"Shari is a breath of fresh air, talented, knowledgeable, patient, personable, serious, humorous, credible, skilled at handling a group…  What an asset for Lighthouse.  There is always a person or two in any group who needs to talk more than others, and that need to dominate a class usually drives me nuts.  But Shari handled it so beautifully, I don’t think my blood pressure rose a single digit."

--Participant in a day-long workshop on Writing Personal Narrative, Lighthouse Writers

As a veteran freelance writer (20 years and counting...), published book author, MFA title holder (from Goucher College), writing coach, and passionate instructor at Lighthouse Writers in Denver, Shari is always eager to speak at writing conferences and book festivals. Among her favorite topics:

Writing Personal Narrative

Blending the Personal and the Journalistic

Developing the "I" Narrator

Writing about Real People

Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

How to Write Funny

From Idea to ISBN Number

Writing Personal Essays