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Gorelets.com Returns to its Mobile-Friendly Roots

While "responsive" is a word I usually associate with "Things Doctors Say In Intensive Care Units," it's also a word that now applies to this website. "Responsive" means that the site automatically recognizes if you're reading it with a touchscreen device and it changes to make it more mobile-friendly. [The same is true of the Arnzen Social Network page at http://michaelarnzen.com/ and most of the other main pages linked in my menu.] While I doubt it's perfect, you can now far more easily read the text and browse pages while on the road, riding in the back of your hearse…
August 5, 2012Posted inAmbulations
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The Books Page is Alive

I've made some good progress on the new bibliography/book catalog for gorelets.com -- not complete yet, but most of the titles in print are ready to view. You can get to them through the "Books and Other Creative Works" button at the top of this page. Surprises lurk therein, from audio samples to downloadable excerpts to extended tables of contents and great photos. I've been slowly updating the entire website at gorelets.com this summer. I recently updated my bio page with some funky photos and updates, for instance, and I've set up a youtube channel (see the micro-buttons in the…
June 26, 2012Posted inData+Errata
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Photos from Seton Hill WPF Book Signing 2012

Our Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton Hill University took over the gymnasium and McKenna Center last night to host a mass book signing, and it was great to see so many new book releases from students, alums and faculty alike. It was fantastic to have two of my publishers in the house -- Raw Dog Screaming Press and Headline Books. Here's a few snapshots from the event. (You can see some from last year here, too.) Thanks to all who visited campus, dropped by my table, and picked up copies of The Gorelets Omnibus, Many Genres, One Craft, Play…
June 23, 2012Posted inAmbulations1 Comment
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Many Genres, Many Awards…and One Great Year for Our Writing Guide!

As the writer's guide I co-edited with Heidi Ruby Miller -- Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction -- comes to its first year anniversary, I was happy to learn this morning that it just won another book award. Here are the accolades I know about so far: Winner, "Business: Writing and Publishing" category, 2012 International Book Awards. Winner, "Education/Academic" category, 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Winner, General Non-Fiction Award. 2011 London Books Festival Award. Listed 5th in "This Year's Ten Most Terrific Writing Books" by The Writer magazine (Dec 2011). Finalist, "Business: Writing and Publishing" category.…
May 23, 2012Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Sick Alternative Cover Art Concept for The Gorelets Omnibus!

I just shared this photo, "Dismembered Handheld Computing," over on my flickr gallery... it's one of the original cover concepts I shared with the publisher during the production stages of my latest book, The Gorelets Omnibus. Head on over to flickr to read more about the backstory, if you're not already running for the bathroom with a hand clamped over your mouth... The art is sort of an inside joke about the 'gorelets' poetry. Visit gorelets.com to learn more about this project and my weird work.
March 11, 2012Posted inArnzen News