Posted inAmbulations

Photos from Frostburg Small / Regional Press Fair 2011

Had fun in Frostburg this weekend for the 2011 Western Maryland Small and Regional Press Festival. The fun folks I got to hang with are in the photos: my co-editor for Many Genres, Heidi Ruby Miller and I sat on a panel with Courtney Ruffner (editor, Florida English) on "Publishing Basics"; authors Jason Jack Miller, Jessica McHugh and Post Mortem Press editor Eric Beebe and I all sat on a panel about science fiction, fantasy and horror; and two of my publishers were on hand -- Jennifer Barnes and John Edward Lawson from Raw Dog Screaming Press, and Cynthia McCloud…
October 16, 2011Posted inAmbulations
Posted inArnzen News

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…
October 2, 2011Posted inArnzen News1 Comment
Posted inSnippets of the Strange

Jim Henson and Monstrosity

Liked today's google doodle for Jim Henson's 75th Birthday. It made me start thinking about just how bizarre Sesame Street (let alone The Muppet Show) really was. Also reminded me that I once wrote an alternative muppet piece in a (way) back issue of The Goreletter: if you missed it, check out "Grim Henzen Productions". p.s. The interactive logos are the best. I learned you can make the word 'google' eat itself in today's doodle... I also made the bald man's glasses spin off, but I have no idea how I did that.
September 24, 2011Posted inSnippets of the Strange
Posted inInstigation

Dark Promptings: Love Wrestling with Matt Duvall

"Dark Promptings" is a special series of guest-written creative writing prompts, aimed at sparking the imagination's gasoline for writers from any genre...but with a dark or devious discoloration, just like the Instigation department at Gorelets.com. The guest contributors are folks who wrote articles appearing in my fat new non-fiction book for fiction writers of all kinds, Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction, making a stop here at gorelets.com as part of their Virtual Book Tour across the web. (You can find my own VBT essays elsewhere). Writers and creative people: drop on by our book's meaty weblog…
September 24, 2011Posted inInstigation3 Comments