Metal Distortions: New Photo Set Posted to Flickr

Check out "Metal Distortions" -- my latest photo set over on my flickr gallery.  I've just uploaded about ten distorted versions of rock concerts I've been to this year. I especially like the way the shots from the Judas Priest Epitaph tour turned out. The above shot is actually one I did NOT post to the flickr gallery, because it uses the same photo as another one I altered that is a bit cooler ("Metal on Metal").  But I like it...even if, for some reason, it reminds me of The Walking Dead comic series. Comments always welcome, anywhere on the…

Come to the West Maryland Small Press Festival on Oct 15th

The Frostburg State University Center for Creative Writing, in partnership with the Allegany County Library System, is excited to announce that the fifth annual Western Maryland Small and Regional Press Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15, from 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., at Main Street, Frostburg. The event brings together editors and publishers with writers and educators of the local community. Panel discussions and roundtable sessions include topics on various creative genres, DIY publishing, self-publishing, promotion and marketing, writing local, and reading and writing online. I'll be attending along with my "Many Genres" co-editor, Heidi Ruby Miller, and alongside…

Podcast Interview with Author Magazine Online

Heidi Ruby Miller and I had a lot of fun in this chatty and informative 1/2 hour podcast interview for Author Magazine about our non-fiction book for authors, Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction. The interview was conducted by Jeff Ayers, who also interviewed us for The Big Thrill journal last month. [Cross-posted from the Social Network]

Book Signing and Events at Confluence SF Conference (Pittsburgh, 7/22-23)

This weekend (July 22-23rd, 2011) I'll be attending Pittsburgh's annual Literary Science Fiction convention, Confluence. Here's my schedule of events: Friday July 22, 5:30pm Jr Suite Michael Arnzen Fiction Reading Friday 6pm Jr Suite Literary Beer: informal chat about the book, MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT: LESSONS IN WRITING POPULAR FICTION with editors Heidi Ruby Miller & Michael Arnzen Friday 10pm Willow Room HORROR PANEL: "Growing up Scared: How What Scares us Changes as We Age" Michael Arnzen (Moderator); Paul Anderson; John Alfred Taylor; Lawrence Connolly Description: "From monsters and gore to conspiracy and untrustworthy senses, the things that scared us…

My program for the Confluence SF convention (July 22-23)

Next week (July 22-23rd, 2011) I'll be attending Pittsburgh's annual Literary Science Fiction convention, Confluence.  Here's my schedule of events: Friday July 22, 5:30pm  Jr Suite   Michael Arnzen Fiction Reading     Friday 6pm   Jr Suite   Literary Beer: informal chat about the book, MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT: LESSONS IN WRITING POPULAR FICTION with editors Heidi Ruby Miller & Michael Arnzen Friday 10pm  Willow Room HORROR PANEL: "Growing up Scared: How What Scares us Changes as We Age"   Michael Arnzen (Moderator);  Paul Anderson; John Alfred Taylor; Lawrence Connolly  Description: "From monsters and gore to conspiracy and untrustworthy senses, the things that…