RECENT WORKSHOPS and SPEAKING APPEARANCES::


• Bay to Ocean Writers' Conference, Sponsored by the Eastern Shore Writers Association, Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD. (www.baytoocean.com)

• Northern Virginia Writers First Friday Series, Leesburg, VA (http://www.writer.org)

• Publish Now Conference, The Writer's Center, Bethesda, MD (http://www.writer.org)

COMING EVENTS: 2015:

• Twice-Yearly, Eight-Week Advanced Workshops in Fiction and Memoir, The Writer's Center, Bethesda, MD. Recommended for writers with book-length projects in progress. Small groups. Critiques and discussion of your work. Check the schedule at www.writer.org for dates. Fall Workshop runs from 9/30/15 to 11/18/15. Spring Workshop TBA.

• One-Day Scene Workshop with Screenwriter Khris Baxter, The Writer's Center. TBA. Please contact www.writer.org for more information.

• Custom Private Workshops. For groups of four or more in your home. Please contact Barbara Esstman for more information.

• One-on-One Private Coaching and Critiquing. Please see Editing section for rates and services.

• Leesburg First Fridays talk on craft. Leesburg, VA. 11/06/15.

COMING EVENTS: 2016:

• Bay to Ocean Literary Conference. March 12, 2016. Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD. Speaking at two sessions and holding individual editing conferences. Always a sell-out, so register early.