Since 2012, I have conducted more than 60 speculative fiction and writing craft presentations for the Rochester Speculative Fiction Association, Inc. monthly meetings, not including four reading, critique, and review meetings each year. Presentations that I only moderated or was a panelist on are noted as such.
2025
TACKLING WRITING ROADBLOCKS (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting June
STORY CLUB: THE NEBULA SHORT STORY AWARD GOES TO... (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting
May
SPECULATIVE FICTION - HOW FAR BACK DOES IT GO? (moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting March
WHO OWNS THE FUTURE? REDUX (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting February
2024
NANOWRIMO WITH OR WITHOUT NANOWRIMO (panelist)
R-SPEC meeting October
THE SETTING: THE KEY TO SPECULATIVE FICTION! (moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting September
WRITE YOUR STORY...NOW! ( moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting August
WRITING WORKSHOP: MICROSTORY & POETRY ( moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting June
STORY CLUB ( moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting May
LOOK TO THE SKY! ( moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting March
WINTER CHILLERS (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting
February
2023
THE BUSINESS OF WRITING SPECULATIVE FICTION (moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting
November
HOW MUCH WORLDBUILDING DO I REALLY NEED? (moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting September
SUMMER STORY CAMPFIRE (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting August
THE APPEAL OF BAD SCIENCE IN SCIENCE FICTION & MAGICAL CHICANERY IN FANTASY (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting June
THE REALITIES OF CO-WRITING FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION (moderator)
R-SPEC meeting May
AI ART IN SPECULATIVE FICTION (moderator, panelist, AI art presentation)
R-SPEC meeting March
WILL A.I. REPLACE SPECULATIVE FICTION WRITERS? (moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting February
2022
CODE SWITCHING AND CODE DENIAL IN YOUR LANGUAGES (The last segment of the Crafting Alien Dialogue Into Your Storiespresentation.) (moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting September
MANAGING THE UNMANAGEABLE: DON'T LET TIME BEAT YOU! (The first segmentof the Priming the Pump for NaNoWriMo; or, "30 Days to 50,000 Words? That's Unpossible!" presentation.) (moderator / presenter, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting August
WHAT NOT TO DO WITH PLANETS (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting May
NECESSARY EVILS: USING TROPES AND CLICHÉS TO YOUR BENEFIT (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting
February
2021
IS IT A KINGDOM OR A REPUBLIC? BE INSPIRED BY HUMAN SOCIOPOLITICAL SYSTEMS (panelist)
R-SPEC meeting October
WRITING MICROFICTION & POETRY USING SOCIAL MEDIA (presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September
SELF-PUBLISHING & SELF-PROMOTING YOUR WRITING (moderator)
R-SPEC meeting July
COLLABORATIVE/SOLO FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP - PART 2 (presenter, moderator)
R-SPEC meeting June
COLLABORATIVE/SOLO FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP - PART 1 (presenter, moderator)
R-SPEC meeting May
WHAT ARE YOU READING? (moderator)
R-SPEC meeting March
WHO OWNS THE FUTURE? (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting February
2020
WHAT DID YOU WRITE FOR NANOWRIMO 2020? (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting December
SHARED WORLD AND BORROWED LANDSCAPES (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting October
WORLD BUILDING (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting August
PLOT AND STORY STRUCTURES (moderator)
R-SPEC meeting June
BREAKING THE FORMULA & SUBVERTING THE TROPE (moderator, presentation)
R-SPEC meeting March
HOOKING THAT PLOT! (moderator, presentation)
R-SPEC meeting February
2019
TECHNIQUES FOR GETTING SH*T DONE! (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting October
FOCUSING ON THE DILEMMA (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September
YOU FINISHED WRITING! NOW WHAT? (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting March
USING SPECULATIVE FICTION TROPES (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting February
2018
OVERCOMING WRITING ROADBLOCKS (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting October
WRITING ENDINGS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting September
TECHNOLOGIES THAT WERE ONCE SCIENCE FICTION (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting July
WORLD BUILDING: PART 2 – SCIENCE FICTION WORLDS (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting March
WORLD BUILDING: PART 1 – FANTASY WORLDS (moderator, panelist)
R-SPEC meeting
February
2017
SPECULATIVE POETRY READING & WRITING WORKSHOP (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September
WRITING WORKSHOP: CREATING BELIEVABLE ALIEN CHARACTERS (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting March
DISTRACTIONS TO WRITING SPECULATIVE FICTION (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting (no link) February
2016
WHAT DO WE WANT FROM SPEC FIC? (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting October
WRITING WORKSHOP: THE SHORT-SHORT STORY (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September
USING CURRENT EVENTS IN SPECULATIVE FICTION (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting April
NAMING OBJECTS, CHARACTERS, AND WORLDS (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting February
2015
HOW TO CREATE REALISTIC FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION SETTINGS (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting June
REVEALING BACKSTORY WITHOUT THE DREADED INFO DUMP (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting May
DIALOGUE-ONLY WRITING WORKSHOP (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting February
2014
FLASH FICTION EXERCISE (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September
FAR-OUT TECH: HOW SF TECH HAS TRANSFORMED OUR WORLD (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting June
PUBLISHING YOUR STORY OR NOVEL (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting (no link) February
2013
WHAT IS SPECULATIVE FICTION POETRY? (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting September
GENERATING STORY IDEAS (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting June
BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN SF AND FANTASY (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting February
2012
ASTEROID MINING – THE NEW GOLD (AND MORE) RUSH? (moderator, presenter)
R-SPEC meeting
November