Club."

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• August 10, 2020 - Bridge City High School - Bridge City, TX - "Creating a Writer's Group."

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• July 17, 2020 - University of Texas State UIL - Austin, TX - "School Journalism Programs."

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• July 16, 2020 - University of Texas State UIL - Austin, TX - "School Spelling Programs."

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• July 15, 2020 - University of Texas State UIL - Austin, TX - "School Literary Criticism Programs."

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• July 14, 2020 - University of Texas UIL Convocation - Austin, TX - "Preparing for a New UIL Year."

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• July 9, 2020 - University of Texas UIL Convocation - Austin, TX - "Preparing for a New UIL Year."

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• June 22-25, 2020 - University of Texas OnRamps Training - Austin, TX - "Preparing for a New OnRamps Year."

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• March 30, 2020 - UT OnRamps  - Bridge City, TX - "Evaluating Research."

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• March 12, 2020 – BC UIL Team – Bridge City, TX. – “Literary Criticism.”

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• March 5, 2020 – BC UIL Journalism Team – Bridge City, TX – “Copy Editing.”

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• February 29, 2020 – Girl Scouts of Southeast Texas – Port Arthur, TX - “World Thinking Day.”​

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• February 24, 2020 - University of Texas OnRamps Teachers - Dallas, TX - "Creating an Annotated Bibliography."

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• February 22, 2020 - BC UIL Journalism Team – Sabine Pass, TX - "Headline Writing."

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• February 11, 2020 - University of Texas OnRamps Teachers - Austin, TX - "Research Techniques."​

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• February 8, 2020 - BC UIL Journalism Team - Port Neches, TX - "Editorial Writing."​​

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• January 27, 2020 - University of Texas OnRamps Teachers - Austin, TX - "Virtual Moments."

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• January 25, 2020 - BC UIL Journalism Team - Nederland, TX - "Feature Writing."

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• January 21, 2020 – UT OnRamps – Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Nederland, TX - Gender, Race, and Ethnic Awareness and Celebrations Locally.​​"

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• January 11, 2020 - BC UIL Journalism Team - Hamshire Fannett, TX - "News Writing."

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• November 9, 2019 - Fleur Fine Books - Port Neches, TX - "Writing Short Horror Stories."
   

• September 10, 2019 - Bridge City High School - Bridge City, TX - "Creating a Writer's Group."

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• June 26-27, 2019 - University of Texas OnRamps Training - Austin, TX - "Preparing for a New  OnRamps Year."

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• June 25, 2019 - University of Texas UIL Convocation - Austin, TX - "Preparing for a New UIL Year."

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• May 20, 2019 - Bridge City School Board - Bridge City, TX - "Students Success in UIL."

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• May 3-4, 2019 - University of Texas State UIL Journalism - Austin, TX - "School Journalism Programs."

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• April 13, 2019 - Sam Houston University Region V UIL Journalism - Huntsville, TX - "Copy Editing Techniques."

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• March 30, 2019 - BC UIL Journalism Team - Hardin Jefferson, TX - "Copy Editing."

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• March 27, 2019 - University of Texas OnRamps Teachers - Austin, TX - "Evaluating Research."

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• March 2, 2019 - BC UIL Journalism Team - Sabine Pass, TX - "Headline Writing."

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• February 20, 2019 - University of Texas OnRamps Teachers - Dallas, TX - "Creating an Annotated Bibliography."

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• February 16, 2019 - BC UIL Journalism Team - Port Neches, TX - "Editorial Writing."

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• February 8, 2019 - University of Texas OnRamps Teachers - Austin, TX - "Research Techniques."

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• February 7, 2019 - Girl Scouts - Bridge City, TX - "Researching Other Cultures."

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• January 28, 2019 - University of Texas OnRamps Teachers - Austin, TX - "Virtual Moments."

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• January 26, 2019 - BC UIL Journalism Team - Nederland, TX - "Feature Writing."

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• January 24, 2019 - Girl Scouts - Bridge City, TX - "Verbal Storytelling."

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• January 17, 2019 - Girl Scouts - Bridge City, TX - "Writing Poetry, Articles, Essays, and Short Stories."

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• January 12, 2019 - BC UIL Journalism Team - Hamshire Fannett, TX - "News Writing."

