HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Thomas F. Monteleone

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Thomas F. Monteleone is up now at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - WEEK 20

Here is the short line up for this week at HEIDI'S PICK SIX:
Monday - Sandy Lender - Fantasy

Wednesday - Thomas F. Monteleone - Horror


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, Sandy Lender, Thomas F. Monteleone, horror, fantasy, writing, author interviews, Seton Hill University

Seton Hill Thesis Readings

Tonight four of the graduating students from Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction Program will be defending their thesis novels in public readings on campus in Greensburg, PA.

Here is the schedule:
5:00 - Rachael Pruitt
6:00 - K. Ceres Wright
7:00 - Jason Jack Miller
8:00 - Johanna L. Gribble

Good luck!


Writing Popular Fiction, thesis readings, Rachael Pruitt, K. Ceres Wright, Jason Jack Miller, Johanna L. Gribble, writing, Greensburg, Seton Hill University

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Alexa Grave

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Alexa Grave is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Darren Moore

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Darren Moore is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - WEEK 19

Here is the line up for HEIDI'S PICK SIX for Week 19. And in honor of the Seton Hill residency and alumni retreat happening in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, this week, all of the participants are up and coming writers from the WPF program:

Monday - Darren Moore - Fantasy

Wednesday - Alexa Grave - Fantasy

Friday - Amanda Sablak - Horror


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, Darren Moore, Lori Phillips, Amanda Sablak, Alexa Grave, writing, author interviews, Seton Hill University

Speculative News

#1: The Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) has a small write up about the Green Hills of Earth Poetry Reading.

#2: Mary SanGiovanni has some tour dates up here and here for her upcoming debut novel The Hollower.
The Hollower


Science Fiction Poetry Association, SFPA, Green Hills of Earth, Mary SanGiovanni, horror, The Hollower, writing, book tour, Seton Hill University

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Charles Coleman Finlay

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Charles Coleman Finlay is up at ambasadora.

Seton Hill Writers News

#1: Tobias Buckell has the first 13 chapters up for his new novel Ragamuffin.

#2: K. Ceres Wright interviews writer and editor Lee Allen Howard and writer Mike Mehalek on her blog.

#3: Tracy Wilson-Burns has a new website.


Writing Popular Fiction, Tobias Buckell, Ragamuffin, K. Ceres Wright, Mike Mehalek, Lee Allen Howard, writing, Tracy Wilson Burns, Seton Hill University

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - WEEK 18

And here is the line up for this week at HEIDI'S PICK SIX:

Monday - Robert J. Sawyer / Science Fiction

Wednesday - Charles Coleman Finlay / Fantasy

Friday - Steve Nagy / Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, Robert J. Sawyer, Charles Coleman Finlay, Steve Nagy, writing, author interviews

Writers' News

#1: Gary Braunbeck's short story Rami Temporales is being made into a movie by Stranger Things TV. This story originally appeared in Borderlands 5 edited by Tom and Elizabeth Monteleone and is now retitled One of those Faces. Here is the trailer.

#2: Mark Tiedeman has a new MySpace and is looking for friends.

#3: Sherry Peters' short story The Greatest Honor: A Mable the Lovelorn Elf Story is up for voting at Aoife's Kiss.

#4: Michael A. Arnzen's collection 100 Jolts is now out in a special hardcover edition.


Gary Braunbeck, Stranger Things TV, One of those Faces, Sherry Peters, Mable the Lovelorn Elf, The Greatest Honor, writing, Mark Tiedemann, Seton Hill University, Michael A. Arnzen, 100 Jolts

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Sherry Peters

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Sherry Peters is up now at ambasadora.

Green Hills of Earth Poetry Reading

On June 2, The Three Rivers Arts Festival and PARSEC hosted Green Hills of Earth, readings that carry on the tradition of science fiction, fantasy, and macabre poetry. Reading from their own works and those of the masters were Chris Ferrier, Eric Leif Davin, Ziggy Edwards, and Seton Hill writers Michael A. Arnzen, Timons Esaias, Heidi Ruby Miller.

Musical selections which played before the event and during the intermission were from Mike Arnzen's newest CD Audiovile and the motion picture Forbidden Planet by Louis and Bebe Barron.

The event was produced by Dave Brody and Timons Esaias.
Dave Brody

Michael A. Arnzen

Heidi Ruby Miller

Eric Leif Davin

Ziggy Edwards

Chris Ferrier

Timons Esaias


Three Rivers Arts Festival, Green Hills of Earth, Pittsburgh, poetry, Dave Brody, Timons Esaias, Michael A. Arnzen, Heidi Ruby Miller, Seton Hill University, Ziggy Edwards, Eric Leif Davin, Chris Ferrier

Audiovile

Michael A. Arnzen has a new MySpace featuring his debut audio release through Raw Dog Screaming Press aptly calledAudiovile, featuring the musical talents of Jason Jack Miller on "Dreamachinery."


If you pre-order a copy of the Audiovile CD from Shocklines, it will be signed and the shipping is free.

The CD Release Party will be at Horrorfind Weekend in August. Maybe even a live performance?

Here is a list of the tracks:
* Psycho Hunter (3:37)
* Obictionary (2:14)
* In the Middle (2:57)
* Stress Toy (2:17)
* Dreamachinery (3:40)
* Stabbing for Dummies (7:55)
* Why Zombies Lumber (1:46)
* The Cow Café (5:55)
* Brain Candy (1:57)
* Driving the Sick Elephant (4:03)
* Take Out (1:43)
* The Seven-Headed Beast (3:51)
* Little Stocking Stuffers (1:52)
* Six Short Films About Chauncy the Serial Killer (2:19)
* A Donation (4:33)
* Not the Reaper (2:27)


Audiovile, Michael A. Arnzen, Raw Dog Screaming Press, Dreamachinery, horror, Jason Jack Miller, music, Seton Hill University

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Geoffrey A. Landis

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Geoffrey Landis is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - WEEK 17

Here is the line up for this week at HEIDI'S PICK SIX:

Monday - Geoffrey Landis / Science Fiction and Poetry

Wednesday - Shannon Esposito / Science Fiction

Friday - Sherry Peters / Fantasy


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, Geoffrey Landis, Shannon Esposito, Sherry Peters, speculative fiction, writing, author interviews, Seton Hill University

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Lawrence C. Connolly

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Lawrence C. Connolly is up at ambasadora.