My Final Residency at Seton Hill

This past residency was my favorite,
probably because I had the opportunity to do so much public speaking: teaching my module on The Importance of Attending Conferences and Conventions (dubbed HeidiCon 2007 - I'll post the mock program later for a good laugh), reading my thesis (thanks to everyone who sat on tables, on the floor, and stood in the hallway to listen to me),
Photo by Jason Jack Miller

giving the commencement speech (it looks like I started a new tradition on this one), plus I gave five different phone interviews in between classes for the Millionaire airing.
Photo by Jason Jack Miller

Other highlights:
-meeting the first year students

-starting the first annual SHU poetry round robin
Photo by Heidi Ruby Miller

-hearing my critique partners, Mary SanGiovanni and Christopher Paul Carey, read their own theses. I'm so proud of you guys. I finally understand what everyone meant when they said, "You're so lucky." I couldn't have asked for better critique partners. And, to think we stayed together from the beginning. I'm looking forward to our new group with Jason. What will we call ourselves...?
Photo by Heidi Ruby Miller

Photo by Heidi Ruby Miller

-being so happy for Mary when Jersey Jason showed up at her reading after driving 8 hours to get there
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-watching Maria 'act out' her thesis, while referring to the harcover of Magic Study rather than the printed out pages the rest of us were using. :)
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-listening to Ana deliver her thesis with that wit only she can carry off
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-breakfasting with the Hampton Inn gang - Monica, Richard, Adrienne, Sabrina, Alex, Glenn, Traci, Shara, CPC, Aubrey, Tricky, Hanna, Miles, Sherry, Michele, and Mary (hope I'm not forgetting anyone)

-hanging out with Tricky in all his rock star glory


-sneaking off for a quiet dinner with Mike, Al, and friends
Photo by Heidi Ruby Miller

-attending the screening of Mike Arnzen's movie Exquisite Corpse and Larry Connolly's movie Echoes
Photo by Mary SanGiovanni

-being the first class to turn in our thesis electronically
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-attending Arnzen's humor class, Pat Pic's class on guerilla marketing, Russ Howe's Middle Ages class, and doing impromtu theater with Steven Piziks
Photo by Heidi Ruby Miller

Photo by Heidi Ruby Miller

Photo by Heidi Ruby Miller

Photo by Heidi Ruby Miller

-dining with the other grads at Mountain View Inn, including Rachael Pruitt who came in just to see us and passing the phone around to talk to Ceres Wright - I teared up
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-attending the wine social - I could actually relax this time because Traci Castleberry was in charge
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-seeing Toby again
Photo by Jason Jack Miller

-meeting our guest speaker children's author Bruce Hale
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-attending the Alumni Luncheon
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-practicing for graduation
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-listening to Mary's prayer
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-getting positive feedback about the grad program insert we whipped up with the pictures, bios, and book blurbs of all the graduates

-having Lee McClain be there for our graduation
Photo by Jason Jack Miller


-seeing some of the alums who made the trip out
Photo by Christopher Paul Carey

-having my family there to share this special place and time with me
Photo by Jason Jack Miller

I'll be posting the 200 other pictures we took by the end of the week in my LJ gallery.


Other thoughts on the Seton Hill January 2007 Residency:
Christopher Paul Carey - "I also had a blast at this past (and sadly my last) SHU WPF residency. I survived..."

Mary SanGiovanni - "Jay came all the way up from NJ to surprise me..."

devilwrites - "It's hard to describe residency this go around..."

funk_doctor - "Came back from SHU to find I lost six pounds..."

guardian_vasya - "This has been a fantastic week..."

Jason Jack Miller - His entries are ongoing.

Traci Castleberry - "And I'm FINALLY home..."

Mike Mehalek - "I'm still here in PA..."

redstargoddess - "Residency is over!!!"


Seton Hill University, Writing Popular Fiction, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, Kimberley Howe, Russ Howe, Mary SanGiovanni, Christopher Paul Carey, Ana Quinn, Mike Mehalek, Amanda Sablak, Sharron Gunn, Analisa Oviedo, Tobias Buckell, Patrick Picciarelli, Shara Shaunsaucie, Michael Arnzen, Becca Baker, Bruce Hale, Lee McClain, Michele Korrie