HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Dana Marton

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Dana Marton is up at ambasadora.

Seton Hill Writers News

#1: Mary SanGiovanni's short story "The Eleventh Hour Syndrome" is in Issue #100 of Space and Time, the double-sized 40th anniversary issue.

#2: The poetry contest from Michael A. Arnzen's goreletter is about to close. Check it out here to win a copy of Mike's movie Exquisite Corpse.

#3: Secret Contract by Dana Marton comes out this month. Her interview will be up tomorrow on HEIDI'S PICK SIX.

#4: Chapter three of Assassin Study is up at eHarlequin. Tell Maria V. Snyder where to go from here by voting on the ending. You can also read the first two chapters and see what choices the voters made.

#5: Gary Braunbeck is on the Stocker Final Ballot for his novel Prodigal Blues and his fiction collection Destination Unknown.


Mary SanGiovanni, Michael A. Arnzen, Dana Marton, Maria V. Snyder, Gary Braunbeck, Stokers, writing popular fiction, Seton Hill University

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - M. D. Benoit

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with M. D. Benoit is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Alan Dean Foster

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Alan Dean Foster is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - WEEK 7

Here's the line up at ambasadora for this week:

Monday - Alan Dean Foster / Science Fiction and Fantasy

Wednesday - M. D. Benoit / Science Fiction

Friday - Dana Marton / Romantic Suspense


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, Alan Dean Foster, M. D. Benoit, Dana Marton, writing, author interviews

M. D. Benoit's Virtual Book Tour - Synergy

From March 28 through April 11, M. D. Benoit will be going on a virtual book tour to promote her upcoming alternate reality novel, Synergy. During that period, ten bloggers will host her on their blog for one day. There will be discussions on Synergy, its themes, characters, interviews with the author, reviews of the book, etc.

Every day, on M. D.'s blog, Life’s Weirder than Fiction, she will announce where she will be that day, as well as talk a bit about her host.

She'll be doing HEIDI'S PICK SIX on Wednesday, March 28, and will be available all day to reply to comments.

Synergy’s Virtual Book Tour will culminate with a Virtual Book Launch, on April 14 through 15. M. D. can be contacted at mdbenoit@gmail.com.


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, M. D. Benoit, Synergy, virtual book tour, alternate reality, writing, author interviews

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Gary Frank

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Gary Frank is now up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - D. Harlan Wilson

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with D. Harlan Wilson is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Jack Skillingstead

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Jack Skillingstead is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - WEEK 6

This week's line up at ambasadora:

MONDAY - Jack Skillingstead / Science Fiction and Fantasy

WEDNESDAY - D. Harlan Wilson / Horror

FRIDAY - Gary Frank / Horror


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jack Skillingstead, D. Harlan Wilson, Gary Frank, writing, author interviews

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Patrick Picciarelli

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Patrick Picciarelli is up at ambasadora.

Seton Hill Romance

#1: To celebrate the upcoming Top Pick release of Secret Contract from Harlequin Intrigue, author Dana Marton is giving away a box of Godiva chocolates. Email her at danamarton@yahoo.com and tell her one thing you like about the excerpt from Secret Contract that is posted on her web site. She will draw one lucky reader from all who respond by April 30 to receive a box of Godiva truffles.

#2: You can win $500 in the texting sweepstakes for Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. The contest ends April 10.

#3: Penny Dawn's latest short Go For Miles is available now through Amber Heat.

#4: Kaye Dacus has moved her blog Write Place, Write Time to a new home.


Dana Marton, Secret Contract, Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study, Penny Dawn, Go for Miles, Kaye Dacus, Write Time, Write Place, Seton Hill University

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Lee Allen Howard

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Lee Allen Howard is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Steven Piziks (Steven Harper)

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Steven Piziks (Steven Harper) is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - WEEK 5

Here is the line up for this week over at ambasadora:

MONDAY - Steven Piziks (Steven Harper) / Fantasy and Science Fiction

WEDNESDAY - Lee Allen Howard / Horror (Editor)

FRIDAY - Patrick Picciarelli / Mystery and Creative Non-fiction


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, Steven Piziks, Steven Harper, Lee Allen Howard, Patrick Picciarelli, writing, author interviews, Seton Hill University

Horror News

#1: Scott A. Johnson's latest book The Journal of Edwin Gray is now available at Shocklines.

#2: Michael A. Arnzen and Lawrence C. Connolly have articles up at Dissections: The Journal of Contemporary Horror.

#3: "Kins", a story by Mary SanGiovanni in Postscripts #9 received a great review from Tangent Online.

X-posted to ambasadora


Mary SanGiovanni, Lawrence C. Connolly, Scott A. Johnson, Michael A. Arnzen, horror, Dissections, The Journal of Edwin Gray, Postscripts, Seton Hill University

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Susan Crandall

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Susan Crandall is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Maria V. Snyder

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Maria V. Snyder is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - WEEK 4

Here's the line up this week over at ambasadora:

MONDAY - Maria V. Snyder / Fantasy and Science Fiction

WEDNESDAY - Gary Frank / Horror

FRIDAY - Susan Crandall / Romance


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, Maria V. Snyder, Gary Frank, Susan Crandall, writing, author interviews

Seton Hill Writers on the Web

#1: Maria V. Snyder (SHU 2007) has a short story series up at eHarlequin.com about Valek in celebration of the re-relase of Poison Study.

#2: Penny Dawn (SHU 2006)and other Amber Quill authors are blogging over at Amber Heat about their new short story series Best in Game.

#3: Shelley Bates (SHU 2002) gives her input about writers finding their own voice over at Kaye Dacus' (SHU 2006) blog, Write Place, Write Time.


Seton Hill University, Writing Popular Fiction, eHarlequin, Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study, Penny Dawn, Amber Quill, Best in Heat, Shelley Bates, Kaye Dacus, Write Place, Write Time

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Anne Harris

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Anne Harris is up at ambasadora.