September 2009 – Panelist on the “Writer’s Track” hosted by Nancy Knight

One session:

• How to Get Rejected

@ Dragon*Con 2009, Atlanta, GA

September 2009 -  Reporter

Daily Dragon:

• 9-1-09: Choices! We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Choices! (Or How the Information Booths Can Help You Navigate Through Dragon*Con)
• 9-6-09: Found! Storytelling in Manilla/Singapore/Hong Kong
• 9-6-09: The Old Man and the Sea of Opportunity

@ Dragon*Con, Atlanta, GA

August 2009 -  Presenter

Break-out Session:

• Heroic Measures: What it Takes to Write a Hero
  

@ Redbird Studios, Milwaukee, WI, for Red Oak Young Writers

April 2009 -  Panelist

Two sessions:

• Submitting short stories
• From John Carter to Harry Potter: The appeal of the series

@ OddCon 2009, Madison, WI

January 2009 – Coach’s Midnight Diner 2: The Back from the Dead Edition
published by Relief Journal: A Quarterly Christian Expression

~ A short story about the powers of control and belief…and hope.

January 2009 -  Adult SF&F Preliminary Judge

Narrowed submissions to Top 20 for Odyssey Con 2009 final judge Joe Haldeman

January-March 2009 -  Presenter

Three sessions:

• On Writing
• On Plot
• On Scene & Character

@ WJ Niederkorn Library, Port Washington, WI

September 2008 -  Adult fiction Judge

Selected 1st, 2nd, 3rd place