Presentations



I have presented A Writer's Guide to Harry Potter both online and at conferences both nationally and internationally.  If you wish to talk with me about presenting a workshop for your writers' group or conference, please drop me a note at SPSipal AT gmail DOT com. Thanks!




Upcoming Workshops:


Past Presentations:

  • Presented A Writer's Guide to Harry Potter in two parts at Ascendio 2012 in Orlando, July 12-15. Check it out here!
  • SavvyAuthors, online workshop, A Writer's Guide to Harry Potter, Oct. - Nov. 2011
  • SavvyAuthors, online workshop, "Conflicts of Myth," September 2011
  • LeakyCon, an international Harry Potter fan and academic conference, July, 2011, Orlando, FL, A Writer's Guide to Harry Potter
  • Savvy Authors, online, August 2010
  • Carolina Writers Conference, Wadesboro NC, April 2010
  • Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter RWA, presented online, January 2010
  • Lowcountry RWA, online, May 2009
  • Woods Charter Foundation, Chapel Hill NC, January 2009
  • Sectus, An Unofficial Harry Potter Conference, London UK, July 2007
  • Barnes and Noble Online Book Club presenter, June 2007
  • Nicholls State University Jubilee Jambalaya, Houma LA, April 2007
  • Heart of Carolina Romance Writers, presented online, March 2007
  • Romance Writers Association National Conference, Atlanta GA, July 2006
  • The Witching Hour, An Unofficial Harry Potter Conference, Salem MA, October 2005
  • Accio UK, An Unofficial Harry Potter Conference, University of Reading, UK, July 2005
  • Spellbound, Chicago IL, a cross-organizational Half-Blood Prince release party, July 2005
  • Romance Writers Association National Conference, Dallas, TX, July 2004 


Partners in Pen: How to Write with a Partner and
Sexual Archetypes
with writing partner Astrid Haugen for Carolina RWA, Charlotte, NC, 2001