Seton Hill Writers News for January 2010

In no particular order...

#1: Seton Hill Alum and Mentor Nalo Hopkinson was interviewed by Nick Liptak in The Book Bench section of The New Yorker online. She discusses her books and her fabric designs.

She is also the Guest of Honor for the 31st Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, which will take place March 17-21, 2010, at the Orlando Airport Marriott, Orlando, Florida.

#2: Seton Hill Humanities Chair and Mentor Michael A. Arnzen and Alum Michael Mehalek became members of Pennwriters.

#3: An article about Seton Hill Mentor Anne Harris's alter-ego Jessica Freely is up at The Advocate.

#4: New York Times Bestselling Author and Seton Hill Mentor Tobias S. Buckell is the Guest of Honor at Context in Columbus, OH, this year: August 27 - 29, 2010.

#5: Seton Hill Alums Matt Duvall and Natalie Duvall offer tips on "How to Get Your Heroine Out of a Headlock" and other fight scene scenarios at Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal.

Seton Hill Writers Update

I haven't done one of these in a while because I've been busy on a novel (of course), but here are a few updates I've recently heard about:

#1: The Other in the Mirror, a collection of writings by Phillip Jose Farmer and edited by Christopher Paul Carey, is now available for pre-order.

#2: Mary SanGiovanni was interviewed at Famous Monsters of Filmland about her latest novel Found You.

#3: Kaye Dacus' Stand-In Groom received a four star review in Romantic Times BOOKreviews. This was her thesis novel for the WPF program.

#4: Renae Johnson has a new trailer for her upcoming release Blessed Be.

#5: The first two chapters of Anne Harris' second novel Accidental Creatures is up at Book View Cafe.

#6: HALO: The Cole Protocol by Tobias S. Buckell hit the New York Times Bestseller list.


Christopher Paul Carey, Heidi Ruby Miller, Mary SanGiovanni, Kaye Dacus, Renae Johnson, Tobias Buckell, Anne Harris, writing, Seton Hill Writers

Seton Hill Writers News

#1: Congratulations to Gary Braunbeck on winning his third Stoker for his collection Destinations Unknown.

#2: Steven Harper's novel Battle Star Gallactica: Unity is out this month. You can also read an interview with him by John Joseph Adams at SciFi.com.

#3: Anne Harris' short story Still Life with Boobs is featured in the Nebula Awards Showcase 2007.

#4: Anita of The Romance Studio has a review of Penny Dawn's latest, The Carman Chronicle, Book I: The Satin Slippers.


Gary Braunbeck, Steven Harper, Anne Harris, Penny Dawn, writing popular fiction writing, Seton Hill University

Writers' News

#1: My story, "The Islands of Hope" is scheduled to appear in Sails & Sorcery: Nautical Tales of Fantasy, published by Fantasist Enterprises edited by W. H. Horner.

#2: Anne Harris is serializing her first novel The Nature of Smoke on her blog Mangaloid.

#3: Sherry D. Ramsey of Scriptorium has an interview with M. D. Benoit about her new novel Synergy.



The Islands of Hope, Heidi Ruby Miller, Sails & Sorcery: Nautical Tales of Fantasy, Anne Harris, Mangaloid, The Nature of Smoke, Sherry D. Ramsey, M. D. Benoit, Synergy

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Anne Harris

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

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - WEEK 3

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

MONDAY - Mike Resnick / Science Fiction

WEDNESDAY - K. J. Howe / Romantic Suspense

FRIDAY - Anne Harris / Fantasy and Manga


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, Mike Resnick, K. J. Howe, Anne Harris, writing, author interviews,