Frequently Asked Questions

More than likely I’d be happy to read at your online event via zoom or local in person event here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am vaxxed and boosted.

• Any readings outside of the Bay Area which cannot be attended virtually must reimburse travel and accommodation costs.
• If you’d like me to read longer than 5-10 minutes at in person events for accessibility reasons, the venue or hosting organization must provide a podium or music stand and a mic stand and PA system.

• Duration of performance (for example, just one poem on a theme or how many minutes)
• If there is a specific theme to the event, let me know, so that I can cater my set to it.
• The time and date of the event
• The address of the venue or how to access the online event

I am unwilling and unable to move furniture, plan events, or bring food. I am a writer and performer, not a chef, event planner, nor interior designer.

While I often donate my labor for causes as a poet, I am unwilling to pay to perform. Ideally, poets should be paid rather than profited from. If these are mandatory requirements for your event then please look elsewhere, or don’t be offended when I say no.

I am not available for free consulting, free advice, or free editing work. All the advice I could give you is already on the Vallejo Poetry Society website. For every favor you ask of me, realize there are at least ten other people asking something from me.

I will occasionally make an exception for morning readings, but I have to factor in sleep and self-care, as well as travel time, so I prefer events that occur in the afternoon or evenings.

Please also check the readings page to make sure I don’t already have an event listed on my schedule that may conflict. I will sometimes do two readings in a day, but I need a few hours of time to rest and eat in between. You’re more likely to get a yes if I don’t already have an event scheduled.

Please read the booking page and then contact me to work out the details.