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.
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