Seton Hill Writers News - January 2011

Nicole Peeler's Tempest's Legacy received 4.5 stars in the Urban Fantasy category in the January 2011 issue of RT Book Reviews. It was also a January Top Pick.


Tempest's Legacy by Nicole Peeler

Dark Matter, a poem by Timons Esaias, is up at Strange Horizons.

Chris Stout's novel Days of Reckoning is now available in the Kindle store. This was Chris's thesis novel for Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction Graduate Program.


Days of Reckoning by Chris Stout

Laurie Alice Eakes's novel Lady in the Mist was chosen as a book club book by Crossings Book Club, as well as picked up by Thorndike Press for large print editions, along with another of Laurie's 2010 books.


Lady in the Mist by Laurie Alice Eakes

Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology (edited by Michelle McCrary and Joe McKinney for 23 House), which contains Calie Voorhis's short story "Biting the Hand that Feeds You", has been nominated for a Black Quill for Best Dark Genre Anthology.


Dead Set edited by Michelle McCrary and Joe McKinney

Meg Mims is a new staff writer now for Re/Max Platinum Online, in Brighton, Michigan. She has also book reviews and articles on the Lake Effect Living website. And, to round out her new year, she sold an article to Chronicle, the Historical Society of Michigan's member magazine.

Meg also placed fourth in the Silicon Valley's RWA Gotcha Contest in the Inspirational category for her novel Double Crossing. Placing third in that same category was Lee McClain for The Missionary's Bride.

Mike Mehalek has a new blog at http://mikemehalek.blogspot.com called Writing is Tricky.

Mary SanGiovanni's new novel Thrall is available for pre-order through Thunderstorm Books.


Thrall by Mary SanGiovanni

Mary also wrote an essay about James Patterson's Along Came a Spider for Thrillers: 100 Must Reads (edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner for Oceanview Publishing), which was nominated for an Edgar Award.


Thrillers: 100 Must Reads edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner

Susan Mallery is a RT Award nominee for Career Achievement in the Mainstream category. Tess Gerritsen is nominated in the Mystery, Suspense and Thriller category.

Gaelen Foley's novel My Dangerous Duke is nominated in the RT Awards Best Historical Novels 2010.


My Dangerous Duke by Gaelen Foley

Michael A. Arnzen's story "Endless Shrimp"is in the Magazine of Bizarro Fiction Issue #4 (edited by John Skipp).


Magazine of Bizarro Fiction Issue #4 edited by John Skipp

Mike also has a new Gorelets page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Arnzen-Goreletscom/192534454091457.

New Book Deals and Releases for Seton Hill Writers - September 2010

Krista Russell sold A Following Sea, a middle-grade historical novel, to Peachtree Publishers. It is scheduled for publication in 2012.

Adina Senft signed a three-book deal with Hachette to write Amish women's fiction.

Sabrina Benulis sold her Archon series to Eos in a three-book deal. The first book will be published in Fall 2011.

The movie for Patrick Picciarelli's The Prince of Arthur Avenue has wrapped and is in editing. He will have a short story, The Friendly Island, in the International Association of Crime Writers annual anthology to be published next year.

Michael A. Arnzen and Gary Braunbeck both have stories in Legends of the Mountain State IV anthology.

Maria V. Snyder's Spy Glass, the last novel in the Glass series is on shelves. Maria is currently touring and teaching workshops. For a full list of her venues, please visit her website: http://www.mariavsnyder.com/appearances.php

Penny Dawn's short story "Last Good Grace" will appear in Issue #20 "The Fifth Column" of Six Brick Press' Six Little Things.

The first 200 words of Christopher Paul Carey's story "A Kick in the Side" is up at Meteor House Press. The story is part of The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer 1: Protean Dimensions.

Seton Hill Writers Updates - July 2010

Here's the news from Seton Hill Writers for May, June, and July:

#1: Maria V. Snyder's novel Storm Glass is one of three finalists for a Prism Award in the Fantasy category. The first novel in the "Glass" series, Sea Glass, is the winner of the 2009 Annual Cover Contest in the Alternate Reality cover category. Also, her story "Mongrel" is part of the Running with the Pack anthology edited by Ekaterina Sedia and published through Prime Books. The anthology just received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly.

#2: Ellen Spain will be a Judge for the 2010 Young Voices Foundation Awards. She judged in 2009, as well. Also, Ellen is the new EPIC Secretary.

#3: W. D. Prescott joined Choate Road as a columnist (Prescott's Pulpit) and interviewer. Among his interviewees this fall are three Seton Hill WPF alums: Kate Martin, Calie Voorhis, and Laurie Alice Eakes.

#4: Timons Esaias read his award-winning poetry at the Hemingway's Summer Poetry Series this month in Oakland, Pittsburgh.

#5: Mike Arnzen and Diane Turnshek will be teaching at the ALPHA SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers at the University of Pittsburgh's Greensburg Campus July 14 - 23.

#6: Natalie Duvall is in a competition to become the next columnist at Fine Living Lancaster. You can still vote through Friday, July 16, 2010.

#7: Christopher Paul Carey's story "A Kick in the Side" is part of the upcoming anthology The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer Protean Dimensions. The story is set in the world of Farmer's Khokarsa series, the same one from The Song of Kwasin, the novel Carey co-wrote with Farmer.

#8: Seton Hill Writers who will be guests at Confluence 2010 in Pittsburgh include Gary A. Braunbeck, Lawrence C. Connolly, Timons Esaias, James Morrow, and Diane Turnshek.

#9: Patrick Picciarelli's short story "The Prince of Arthur Avenue" from the Bronx Noir anthology edited by S. J. Rozan was just made into a movie.

#10: Tim Waggoner has the Nekropolis blog for his new series about Matt Richter a zombie P.I. The first book is Nekropolis followed by Dead Streets.

#11: Damsels in Regress interview Kaye Dacus.

#12: Nicole Peeler joined Seton Hill University as a full-time faculty member this year.

Seton Hill Writers News

Here is an update on publications and appearances by Seton Hill alums and mentors:

Alum Mary SanGiovanni, author of the Bram Stoker-nominated The Hollower and its sequel, Found You will be a judge for the Black Static Magazine and WHC 2011 Short Story Contest.

Mentor Michael A. Arnzen will appear with several other Raw Dog Screaming Press authors at Backlist Books (39 Lincoln Way E., Massillon, OH 44646) on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 3:00 PM.

Alum Chrsitopher Paul Carey's "Philip José Farmer and ERB: A Shared Mythography" is part of The Burroughs Bulletin tribute issue to Philip José Farmer.

Alum Bridget Midway is the cover girl on the March issue of RT Book Reviews magazine. There is also a feature article about her inside.

Alum Penny Dawn received a 4 star review in RT for The Carman Chronicles.

Alum Laurie Alice Eakes's first Heartsong Presents from Barbour Publishing will be out in May in large print.

Alum Kaye Dacus's A Case for Love, book 3 in the Brides of Bonneterre series was released February 1, and has spent several weeks on Amazon's Christian Romance best-sellers list. A Case for Love received a 4 star review at RT.

Kaye will be teaching at the North Louisiana RWA chapter's conference the weekend of March 5-6 in Shreveport, Louisiana. More info can be found here: http://www.nolastars.com/node/81

During July 18 - 31, 2010, mentor Kathe Koja will be a Shared Worlds instructor at Wofford College in South Carolina.

Mentor Jessica Freely sold reprints of three stories ("Hero", "Stay", and "Scars") to Loose Id.

Alum Venessa Giunta, Senior Editor for Loose Id will be a guest at Frolicon (www.frolicon.org) in April. She will be participating in several panels on writing, both craft and business

Alum Heidi Ruby Miller has a poem in the April 2010 issue of Beyond Centauri.

Alum David Corwell's southwestern fantasy short story, "Conqueror of Shadows," will be published in Tales of the Talisman, Volume 6, Issue #2, due out in Autumn 2010 and his short-short Halloween story entitled "The Harvest" will appear as a reprint in Daily Flash: 365 Days of Flash Fiction, which will be published by Pill Hill Press in December 2010.

David now represents all Fantasist Enterprises titles in New Mexico, including Cloaked in Shadow which showcases his story "The Legacy of the Quedana". A list of upcoming events can be found at his BookTour site: http://booktour.com/author/david_j_corwell. He is also a book reviewer for ReadingNewMexico.com, a site dedicated to reviewing books about New Mexico or by New Mexican writers.

Seton Hill Writers News

Forza Renea will publish Lynn Salsi's latest middle grade novel about Ray Hicks titled Appalachian Jack Tales Told by Hicks, Ward, and Harmon Families; her first book featuring this prominent Appalachian storyteller, The Life and Times of Ray Hicks: Keeper of the Jack Tales, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize last year. Vietnam Firefight on Brown Water, her thesis novel for Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction Program, recently won the Stars and Flag Award.

