The Narrative Craft: Public Engagements

I'm at the extrovert end of the editor spectrum and enjoy giving live talks and presentations a few times a year. Here's a list of recent and upcoming events I'm involved in:

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• Writing Inclusive Stories & What Authors Should Know about Working with an Editor. Rainbow Space Magic. September 2024.

• Worldbuilding for Fiction Editors. CIEP Annual Conference. September 2024.​

• Developmental Editing of Speculative Fiction: Common Story Problems and How to Solve Them. SFeraKon, Zagreb, May 2024.

• ​Editing for complete and creative worldbuilding: Insights from cultural anthropology. ACES Webcast. November 2023.

• Line editing: A new string to your bow? ITI One Day in Manchester. September 2023.​

• Live Editing: Fiction. CIEP Annual Conference, Glasgow, September 2023.​

• How to edit and publish a science fiction novel in English. SFeraKon (Science Fiction Convention) in Zagreb, Croatia, May 2023.​

• Worldbuilding in Fiction Editing: Theory and Practice. Webinar for Editors Canada. Cohosted with Genevieve Clovis. September 2022.​

• Publishing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them: An Editors’ Guide. Workshop at Cymera – Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing. May 2022. 

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