HEIDI RUBY MILLER

DOCUMENTARIES I was honored to discuss pulp artist Gloria Stoll Karn on the documentary VISIBLE produced by Pittsburgh's PBS station WQED . Below are a few photos from the filming and video of the clip about Gloria and the entire documentary , which highlights the stories of five women artists in Pittsburgh. Thanks to Mike Chomko , Director of PulpFest and producers Anne Casper and Andrew Holman for this opportunity to contribute to such a lovely project. You'll notice my segment was filmed at Seton Hill University , of course. GLORIA STOLL KARN CLIP FULL DOCUMENTARY

VIDEOS I interviewed Chuck Welch at PulpFest in Pittsburgh about why he likes Doc Savage.

VIDEOS I interviewed award-winning artist Mark Wheatley at Pulpfest in Pittsburgh about pulp authors for my YouTube interview series.

EVENTS I'll be signing my books at the 2017 SFWA Nebula Mass Autographing on Friday, May 18 at 8:00 PM, alongside 100 other authors, including Phillippa Ballentine, Neil Clarke, Lawrence C. Connolly, Gardner Dozois, Scott Edelman, Timons Esaias, Laura Anne Gilman, Joe Haldeman, Larry Ivkovich, Mary Robinette Kowal, Rhonda Mason, Seanan McGuire, Jason Jack Miller, Connie WIllis, and Jane Yolen. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the SFWA Nebula Conference website .

EVENTS Registration for the 30 th  Annual Pennwriters Conference is now open:  http://bit.ly/2l7oOos Join us  May 19-21, 2017 , at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott for the 30th Annual Pennwriters Conference. Our Friday evening keynote speaker will be CHUCK SAMBUCHINO, a bestselling humor book writer, a freelance editor, and a former editor for Writer’s Digest Books. He was named by  Forbes  as one of the top influencers in publishing. Our  Saturday  luncheon keynote speaker will be ANNETTE DASHOFY, the  USA Today  bestselling author of the Zoe Chambers mystery series. We are also pleased to have the following agents and editor as conference participants: Noah Ballard, agent, Curtis Brown, Ltd. Louise Fury, agent, The Bent Agency Mark Gottlieb, agent, Trident Media Group Liz Kossnar, editor, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Eric Myers, agent, Dystel and Goderich Literary Management Roseanne Wells, agent, The Jen...

EVENTS UNIONTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY 2017 AUTHOR SERIES NICOLE PEELER NICOLE PEELER "Setting My Series in Pittsburgh" Saturday March 4, 2017 4:00 - 6:00 PM Join us for an afternoon with Dr. Nicole D. Peeler , who writes urban fantasy for Orbit Books and, in her spare time, is a professor at Seton Hill University , where she co-directs their MFA in Writing Popular Fiction . Having recently finished the final book of her award-winning Jane True series , she is working on the second book of her jinni series. The first is Jinn and Juice , about a cursed jinni living in Pittsburgh. Nicole also lives in Pittsburgh, although she’s neither cursed nor a jinni. UNIONTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY 2017 AUTHOR SERIES Throughout 2017, the  Uniontown Public Library  will showcase the talent of novelists, short story writers, and poets. Each month, a writer will visit the Library to share their experiences as published authors. They will offer a short talk on a subject r...

EVENTS We hope you can attend our upcoming event Whiskey and Words on Wednesday, October 12th from 5pm- 9pm at Wigle Whiskey's Barrelhouse and Whiskey Garden in Pittsburgh's Northside. In addition to our fabulous line-up of authors, we will also have delicious Whiskey cocktails, Burgh Bites Food Truck and the Mangini Trio. This event is free to attend. 21+.  Link:   http://mandeline28.wixsite.com/whiskeyandwords   Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1802307836654674/ Hope to see you all there!

EVENTS Meeting October 8, 2016 - Heidi Ruby Miller "How Chronic Pain Has Made Me More Autotelic" What started as a forced transition due to health concerns has turned into a wondrous full-circle journey as a creator, both metaphorically and globally. This is how I found my way back from writing as a daily business to embracing my words as the artistic endeavor it is. Squirrel Hill Branch of the Carnegie Library Room B - Next to the Rear Entrance 1:30 - 4:30 PM

EVENTS As part of their awesome Popup Art Event: Doors to the Universe, Copyleft Gallery is teaming up with PARSEC , Pittsburgh's premier speculative fiction organization, to host a multi-author book signing and party on Friday, May 13, 2016 from 6-10 PM. Come see our world! The event is free and open to the public. No registration or RSVP necessary. Venue is wheelchair accessible at 127 Brownsville Rd, Pittsburgh PA 15210 . Featured authors include: Timons Esaias Heidi Ruby Miller Jason Jack Miller Ellen Roth Henry T. Lund Stephanie Keyes J.D. Barker Editor Barb Carlson with Parsec Ink books Thank you to Diane Turnshek for coordinating this event!