Laurie Alice Eakes sold two more books to Baker/Revell, the fifth and sixth books they have bought from her in the past eight months, and the twelfth and thirteenth books she has sold in the past thirteen months.

Les Compagnons de l'Ombre 6 (Tales of the Shadowmen 6) featuring the story "De Fer et de Bronze" by Christopher Paul Carey and Win Scott Eckert is now available in...you guessed it! French.

Cynthia Ravinski has a new website: www.cynthiaravinski.com.

Natalie and Matt Duvall will be teaching two online workshops in 2010. In February, it's Writing Action Scenes the WWE Way at Romance Writers of America: Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter and the second one is in August at Passionate Ink.

Susan Mallery's latest romance High Powered, Hot Blooded is on shelves now.

Maria V. Snyder's novel Sea Glass was number 5 on Locus Magazine's TRADE PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS LIST this month.

Seton Hill Writers Update

The Seton Hill University Writing Popular Fiction alum, students, and mentors have been busy. Here's an update:

Jenny Andersen's thesis novel Loving Luke will be released from The Wild Rose Press on December 18, 2009. She will be signing books at Borders.

Michael A. Arnzen is giving away copies of his e-book Sportuary when you sign up for his newsletter at his Gorelets site. He's also hosting a contest for rare Arnzen collector's items for customer reviews of any of his books/stories/cds/films at amazon.com, horror-mall.com, itunes.com, or cdbaby.com. For details on how to enter, visit www.gorelets.com.

Gary Braunbeck sold the final book in his Cedar Hill Cycle, A Cracked and Broken Path, as well as a non-fiction book about writing horror to Jason Sizemore at Apex Books.

Tobias S. Buckell's novella "Dirt" is part of the new Halo anthology Evolutions: Essential Tales of the Halo Universe.

Christopher Paul Carey has a short story titled "Caesar's Children—A Tale of Pluritopia" in the upcoming Tales of the Shadowmen Grand Guignol anthology.

Kaye Dacus sold three novels in her new series The Matchmakers to Barbour Publishing: Love Remains,The Art of Romance, and Turnabout is Fair Play. Kaye has done several interviews with Victor Gentile of The Kingdom Highlights Show, an internet radio program, about some of her previous books: Stand-In Groom, Menu for Romance, and Ransome's Honor.

Laurie Alice Eakes' novel The Glassblower will be released in December from Barbour Publishing. Laurie also sold three more books to Barbour this year, plus four to Baker/Revell, and four to Avalon Books.

Timons Esaias is presenting a full-day intensive workshop about fiction writing at the 2010 Pennwriters Conference on May 13, 2010, from 9 AM - 4 PM.

W.H. Horner co-edited The Stories in Between, a Between Books Anthology, featuring "Dr. Time" by Maria V. Snyder and "Beneath Between" by Lawrence C. Connolly.

Heidi Ruby Miller's article about Uniontown, PA, will be part of the 'A Tale of Two Towns' feature in the Spring 2010 issue of Pursuits Magazine. She also has a large lay out about the Pennsylvania Wilds in the 2009 PA Insiders Guide.

Patrick Picciarelli's short story "The Prince of Arthur Avenue" from Bronx Noir (Akashic Books) has been optioned for a movie and will begin filming in January. Terry Knight, Knight Vision Pictures, is producing.

W. D. Prescott's short story "January" was accepted for the Dead Bells anthology, edited by Jodi Lee and published by Library of Horror Press.

Mary SanGiovanni was one of ten authors interviewed for Michael Knost’s article, “The Aha! Moment” up at Cemetery Dance’s Writers’ Corner.

Maria V. Snyder's latest novel Sea Glass, part of The Glass series, is available this month. Maria will be signing books December 12, 2009, at Borders Express at the Park City Mall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Ellen Spain was named the Pennsylvania State Coordinator for EPIC, the Electronically Published Internet Connection, a professional organization for published and contracted e-book and print authors.

Cover Art for The Other in the Mirror

You can see the cover of The Other in the Mirror, a new Phillip Jose Farmer omnibus, edited by Seton Hill Writer Christopher Paul Carey. The cover art is by Bob Eggleton.

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 Updates

#1: Mary SanGiovanni's sequel to her Bram Stoker-nominated first novel The Hollwer is on shelves now. The follow up is called Found You.

#2: The short story "Iron and Bronze" by Christopher Paul Carey and Win Scott Eckert is part of Tales of the Shadowmen: Volume 5 due out soon.

