Heidi Ruby Miller

NEWSLETTERS

There's a sneak peek of the LIKE SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN anthology cover in the sixth volume of our combined newsletter Small Space Big Life.

In case you missed the other editions, you can find them here:
JUNE 2020 - STAYING CREATIVE, STAYING PRODUCTIVE
JANUARY 2020 - 1 MILLION VIEWS CELEBRATION
OCTOBER 2019 - NEW BOOK DEAL
JUNE 2019 - PBS DOCUMENTARY
JANUARY 2019 - PENNWRITERS KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Plus, we've been hiking and reading...a lot!

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VIDEOS

I read from Man of War, my sequel to Philip José Farmer's novel Two Hawks from Earth, for Farmercon XV. It was a virtual celebration, so I missed seeing all my Meteor House family in person this year. Here's to next year, everyone! You can see the other events on the Meteor House YouTube channel.

EVENTS I'm hosting writing sprints during the third day of Tim Waggoner's Writing in the Dark Book Launch and Workshop on Sunday, September 13 from 10 - 11 AM ET. The entire event begins on Friday, September 11 at 5 PM ET at AllAccessCon, the virtual convention arm of Raw Dog Screaming Press.

VIDEOS

"Write the Book They Can't Put Down" is based on my article "The Shifting Grail" from the international award-winning writing guide Many Genres, One Craft, which I co-edited with Michael A. Arnzen. This video captured the version I presented for MGOC's publisher Headline Books and their Zoom Into Books series on April 8, 2020. Using examples of well-known movies and literature, I show how character motivation can dictate pacing and suspense, making your book one readers can't put down. I've also taught an extended version as a class for Seton Hill University's MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program.

I interviewed Science Fiction author Albert Wendland about his new poetry collection Temporary Planets for Transitory Days. The book contains the poems of Mykol Ranglen, the main character in Al's novels The Man Who Loved Alien Landscapes and In a Suspect Universe. The launch was hosted by AllAccessCon, the media arm of Raw Dog Screaming Press, the parent company of publisher Dog Star Books.

NEWSLETTERS

The fifth edition of our combined newsletter Small Space Big Life, the same name as our YouTube channel, is in in-boxes now.

In case you missed the other editions, you can find them here:
JANUARY 2020
OCTOBER 2019
JUNE 2019
JANUARY 2019

We're celebrating our online community and giving you lots of reading recommendations. Enjoy!

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PODCASTS

I discussed cyberpunk and Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan with Carrie Gessner and K.W. Taylor on their Positively Pop Culture podcast. You can listen here: