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Many Genres, Many Awards…and One Great Year for Our Writing Guide!

As the writer's guide I co-edited with Heidi Ruby Miller -- Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction -- comes to its first year anniversary, I was happy to learn this morning that it just won another book award. Here are the accolades I know about so far: Winner, "Business: Writing and Publishing" category, 2012 International Book Awards. Winner, "Education/Academic" category, 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Winner, General Non-Fiction Award. 2011 London Books Festival Award. Listed 5th in "This Year's Ten Most Terrific Writing Books" by The Writer magazine (Dec 2011). Finalist, "Business: Writing and Publishing" category.…
May 23, 2012Posted inArnzen News
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The Dream People Hand You a Cookie

The latest issue of the bizarro journal, The Dream People, includes my story, "The Fortune Cookie," excerpted from The Gorelets Omnibus. You may have seen this before, but go check out The Dream People anyway, because it's got some good features this issue, including a focus on my Master's thesis advisor from way back when, the inimitable Lance Olsen (who I recently learned won a Guggenheim Fellowship...way to go, Lance!).
May 4, 2012Posted inArnzen News
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Sick Alternative Cover Art Concept for The Gorelets Omnibus!

I just shared this photo, "Dismembered Handheld Computing," over on my flickr gallery... it's one of the original cover concepts I shared with the publisher during the production stages of my latest book, The Gorelets Omnibus. Head on over to flickr to read more about the backstory, if you're not already running for the bathroom with a hand clamped over your mouth... The art is sort of an inside joke about the 'gorelets' poetry. Visit gorelets.com to learn more about this project and my weird work.
March 11, 2012Posted inArnzen News
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The Gorelets Omnibus for Kindle and More on Amazon.com

You can now get the Gorelets Omnibus as an e-book for the Kindle along with all the other editions, from amazon.com. I think this is very cool, because gorelets -- which, a decade ago, were originally a series of poems that were written for PDAs, the first handheld e-readers -- are now available in ebook format for your cell phone (if you have the Kindle app). This feels like coming full circle. Just so you're aware: the Kindle edition is an electronic adaptation of the paperback edition. Remember that the Hardcover is substantially expanded, with bonus poetry galore and it…
March 2, 2012Posted inArnzen News2 Comments
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Upcoming Arnzen Events – Spring 2012

MARCH 21-25, 2012 | Orlando, FL | ICFA-33 DIVERSE READINGS & PANELS "The Monstrous Fantastic": The 33rd International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts will be held at the Orlando Airport Marriott. I will be respondent to a roundtable discussion about my article on horror pedagogy, "The Unlearning: Horror and Transformative Theory." I'm also scheduled to read from my new book, The Gorelets Omnibus, and moderate a panel on contemporary horror film directors. Other writers in attendance include featured guests China Mieville and Kelly Link, Bruce Boston, Marge Simon, Andy Duncan, Bryan Dietrich and many more.     MARCH…
January 31, 2012Posted inArnzen News