Bruce has been a featured speaker at a great many writer's conferences and workshops, including...

• Southwest Writers Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Whidbey Island Writers' Conference, Langley, Washington
• Writers Institute, Madison, Wisconsin
• Wrangling With Writing, Panhandle Professional Writers, Amarillo, Texas
• Arkansas Writers' Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas
• National Writers Association, Denver, Colorado
• Mark Twain Writers' Conference, Hannibal, Missouri
• Surrey Writers' Conference, Surrey, British Columbia
• Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, Tacoma, Washington, and Seattle, Washington
• Detroit Women Writers Conference, Rochester, Michigan
• Willamette Writers Conference, Portland, Oregon
• Southwestern Authors' Conference, Tucson, Arizona
• Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• FirstNovelFest, Orlando, Florida
• The University of Oklahoma Short Course of Professional Writing, Norman, Oklahoma
• Oregon Writers Colony Short Story Intensive, Rockaway Beach, Oregon
• Write on the Sound Conference, Edmonds, Washington
• Wyoming Writers Conference, Riverton, Wyoming
• The Writers Guild of Acadiana, Lafayette, Louisiana
• Detroit Writer's Guild Annual Mid-West Poets & Writers Conference, Detroit, Michigan
• Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop, Manchester, New Hampshire
• Black Hills Writer's Conference, Rapid City, South Dakota
• Alpha, the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Workshop for Young Writers, Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Bruce has also addressed...

• The Writers Circle of Durham Region, Whitby, Ontario
• Mid-Valley Willamette Writers Speakers Series, Eugene, Oregon
• Writers Studio, Moline, Illinois

At these and other conferences, Bruce has addressed such topics as:

• Sustained Enthusiasm for Writers
• Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Writing Mystery and Suspense Fiction
• Laughing at Rejection
• TV, Radio, and Print Publicity for Writers
• Writing Your First Novel
• The Eight-Flavored Journey of Creativity
• Marketing Short Fiction
• Idea Generation for Fiction Writers
• Packagers and Tie-in Books
• The Road Ahead for Novelists
• The Psychology of Writing
• On Being a "Minor" Writer
• Writing the Short-short Story (or Flash Fiction, or Micro Fiction)

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