In-Person Events

Helen is currently taking bookings for a limited number of in-person engagements in the following locations and timeframes:

• USA/Canada: Oct 2024 / May 2025

• UK/Europe: Jun 2025

• Australia: Aug / Nov 2024

• New Zealand: Feb-Dec throughout the year

Please see our Pricing & FAQs page for details.

Online Events

Helen is a dynamic presenter who has mastered the art of engaging diverse audiences online.

1 hour (USD $2000)

Book an inspirational one-hour virtual presentation on any of the topics below, or feel free to suggest your own variations.

2 hours (USD $3000)

Helen specializes in facilitating intimate, highly interactive workshops for groups of all sizes via Zoom. Consider supplementing large Zoom workshops with small-group coaching sessions to build writers’ habits, confidence, and skills. (See Custom Packages for suggestions).

For pricing of keynotes, bespoke workshops, and in-person events, see our Pricing & FAQs page.

Custom Packages

4+ hours (FROM USD $1K per hour)

Work with Helen to develop a customized suite of online presentations, workshops, coaching sessions, and ongoing professional development tailored to the needs of your organization. For custom packages of 4 hours or more, we charge a flat fee of $1000/hr. Some examples of popular packages include:

• A 1-hour presentation + 2-hour workshop + 1-hour consultation ($4K)

• Four 2-hour workshops on different topics, offered weekly or monthly ($8K)

• Three 2-hour workshops + 4 hours of small-group coaching ($10K)

Helen is also available for a limited number of in-person bookings throughout the year. Please see our Pricing & FAQs page for details.

Writing Productively

Explore the BASE habits of successful writers – behavioral, artisanal, social, and emotional – and develop your own customized blueprint for building a productive writing practice from the ground up.

Stylish Academic Writing

Stylish academic writing doesn’t have to be an oxymoron! Learn about the elements that make for an engaging scholarly book or research article, then test those principles against your own writing.

Writing Intelligently with AI

How can you make the most of artificial intelligence tools without degrading your skills or selling your soul? Develop strategies for writing thoughtfully and effectively both with and without generative AI.

Teaching Writing in the Age of AI

Even if you’re not already using genAI yourself, your students are! Teach them how to use these tools to improve their writing — and why it’s sometimes better for the brain to choose paper and pen instead.

Writing with Pleasure

Reboot your productivity and revive your pleasure of writing in this enjoyable masterclass focusing on the social, physical, aesthetic, creative, and emotional dimensions of the writing process.

Writing to Persuade

Whether you’re applying for a research grant, an academic promotion, or a teaching award, writing is the tool that will win you the prize. Find out how to craft a dazzling application that will rise to the top of the pile.

Writing and Wellbeing

Are the pressures of productivity taking a toll on your wellbeing? Establish a calming, nurturing writing routine that will replenish your physical and emotional energy rather than sucking you dry.

Metaphors for Writing

Helen’s favorite workshop! Restore and “restory” your writing practice, diving deep into your own personal mythologies and emerging with new insights about your impediments and strengths as a writer.

Writing Together and Alone

Explore the complementary roles of social interaction and solitude in successful writing, and work in small groups, pairs, and alone to find your ideal balance between writing in the company of other writers and writing on your own.

Writing and Identity

Do you feel like an outsider in an institutional environment where you feel that no one else looks, talks, or thinks like you? Draw on the deep well of your personal and cultural identity to write with power, purpose, and integrity.

The Writer’s Diet

Is your writing flabby or fit, soggy or solid, cloudy or clear? Shape up your sentences with Helen’s 5 fail-safe principles for producing shapely prose. Come prepared to put your words through a workout!

Writing and Walking

Walk your way to new insights about writing while experiencing the cognitive benefits of physical activity. This course, originally designed for outdoor settings, has now been adapted for both online and onsite delivery.