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HEIDI'S PICK SIX: JASON JACK MILLER (The Devil and Preston Black)

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HEIDI'S PICK SIX As part of the virtual book tour for Many Genres, One Craft and Armchair BEA 2011 , this week kicks off my MGOC author interview series for the next month and a half! This week we'll hear from David Morrell , Jason Jack Miller , Tess Gerritsen , Susan Mallery , and Randall Silvis . So, without further introduction, ladies and gentlemen, Jason Jack Miller: Jason Jack Miller 1. Which of your characters is your favorite? 2. Tell me about your travels. Costa Rica was fer-de-lances, kinkajous and volcanoes. Mexico was pyramids and beaches. Zion was cool nights and red rock claustrophobia. Florida is cypress knees and egrets and a mouse. Czech Republic was Kafka and cabs and a rekindling. Outer Banks is family and hush puppies and sea grass. Germany was train stations and beer and holding hands. Canada was border guards. Vegas was Mesa Grill and bling. Austria was pizza and fog and church bells. Kentucky is barbecue and bourbon. West Virginia is

Conference: 2011 Pennwriters Conference - A Retrospective

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The energy at this year's Pennwriters Conference is still surging through me! I'm channeling it to work on two novellas in the Ambasadora-verse and finish up the second full-length novel in the series, so I barely have time for this post, but I had to give a little retrospective, mostly in photo form, like the one below of Jason and me with Saturday Keynote Speaker Jonathan Maberry. His speech should be required reading for the business--its theme was positivity and community, two sentiments I have always embraced when it comes to writing and the business of writing. Thanks to the participants in our all-day intensive workshop Many Genres, One Craft, based on our new writing guide of the same name. ( Buy it at Amazon right now! ) Seton Hill Writers ( Timons Esaias , Heidi Ruby Miller , Jason Jack Miller , Natalie Duvall, Matt Duvall, and Michael A. Arnzen ) taught one hour sessions on craft in the morning, then career in the afternoon. Each participant received a free har

Excerpts: Many Genres One Craft

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Excerpts Reposted from the MGOC site : HEIDI RUBY MILLER photo by Jason Jack Miller EXCERPT from "Tomorrow's Kiss: The Duality of SF Romance" by Heidi Ruby Miller in Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction : Romance and Science Fiction. Because the classification for either of these genres is open at best, deciding how to define the two when blended strains the mind. For this article we'll settle for an anemic definition: SF Romance presents a plot which relies on an alternative reality, usually brought forth through technology, as well an emotional journey of a couple or multiple couples. With such an exciting and intriguing concept, why do Romance and Science Fiction readers have such a difficult time embracing SF Romance? The answer may come down to nebulous percentages. What portion of the plot, character interaction, and ending is SF and what portion is Romance? If a writer sways too much in one direction or the other, she fears lo

Many Genres One Craft Official Release

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You can finally get your hands on Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction , edited by Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller and published by Headline Books, Inc. ! Visit your local bookstore or find it online at these and many fine retailers: Amazon Barnes and Noble Books A Million Powell's Books Writers Digest Shop Read excerpts , meet the 65 contributors , and follow our mega virtual book tour at the Many Genres blog: http://manygenres.blogspot.com