Kindle Experiments

I've begun another series of weird photos -- "Kindle Experiments" -- over on my flickr gallery. Just having fun messing around with shots of my amazon kindle. Let me know what you think. Plans are afoot with publishers of my backlist to produce ebook versions of my novels and collections in the year to come. Keep an eye on my Amazon profile if you're looking for something new for your kindle, nook, kanookiedindle, et cetera.

Photos from the Many Genres book launch party, 6/24/11

We had a phenomenal book launch party at Seton Hill U for our new instructional book. Drop by the Many Genres One Craft weblog for some great photos from the event, which was held during the writers residency for our MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction. Horror writers in attendance included Gary Braunbeck, Tim Waggoner, Scott Johnson, Lawrence Connolly, Jean-Loup Benet, Lucy Snyder, Kristin Dearborn, Paul Popiel, David Corwell, Sheldon Higdon and many many more.

Many Genres Book Signing Friday 6/23 7-9pm at Seton Hill U.

The new instructional guide for writers that I co-edited, Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction will have a massive book signing at Seton Hill University -- a great opportunity for people in the area to not only buy the book, but get it signed by the many contributors in attendance. The launch will be part of a wine reception and book signing by Writing Popular Fiction alumni at the college. The event runs this Friday (6/23) from 7-9pm in the McKenna Center (look for the gymnasium) on the Seton Hill University campus on the hilltop in Greensburg,…

Highlights from the HWA Stoker Award Weekend (June 2011)

I had a great time in New York last weekend, participating in the 2011 Stoker Weekend put on by the Horror Writers Association. The "Stoker Weekend" is an annual professional writer's conference that centers around the Bram Stoker Award ceremony, featuring business/professional meetings, public book signings, panel discussions for the national writer's organization, the Horror Writers Association. I took lots of photos this time around, to try to capture the spirit of the event. Here are some of the highlights from my trip to Long Island: + Was greeted by many old friends and new readers at the massive autograph…