Workshops

I offer workshops on:

 

(1) scholarly editing and publishing

 

(2) speculative fiction editing and publishing

 

Workshops can be online (globally) or in person (Europe). Please email me to request a brochure with detailed information about these workshops. ​

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My materials usually focus on cultural anthropology, but I'm happy to adapt topics and examples to adjacent fields – developmental editing largely involves similar principles across the humanities and social sciences.

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Besides general workshops on developmental editing and understanding scholarly publishing, I specialize in applying fiction and creative nonfiction writing techniques to cultural anthropology writing.

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Topics covered include:

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• Using Fiction Craft Techniques to Write More Immersive Ethnography (90 mins to three hours)

• Academic Developmental Editing Foundations (90 mins to three hours)

• Introduction to Anglo-American Scholarly Publishing  (90 mins to three hours)

• Fiction developmental editing (beginner and advanced; up to three hours)

• Worldbuilding for fiction writers (60 or 90 mins)

• Editing speculative fiction (up to three hours)

• Working with an Editor (one hour)

• Point of View in Ethnography (max. two hours)

• Narrating Emotions in Ethnography (max. two hours)

• Tension and Pacing in Ethnography (max. two hours)​​​​​​​​​​​​

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I have run workshops at:

• Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

• Goethe University Frankfurt

• Autonomous University of Barcelona (for Mediterranean Editors and Translators)

• Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading

• Cymera Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland

• SFeraKon in Zagreb, Croatia

• Institute of Translation and Interpreting "One Day in Manchester"

• Petnica Center, Serbia

 

I have taught writing courses or cultural anthropology at:

• University of Manchester

• University of Southampton

• University of Zagreb

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