Sara Light-Waller interviewed me for the PulpFest 50th anniversary celebration. We spoke about my influences from within the pulp world, teaching at Seton Hill , creating and managing Dog Star Books , my writing, and what's in the future for my and Jason's collaborative efforts. Here is an excerpt: Sara Light-Waller (SLW) Hello Heidi, thank you for joining us! Let’s start with your background. When did you first know you wanted to be a writer? Heidi Ruby Miller (HRM) I wrote my first story — The Copper Kitty Mystery — in second grade and listed “romance novelist” as one of my high school ambitions. But I didn’t become serious about it until my late twenties, right before I found Seton Hill’s graduate program in Writing Popular Fiction. I haven’t stopped writing since. READ THE REST ON THE PULPFEST SITE
Fun reading year! All the Birds in the Sky (Anders) Amongst Our Weapons (Aaronovitch) And Then There Were None (Christie) Android Paradox: Android X Book 1 (La Ronn) Android Deception: Android X Book 2 (La Ronn) Android Winter: Android X Book 3 (La Ronn) Architectures of Possibility (Olsen / Dodge) Bridgerton: The Duke and I (Quinn) Brown Girl in the Ring (Hopkinson) Death on the Nile (Christie) Frankenslime (Keller / Belote) Good Night Grand Canyon (Gamble / Jasper / Kelly) Grosjean (Toppin) Jane, Unlimited (Cashore) Kat's Cradle: Webolution Book 1 (Karuna Das) Moon of the Crusted Snow (Rice) Mr. Hotshot CEO: Kwan SIsters Book 2 (Lau) Project Hail Mary (Weir) Tempest Rising: Jane True Book 1 (Peeler) The Business of Being a Writer (Friedman) The Me Tree (Belote) The Nineties (Klosterman) The Rivers of Consciousness (Sacks) This is How You Lose the Time War (el-Mohtar / Gladstone) Twenty-First Century Popular Fiction (Murphy / Matterson) Valenslime (Jo...
We really needed the inspiration, energy, and camaraderie from the 2022 Pennwriters Conference in Lancaster, PA. It was our second in-person event since the pandemic, but this one felt like old times. Keynote speakers were Jonathan Maberry ... ...and Jon Sprunk . We each taught two classes. Jason revived his Folk Yeah! and Rural Noir workshops. And I brought back Space Opera Is Still Queen and Pick Your Punk . There was a Saturday evening luau to celebrate Jonathan's love of Hawaiian shirts. First photo is Jason Jack Miller , Larry Ivkovich , and Jon Sprunk. Here I am with Maria V. Snyder . And with Heather Desuta and Abigail Drake . We caught up with old friends like Carol Silvis and Annette Dashofy ... One of my former mentees from Seton Hill WPF Sheri Queen ... And the publishers of Many Genres, One Craft from Headline Books the mother daughter team of Cathy Teets and Ashley Belote .
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