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• September 27, 2018 - Girl Scouts - Bridge City, TX - "Nature Writing: Composing a Haiku."

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• July 16, 2018 - University of Texas OnRamps Teachers – Austin, TX - "Identifying Stakeholders in any Controversy."

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• June 2, 2018 - Bayou Writers Group – Lake Charles, LA - "Becoming a Prolific Writer."

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• May 15, 2018 - Bridge City High School Staff - Bridge City, TX - "The Role of an Author in the Classroom."

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• April 25, 2018 - Bridge City Middle School Staff - Bridge City, TX - "The Role of an Author in the Classroom."

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• April 4, 2018 - Bridge City Intermediate Staff - Bridge City, TX - "The Role of an Author in the Classroom."

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• January 20, 2018 - Texas Gulf Coast Writers - Beaumont, TX - "What a Writer Needs From Their Writers Group".

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• October 26, 2017 - Girl Scout Scribes - Bridge City, TX - "Verbal Storytelling, and Writing Poetry, Articles, Essays, and Short Stories".

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• October 19, 2017 - Girl Scout Scribes - Bridge City, TX - "Verbal Storytelling, and Writing Poetry, Articles, Essays, and Short Stories".

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• July 27, 2017 - Girl Scout Families- Bridge City, TX - "How to Preserve Family Memories: Creating Cookbooks and Family Memoirs".

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• July 26, 2017 - Girl Scout Screenwriters- Bridge City, TX - "How to write a Screenplay".

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• July 25, 2017 - Girl Scout Novelists - Bridge City, TX - "How to Write a Novel".

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• July 24, 2017 - Girl Scout Scribes - Bridge City, TX - "Verbal Storytelling, and Writing Poetry, Articles, Essays, and Short Stories".

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• June 24, 2017 - The Write Support - Beaumont, TX - "Critique Groups, Editing for Others, and Self-Editing".

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• May 20, 2017 - Texas Gulf Coast Writers - Beaumont, TX - "Becoming a Prolific Writer".

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• February 18, 2017 - Texas Gulf Coast Writers - Beaumont, TX - "Writing Science Fiction".

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• August 20, 2016 - Texas Gulf Coast Writers - Beaumont, TX - "Writing for Magazines".

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• July 16, 2016 - Sun Coast Writers - San Marcos, CA - "Writing for Magazines".

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• June 25, 2016 - The Write Support - Beaumont, TX - "Editing, Publishing, and Marketing Your Work".

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• May 18, 2016 -  Scottish Dreamers - Pitlochry, Scotland - "Writing and Publishing Trends in the United States".

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• March 4, 2016 - Bridge City Intermediate classes - Bridge City, TX - "Dr. Seuss and Writing or Illustrating for Publication".

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• February 13, 2016 - "Write Your Heart Out" Workshop Facilitator - Beaumont, TX - "Earning Money Writing 1500 Words or Less". 

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• May 2, 2015 - Bayou Writers Group – Lake Charles, LA - “Giving Agents, Editors and Publishers What They Want”.

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• April 13, 2015 - Texas Gulf Coast Writers – Beaumont, TX – “Giving Agents, Editors and Publishers What They Want”.

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• March 5 and 6, 2015 - Bridge City Elementary classes – Bridge City, TX – “Dr. Seuss and Wocket in My Pocket”.

 

• November 10, 2014 - Texas Gulf Coast Writers – Beaumont, TX – “Growing Your Nonprofit Oraganization”.

 

• November 11, 2013  - Texas Gulf Coast Writers – Beaumont, TX – “Platform and Promotion”.

 

• February 2, 2013 - Bayou Writers Group – Lake Charles, LA – “Power of Research and the Interview”.

 

• December 9, 2012 - Texas Gulf Coast Writers - Beaumont, TX – “Social Media’s Impact”.

 

• November 11, 2012 - Texas Gulf Coast Writers – Beaumont, TX – “Creating By-laws”.

 

• March 3, 2012 - Bayou Writers Group – Lake Charles, LA – “Benefits of the Blog Challenge”.

 

• February 4, 2012 - Bayou Writers Group – Lake Charles, LA – “How Important is Social Media?”.

 

• February 2010 - Golden Triangle Writers Group – Beaumont, TX – “The Importance of Critique Groups” .