Live Horror U Class at StokerCon 24: “Catching the Reader by Surprise”
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Live Horror U Class at StokerCon 24: “Catching the Reader by Surprise”

POST-CONVENTION UPDATE, 6/4/24: Unfortunately, this class will not be available online as a recorded lecture. If you attended the class at the con, know that the secret website for the course has been updated with extra materials! Just email me if you've forgotten it's location; otherwise, enjoy and stay in touch! Registration for my next Horror University course has opened up! "Catching the Reader by Surprise" will be a 2-hour online session covering strategies to keep your reader guessing, from building suspense in clever ways to crafting surprising plot twists, while taking the special considerations of the horror genre into…
May 8, 2024Posted inArnzen News
Win a Book from Galactic Terrors
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Win a Book from Galactic Terrors

On Oct 13th, 2022, I read some work at the fabulous "Galactic Terrors" series of video casts, which is run by the NY chapter of the Horror Writers Association. It was a good time, reading alongside Michelle Brittany and Steven Van Patten, who both enlightened and entertained. You can catch the episode on youtube if you missed it. But even better, if you sign up for the Galactic Terrors newsletter, you have a chance at winning one of two Arnzen books, an ebook from Steven Van Patten, or a handmade Halloween journal from Michele Brittany! The only catch is you…
October 14, 2022Posted inArnzen News
Raising the Dead Draft (& Other Fall Events)
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Raising the Dead Draft (& Other Fall Events)

Take a quick gander at my events page, and you'll see that I'm lining up a number of readings, talks and writing workshops for the 2022 Harvest season... hope you're able to join me at one of them! I always love reading live. But here I want to highlight a one-hour writing workshop I'm running that is also part of an awesome book launch. From Oct 8th-10th, Raw Dog Screaming Press and AllAccessCon are hosting "Writing Poetry in the Dark" -- a unique event featuring a roster of top horror poets, all talking shop to help writers learn about the…
September 25, 2022Posted inArnzen News
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Snapshots of StokerCon 2017

Although there are about 30 Bram Stoker Award banquets in the history books, this season's StokerCon 2017 was only the second time the Horror Writers Association has run a full-fledged convention, highlighting the genre with panel discussions, author readings, writing workshops, booksignings and varied presentations… culminating in the Award banquet, awarding the genre’s top practitioners with what I think remains the coolest trophy in the world: a creepy "house of usher" statuette.  And this year's conference, held aboard the famous ship moored in the docks of Long Beach, CA -- the Queen Mary -- was majestic and creepy as all…
May 1, 2017Posted inAmbulations2 Comments
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Snapshots from DogCon 5 at the Broadkill Writer’s Resort

DogCon is the annual gathering of writers, readers and fans of Raw Dog Screaming Press. This year's DogCon5, held in the new RDSP-owned beach house -- the Broadkill Writer's Resort -- focused on writers who wanted to relax, learn, practice, and mingle together in a kind of bizarro sci-fi literary retreat. While the programming was professional, it was relaxed, and the whole experience had the vibe of a 48-hour con suite at a genre convention, with occasional excursions to the beach and many spontaneous acts of chatting, gaming and writing. At the event, I ran a "Live Instigation" activity, which…
October 5, 2016Posted inAmbulations