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Talk About Writing

A few bits of "writer"-related news to note: I'll be returning as a guest lecturer at the Odyssey Fantasy Writing Workshop next Summer (applications for early admission due Jan 30th!). The kind folks at Odyssey just interviewed me for their blog, too, where I talk about how I persisted in the early years of my career, and where I share some advice for writers of genre fiction. [I'll also be returning to teach at the Alpha Workshops for Young SF/F/H Writers next summer, as well!] A shorter interview is attached to a brief 5-Star Review of my short story "Spring…
December 14, 2009Posted inArnzen News3 Comments
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Clips from My Halloween Reading at SHU 2009

Last week the English Club at Seton Hill University invited me to read at a Halloween event they sponsored, and I had a lot of fun reading some new story sketches and poems with them. I recorded it, so I could share a few audio clips here in celebration. Click the play button below to hear "Endless Shrimp" (2:10), "Silence" (3:17) and "The Christmas Doll" (0:46). Happy Halloween (...and Christmas, too!) [audio:Michael Arnzen_Endless Shrimp-Live 2009.mp3,Michael Arnzen_Silence-Live 2009.mp3,Michael Arnzen_The Christmas Doll-Live 2009.mp3|titles=Endless Shrimp-Live 2009,Silence-Live 2009,The Christmas Doll-Live 2009|artists=Michael Arnzen,Michael Arnzen,Michael Arnzen] If you like it, investigate my produced CD -- Audiovile!…
October 25, 2009Posted inWeblog Exclusive
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The Roundtable of Terror

You can now listen to the *complete* roundtable conversation between Lawrence C. Connolly, Lucy A. Snyder, Gary A. Braunbeck and myself, recorded in late September 2008, called "The Business/Life of Writing Horror and Dark Fantasy". It's one of the best panels on the genre I've ever been a part of, in professional studio-quality audio. The discussion goes into very deep, and sometimes very funny, territory, really showing the complexity of the genre and where horror fiction is headed. Hosted by Doug Dangler at the Ohio State U Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing, you can download it from…
January 18, 2009Posted inArnzen News
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Video: Fearzone Reading at Zombiefest

At the Zombiefest convention last month, the good folks at FearZone.com took me to a quiet corner of the mall, held a camera to my head and demanded an exclusive reading of some short shorts.  They're posting the film on their site tomorrow to slather your Thanksgiving holiday in horror gravy.  Here's an advanced screening.  Happy Turkey Choppin', boys and girls!  Don't forget your MyBlade.
November 26, 2008Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Happy World Zombie Day

Zombiefest 2008 -- held at the Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh this weekend -- has so far been both fun and disturbingly surreal.  I've posted some photos from the first day of the dead in the gorelets.com gallery -- mostly of friends in publishing, but also a few freaky shots like the one above.  Aside from crawling the mall, hanging out at my publisher's table and saying "Brainnns!" over and over again, yesterday I performed a fiction reading along with Ryan Mecum (author of Zombie Haiku) and Steve North (author of Dead Tide) -- which you should be able to hear a podcast of soon on…
October 26, 2008Posted inArnzen News