June 29, 2024        Lansdown Literary Festival. Saturday, June 29, 2024 10:00 – 4:00 p.m. LWVA Clubhouse 19375 Magnolia G. Square, Landsdown Woods.

June 23-25, 2024    Gala Dinner Awards Ceremony – Come and see me accept my awards on              Monday June 24 at the Gala Dinner Awards Ceremony, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. I won two awards. Double Tree Hotel 128 Frontage Rd. Newark, N.J. 

April 21, 2024        Kensington Day of the Book Festival from Sunday April 21,11:00 – 4:00 p.m.        Each year, this festival gets better and better. Look for me at my table. Come and say “Hello.”

March 8-10, 2024   I am serving on The Writer’s Ally Panel at Awesome. con. The convention runs from March 8 thru 10th. Writer’s Ally panel at Awesome. Con on March 8-10. Program Title: Vanquishing the Imposter: Becoming a “Real Writer.” An awesome title and the discussion is something we all need and need to hear. Come and hear the panel discussion.

Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Allen Y. Lew Place, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20002     

March 21, 2020      The Art of Story Telling – Short Stories (see the page on this site)
March 7, 2020        Presentation at Eastern Shore Writers – Come hear me talk. My presentation in
                                  Fredericksburg, Va. in September was sensational.
February, 2018     Book Launching at the Writing Center
                                  in Bethesda, MD
March, 2018          Maryland Writers’ Association Annual Conference
                                 “The Importance and Purposes of Dialogue”
April, 2018           Kensington Day of the Book 
                                table with other writers from Maryland Writers’
May, 2018             Maryland Writers’ Association,
                                Montgomery County Chapter
                                “Empathy, Tension, Conflict and Suspense”
September 30, 2018  Baltimore Book Festival, downtown Baltimore
September 29, 2018  Fredericksburg Book Festival 
                                      2201 Caroline Street – Old Mill Park
                                      Fredericksburg, Virginia
*** My classes on Writing your Novel, Short Story or Memoir***
    They are growing fast!
October 6, 2018   Waldorf West Branch Library,
                                10405 O’ Donnell Place
                                The Importance and Purposes of Dialogue
October 13 2018 Barnes and Noble Bookstore
                               620 Market Place Drive
                               Bel Air, Maryland
                               Book Talk and book signing
November 2, 2018 Montgomery College – Germantown Campus
                                 Globe Hall (High Tech building)
                                 Book talk and book signing
September, 2019  Fredericksburg Book Fair
                                 Panel discussion
 March 23, 2019   College Park Library Book Fair
April 27, 2019      St. Mary’s County Lexington Park Library- Talk and Signing
April 28, 2019      Kensington Book Fair
May 19, 2019        Gaithersburg Book Fair
September 21, 2019 Fredericksburg Book Fair and Panel Discussion
November 2, 2019 Central Rappahannock Regional Library  Presentation and Book Signing

Watch these videos, one about the Poetry from Prison and the other on Ted Talk – A Lecture by John L., Posted Online on April 8, 2014. Hear these heart-felt messages about these men who want to be a part of society.