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Book Signing and Events at Confluence SF Conference (Pittsburgh, 7/22-23)

This weekend (July 22-23rd, 2011) I'll be attending Pittsburgh's annual Literary Science Fiction convention, Confluence. Here's my schedule of events: Friday July 22, 5:30pm Jr Suite Michael Arnzen Fiction Reading Friday 6pm Jr Suite Literary Beer: informal chat about the book, MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT: LESSONS IN WRITING POPULAR FICTION with editors Heidi Ruby Miller & Michael Arnzen Friday 10pm Willow Room HORROR PANEL: "Growing up Scared: How What Scares us Changes as We Age" Michael Arnzen (Moderator); Paul Anderson; John Alfred Taylor; Lawrence Connolly Description: "From monsters and gore to conspiracy and untrustworthy senses, the things that scared us…
July 21, 2011Posted inArnzen News2 Comments
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Photos from the Alpha Workshop Readings

See the full gallery on Posterous I enjoyed dropping by the fiction readings sponsored by the Alpha Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Workshop for Young Writers this evening in Greensburg, PA. Writers who instruct in the workshops this year included David Levine, Scott Johnson and David Barr Kirtley -- all pictured here. The book I co-edited, Many Genres, One Craft, was also sold at the event, where contributor and Alpha guru Diane Turnshek walked among us. An entertaining night! Congrats on ten years of workshops, Alphans!
July 16, 2011Posted inAmbulations1 Comment
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Photos from the HUGE #SHUWPF launch party for MANY GENRES and alumni book signing at Seton Hill U

There was a tremendous turnout for the alumni book signing event at Seton Hill University last night, which featured the launch party for Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction with about 30 of the contributors in attendance (sporting buttons so people could locate them and get copies signed). My co-editor, Heidi Ruby Miller, has posted a batch of great shots on her blog, as well. Update, 6.27: The Pittsburgh Tribune Review covered the event. Here's their article about it. 
June 25, 2011Posted inAmbulations6 Comments
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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.
June 25, 2011Posted inArnzen News