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Would you like me to talk with your group?

Presentation topics include:

How To Live The Writing Life (And Still Live A Regular Life)

How To Develop Goals and Meet Them

Eight "Simple" Steps to Writing Success

What's So Funny? My Life, My Humor Column

The Mysterious Ways of The Mystery Writer

How To Balance Work and Family Life

I love to talk with groups of any kind: reading, writing, school, retirement home, library, social, professional, corporate... anyone interested in the topics of personal development or the reading or writing life... and  in having a fun time!

E-mail me at sharonshort @ sharonshort.com (remove spaces) for scheduling and fee details. (I generally receive from $100 to $500 for presentations and workshops, depending on length and detail.) Tell me a bit about your group and what you'd like me to talk about. I'll get back to you quickly!

Upcoming Engagements:

None right now... check back soon, though!

Past engagements include:

Malice Domestic, May 4-6, 2007

Southern Kentucky Book Fest, April 21, 2007

Virginia Festival of the Book, March 21-25, 2007

Speaker, Xenia Women's Club Christmas Tea (Xenia, Ohio), December 7, 2006

Mercantile Library Bookfair, (Cincinnati, Ohio) November 18, 2006

Buckeye Bookfair (Wooster, Ohio), November 4, 2006

Magna cum Murder (Muncie, Indiana), October 27-29, 2006

Signing with Heather Webber, Judy Clemens and Denise Swanson at Aunt Agatha's Mystery Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Aug. 19, 2006. 

Signing with fellow bloggers (The Little Blog of Murder) Don Bruns, Judy Clemens, Jeffrey Marks and Heather Webber at Joseph Beth, Cleveland, June 15, 2006.

Book Breakfast (private), with Heather Webber and Laura Durham, The Carolina Club, Chapel Hill, NC, May 24, 2006.

Signing, with Heather Webber and Laura Durham,  McIntyre's Bookstore in Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, NC, May 23, 2006.

Signing, with Heather Webber and Laura Durham, The Pineapple Tea Room (cream tea), Apex, NC, Tuesday, May 23, 2006.

Signing, with Heather Webber and Laura Durham, Java Divine, Holly Springs, NC, Monday, May 22, 2006.

Signing, with Heather Webber and Laura Durham, Harnett County Library, Lillington, NC, Monday, May 22, 2006 p.m.

Signing, with Heather Webber and Laura Durham, Eva Perry Library (brown bag luncheon), Apex, NC, Monday, May 22, 2006.

Signing, with Heather Webber and Laura Durham, The Regulator Bookshop, Durham, NC, Sunday, May 21, 2006.

Romantic Times 23rd Booklovers Convention, Book Fair, Daytona Beach, FL, May 19 & 20, 2006

"Pitchapalooza," with Arielle Eckstut and David Sterry, authors of Putting Your Passion Into Print, a book about the ins and outs of getting books published, and Jim DeBrosse.  We'll be evaluating book pitches. Books & Company (Dayton, Ohio), April 30, 1 p.m.  

Festival of Mystery, at Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont, Pennsylvania, Monday, April 24, 4-9 p.m.

Signing (with mystery authors Dana Cameron, Denise Swanson, Marcia Talley, and Heather Webber), Barnes & Noble, Annapolis, Maryland, April 23, 7 p.m.

Malice Domestic (D.C. area), April 21-23, 2006

Signing (with mystery author Heather Webber), Barnes & Noble, West Chester, OH, April 7, 7 p.m.

Signing, New and Olde Pages Bookshoppe, April 1. 860 Union Blvd., Englewood, Ohio, 937-832-3022 

Signing (with many other Ohio mystery writers!), Foul Play Mystery Bookshop, Columbus, Ohio, February 25, 2 p.m.

Signing, Books 'N' More, Wilmington, Ohio, February 11, 2006, 2 p.m.

Signing, Books & Company (Dayton, Ohio), February 17, 2006, 7 p.m.

Speaker, Author Luncheon sponsored by Reader's Choice bookstore. "Steps to Writing Success."

Mystery Panel and "celebrity" judge, Pie and Mysteries program, Mary L. Cook Public Library, Waynesville, Ohio, October 25, 2005 

Speaker, Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library (Ohio), Staff Day, October 21, 2005

Speaker, "Writers Live" program, Medina County District Library, Ohio, October 13, 2005

Mystery Panel and signing, Great Lakes Booksellers Association trade show, Chicago, September 30, 2005.

 Instructor, Mystery Intensive, Antioch Writers' Workshop, July 9-15, 2005

"The Mysterious Ways of the Mystery Writer," Upper Arlington Public Library, Lane Road Branch, Crime Time Mystery Group, May 26, 2005, 1:30

Panelist, Malice Domestic Mystery Conference (Arlington, VA; Greater Washington D.C. area), April 29-May 1, 2005

"The Mysterious Ways of the Mystery Writer," Bur Oak Chapter of American Business Women Association, (Huber Heights, Ohio), February 15, 2005

"What's So Funny," Centerville Women's Civic Club, January 26, 2005

Instructor, Writing the Mystery, Sinclair Community College (Dayton, Ohio), Fall Quarter 2004

Panelist, Magna cum Murder (Muncie, Indiana), October 22-24, 2004.

Panelist, "Buckeye Tales; Fiction of Ohio," Ohio Library Council, 2004 Annual Conference. Panel Participant:   Sept. 30, 2004.

"The Mysterious Ways of the Mystery Writer," Women's Club (Dayton, OH). Sept. 14, 2004.

Instructor, Mystery Intensive, Antioch Writers' Workshop, Summer 2004

Career Week Speaker, 4th Grade Classes, Medlar View Elementary (Miamisburg City Schools), May 26, 2004

"Eight 'Simple' Steps To Writing Success," Dayton Women's Federated Clubs, May 15, 2004

Career Day Speaker, 8th Grade Career Day, Magsig Middle School (Centerville City Schools), May 14, 2004

Panelist, "The Good, The Bad and The Funny," Malice Domestic Mystery Conference (Arlington, VA), April 30, 2004

"Eight 'Simple' Steps To Writing Success," Wilmington Rotary Club, Wilmington, Ohio, March 5, 2004

Your Journey Begins" Instructor, Antioch Writers' Workshop, July 12-19, 2003, Yellow Springs, Ohio

How To Write A Column Instructor, Sinclair Community College Writers' Workshop, April 17-18, 2003, Dayton, Ohio

Featured Speaker, 5th Grade Challengers (Gifted Program), Miamisburg City Schools, November 25-27, 2002

Featured Speaker, Morning Coffee Group at Marca Terrace on the Campus of The Widows Home, November 22, 2002

Featured Speaker, Monday Night Club (Miamisburg, Ohio), October 7, 2002

Panelist, Writing Humor (with Robert Inman, Mary Tom Watts, and Jeff Gundy), Antioch Writers' Workshop, Summer 2002

Instructor, Plotting Fiction, Sinclair Community College Writers' Workshop, Spring 2001

Instructor, Mystery Writing evening session, Antioch Writers' Workshop, Summer 2000