Consulting & Speaking
Access the unusual knowledge and experience I’ve collected over 20 years!
I’m happy to share what I know and will likely go above and beyond to help you, but lengthier consults have a fee because I’m a real person with real bills. I reserve the right to increase my fees based on demand, so take advantage of this introductory pricing while it lasts! Contact me below to set up the consult or presentation that best suits your needs:
Consults
Quick Consult - FREE
Let’s meet for 15 minutes (Zoom or phone) to discuss questions with brief answers or establish whether you’d benefit from ongoing help for something complex. Or we can just hang out and chat. No lie, I’m a very interesting person to talk to!
One Hour - $42
A one hour meeting (Zoom or phone) for a deeper dive into your questions. I can help authors brainstorm ways to incorporate death and funerals in stories, tutor mortuary science students, or ghostwrite obituaries and/or eulogies. Additional meetings may be discounted if you’re nice and/or if you name a dead body character after me in your book.
Subject Matter Editing - Varies
Want me to fact check your manuscript? Do a sensitivity reading? I can provide ideas and inspiration to maximize the impact of your death/funeral scenes. I also have connections with death care professionals around the world. Price is based on word count, number of revisions needed, and whether we need to perform extensive research beyond the resources I have available. Base price is $.03/word.
Speaking
Do Dead Bodies Sit up?
How to Accurately Portray Death and Funerals
In this live webinar for writers, I provide fundamental knowledge about dead bodies and mortuary procedures to help authors portray death accurately in their work. Attendees will learn about death processes and funeral preparation, including autopsies, embalming, methods of getting rid of a body, and ways to create problems for characters.
After taking this class, attendees will know proper postmortem terminology, stages of decomposition, and how to avoid myths and misinformation. Note: the conversation may be graphic to some, but there are no gruesome images on the slides.
The presentation moves briskly to allow the webinar and 15 minute Q&A to fall within a typical one hour time frame. I include a PDF of my slides plus a 30+ page handout detailing everything I say. This is a bonus feature that enables attendees to sit back, enjoy, and become inspired rather than frantically scribbling notes.
Please inquire about fees, longer time slots, and information targeted to specific genres. I can tailor my presentation to suit your needs (ex. focus on topics relevant to historical fiction).
Contact me to schedule or discuss options
Note: I’m located in Los Angeles, California in the PST time zone.