—“Finding New Voices,” panel discussion, Aspen Summer Words Literary Festival, Aspen, June 2004
—“How to Be a Practical Writer,” panel discussion, Printers’ Row Conference, Chicago, June 2004
—“How to Be a Practical Writer,” panel moderator, L.A. Times Festival of the Book, Los Angeles, April 2004
—“How to Be a Practical Writer,” seminar, Open Center, New York, March 2004
—“7 Deadly Sins of Writing,” talk, Blue Mountain Center for Writing, June 2003
—“7 Deadly Sins of Writing,” talk, Poets House, New York, May 2003
—“The Arc of a Writer,” lecture, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, November 2002
—“Mission Possible,” lecture on mission statements, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, New York, May 2002