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EVENT: Staying Home, Staying Creative at AllAccessCon

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EVENTS Jason and I are going to help you get into flow during the breakout sessions for the Staying Home, Staying Creative Workshop at All AccessCon on Thursday, April 23, 2020 (4:00 - 7:00 PM ET) . Are you feeling "stuck" at home in more ways than one? Many of us always said that if only we could stay home we'd finally write that novel, learn a new writing skill, or revise that story or article and get it into the submission process. Now that we aren't being given a choice about staying home the situation isn't optimal and might even cause us to lose whatever creative momentum we had to begin with. Join our panel of experts for a frank discussion about staying focused, creative, and successful in our new home environment, followed by a series of breakout sessions. This virtual workshop is presented by AllAccessCon at a reduced price to accommodate those economically impacted by COVID-19. ABOUT THE PRESENTERS Matt Betts Ohio native Matt Betts is a

VIDEO: Heidi Ruby Miller Reads from Ambasadora: Marked by Light

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VIDEOS I read from Ambasadora Book 1: Marked by Light during an AllAccessCon event, hosted by Raw Dog Screaming Press and Dog Star Books . I always ask the audience to choose a page number for me to start then read two or three pages from there. It's fun for me, hopefully fun for them too, as we never know what will pop up.

VIDEO: Artist Interview with Amy Gartley about Ambasadora Illustration

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VIDEOS John Edward Lawson of Raw Dog Screaming Press interviews artist Amy Gartley on AllAccessCon about her inspiration and process for the interior illustration in the signed and lettered hardcover edition of Ambasadora: Marked by Light (Dog Star Books).

EVENT: Zoom Into Books Presents Write the Book They Can't Put Down by Heidi Ruby Miller

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EVENTS I'll be presenting the workshop "Write the Book They Can't Put Down" on Zoom Into Books for Headline Books, Inc. on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET. Here's the press release from Headlines : Wednesday, April 8 2:00 PM ET Write the Book They Can't Put Down with Heidi Ruby Miller (45 minutes) Heidi will guide you through tips based on her article "The Shifting Grail: A Quest for a Good Read" from the international award-winning writing guide Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction, which she co-edited for Seton Hill University's MFA program. Using examples from well-known movies and literature, she'll show how character motivation can dictate pacing and suspense, making your book one readers can't put down. Heidi will also host a Q&A and booksigning for Many Genres at the end of her presentation. Register at https://us04web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsf-2qqDouzppSHg9Bt

BOOK: Man of War E-Book Sale

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BOOKS The wonderful crew at Meteor House sent out this press release for their giant e-book sale , which includes Man of War . As our loyal readers around the world continued to stay at home, protecting themselves and their neighbors, we here at Meteor House want to continue to do our small part in helping everyone flatten the curve, and so for the past week all of our ebooks have been on sale . One of the things we love here at Meteor House has been the opportunity to allow other writers to create new stories based in Philip José Farmer's worlds. Today we spotlight Man of War: A Two Hawks Adventure by the very talented Heidi Ruby Miller . In Philip José Farmer’s novel Two Hawks from Earth, Native American pilot Roger Two Hawks flew through his first “gate” while on a bombing run over Romania during World War II. The gate brought him to Earth 2, a world where the Americas never existed. Since then he has continued to fight battles on Earth after Earth, each stranger tha

EVENT: AllAccessCon Presents Space Opera is Still Queen by Heidi Ruby Miller

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EVENTS I'll be presenting "Space Opera is Still Queen" at AllAccessCon for Raw Dog Screaming Press and Dog Star Books on Saturday, April 4, 2020 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM ET. There will be free books, a workshop, readings, a booksigning, and an author Q&A. The press release information is below: Feeling stuck at home when you'd rather be in outer space? Join our Space Opera is Still Queen online workshop! Learn what this genre is, how it's written, and how it impacts popular culture. Based on her class for Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction MFA program, Heidi Ruby Miller will show why publishers, including Dog Star Books, are still putting out the call for space opera amid Disney opening up two theme park lands devoted to Star Wars, the blockbusterdom of Guardians of the Galaxy, successful streaming series like The Expanse, and Amazon proving that readers will still devour alien empires and interplanetary sagas. Attendees will receive a