#3: You can hear Michael A. Arnzen as part of the Writer's Talk series on WCBE Ohio's NPR through this link. Other Seton Hill Writers in the series include Gary Braunbeck and Lawrence Connolly.

#4: Lynn Salsi's debut YA novel Firefight on Vietnam Brown Water" is now available. This was Lynn's thesis novel for Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction Program.


Mary SanGiovanni, Heidi Ruby Miller, Christopher Paul Carey, Michael A. Arnzen, Gary Braunbeck, Lawrence C. Connolly, Lynn Salsi, writing, Win Scott Eckert, Seton Hill Writers

Seton Hill Writers Book News

#1: Veins, the debut illustrated novel by Lawrence C. Connolly, is now available from Fantasist Enterprises. You can see and read more about it at the official Veins site.

#2: The Song of Kwasin, a novel by Philip Jose Farmer and Seton Hill alum Christopher Paul Carey, was announced at Farmercon 90. The novel is a direct sequel to Hadon of Ancient Opar and Flight to Opar.

#3: Susan Mallery's latest novel Sweet Talk is on shelves now.

#4: Kimberley A. Opatka-Metzgar, Director of Public Relations for Saint Vincent Archabbey and Seminary and Seton Hill alum designed The Illustrated History of the Schickel Motorcycle written by Ken Anderson.

#5: Nica Berry has a new e-book out from Torquere Press titled Hart and Soul.

#6: Simply Romance Reviews gave Katherine Ivy's novel Dishonorable Intentions an A+. You can read the entire review here.

#7: Timons Esaias has only a few copies left of his poetry chapbook The Influence of Pigeons on Architecture, now in its second printing.

#8: Dana Marton has an unedited draft of one of her novels up for free on her site. She is asking for email addresses (privately) just to see how many people are reading the book. If enough people take advantage of it, she'll post more free books.

#9: Michael A. Arnzen's limited edition novelette Bitchfight is available now from Bad Moon Books.


Michael A. Arnzen, Heidi Ruby Miller, Christopher Paul Carey, Katherine Ivy, Susan Mallery, Nica Berry, Dana Marton, writing, Timons Esaias, Seton Hill Writers, Lawrence C. Connolly, Kimberley A. Opatka-Metzgar

My Bibliophile in Farmerphile

The announcement about Farmercon 90 and Farmerphile 13 is up at The Official Jose Farmer Home Page. Issue thirteen contains my bibliophile on Farmer's novel The Tongues of the Moon. I wrote it from an anthropologist's perspective.

Also featured in the issue is fellow Seton Hill Writer Christopher Paul Carey and fellow Magic River blogger Win Scott Eckert.

More on The Magic River to come. Until then, it is syndicated here on Live Journal.


Heidi Ruby Miller, Philip Jose Farmer, The Tongues of the Moon, Farmercon 90, Farmerphile, The Magic River, writing, Christopher Paul Carey, Win Scott Eckert, Seton Hill Writers

Even More Seton Hill Writers News

#1: Katherine Ivy was interviewed at Cerridwen Press about her first novel Dishonorable Intentions. You can find her on LJ at kat_ivy.

#2: Penny Dawn has an interview at Novel Sisterhood about her latest book The Long Run. You can also find Penny at Shelfari.

#3: The Philip Jose Farmer collection Venus on the Half-Shell and Others, edited by Christopher Paul Carey is listed as a New and Notable Book in Locus Magazine.

#4: Tobias Buckell has an essay up at The Angry Black Woman.

#5: Maria V. Snyder guest blogged at The Story Siren about her newest novel Fire Study.


Seton Hill University, Heidi Ruby Miller, Katherine Ivy, Tobias Buckell, Penny Dawn, Maria V. Snyder, Christopher Paul Carey, writing, author interviews, Seton Hill Writers

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - Christopher Paul Carey

HEIDI'S PICK SIX with Christopher Paul Carey is up at ambasadora.

HEIDI'S PICK SIX - WEEK 41

This week on HEIDI'S PICKS SIX:

Monday - Seton Hill alum Christopher Paul Carey / Science Fiction Writer and Editor

Wednesday - Elizabeth Coley / Science Fiction and Young Adult

Friday - James T. Durkin / Mainstream Fiction


HEIDI'S PICK SIX, Heidi Ruby Miller, Christopher Paul Carey, Elizabeth Coley, James T. Durkin, science fiction, fiction, writing, author interviews, Seton Hill University