ARTICLES I've known Mike Arnzen for a long time and always suspected there was something a little different about him, something a little...uncanny. After his presentation at the December 2015 Parsec meeting and this interview, I'm convinced it's totally true. Read the entire interview at gorelets.com or in the SIGMA newsletter, edited by David Brody . His non-fiction book The Popular Uncanny is due out with Guide Dog Books in 2016. Here's a video where Mike goes into a bit more detail about the uncanny.

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PHOTOS As always Jason Jack Miller and I had a wonderful time at the Pennwriters Conference this year. Since it was held in Pittsburgh , the theme was quite appropriate: Building Bridges . It was great to connect with old friends and meet so many new writers and editors. Here are just a few photos of the event.

EVENTS SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2015 9:05 – 10:00 - Heidi Ruby Miller – Science Fiction in Thrillers - Robinson DESCRIPTION: Where would you shelve a book about scientists cloning dinosaurs for a theme park or a man turning into a chimera or how about the unleashing of a zombie plague? I asked authors and editors for insights into how the industry categorizes thrillers with expansive science fictional elements. If you write these types of stories, where do you think you fit in? ~~~ The Pennwriters Conference is in Pittsburgh this year on the weekend of May 15 - 17 at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott. Keynote speaker is Ridley Pearson .

EVENTS The schedule is out for the Pennwriters 2015 Conference - Building Bridges . Here is where you can find me officially, but make sure to stop and say hello anytime during the weekend! FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015 12:00 - 1:30 - Published authors’ lunch & retreat with Jane Friedman - Ohio 5:30 - Cocktails - Salon A, B, C Foyer 6:00 – 8:15 - Dinner & keynote address with Ridley Pearson- Salon A, B, C SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2015 8:00 – 9:00 - Breakfast/General meeting - Three Rivers Ballroom 9:05 – 10:00 - Heidi Ruby Miller – Science Fiction in Thrillers - Robinson 12:10 - 1:40 - Lunch, awards & speaker Don Helin - Three Rivers Ballroom 4:15 - 5:30 - Authors’ tea and book signing - Hospitality Suite SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2015 11:30 – 12:30 - Closing ceremonies - Hospitality Suite

I'm happy to be presenting part of my Science Fiction in Thrillers class from Seton Hill's MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program for the 2015 Pennwriters Conference, Building Bridges . Here is the description: Where would you shelve a book about scientists cloning dinosaurs for a theme park or a man turning into a chimera or how about the unleashing of a zombie plague? I asked authors and editors for insights into how the industry categorizes thrillers with expansive science fictional elements. If you write these types of stories, where do you think you fit in? The Pennwriters Conference is in Pittsburgh this year on the weekend of May 15 - 17 at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott. Keynote speaker is Ridley Pearson . For a full list of workshops, including other Seton Hill Writers like Jason Jack Miller , Timons Esaias , Lawrence C. Connolly , and Rebecca Drake , peruse the website .

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PHOTOS To chase away the winter blues, Jason Jack Miller and I took a trip to Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh this spring. Among the gorgeous flora were glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly .

I am honored to be an editor guest at the 2013 Pennwriters Conference at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott May 17 - 19. If you've been waiting to submit your Science Fiction Adventure novel to Dog Star Books , I will be taking pitches on Friday afternoon. Our mother publisher, Raw Dog Screaming Press , will also be represented by Jennifer Barnes and John Edward Lawson at Pennwriters. Jennifer will be listening to pitches for RDSP's non-fiction imprint, Guide Dog Books , as well as appropriate fiction for the main line. John is interested in poetry collections and works of horror and dark fiction. As many of you know, RDSP, by necessity, has a closed submissions policy for all its imprints, but the editors are happy to hear about your potential projects face-to-face at any of our literary events. I am also presenting a workshop on Sunday titled "50 Ways to Beat Writer's Block ." RDSP author, Jason Jack Miller , is also an author guest and will present ...

Events This weekend I will be a guest at Confluence 2011 , The 23rd Annual Literary Sci-Fi Convention in Pittsburgh. July 22nd - 24th, 2011 Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh Airport Heidi Ruby Miller's Schedule of Appearances: Friday - 6pm Jr Suite Lit Beer Heidi Ruby Miller Michael Arnzen Saturday 10AM Salon A Who is writing the New Tropes Heidi Ruby Miller (M) Timons Esaias Geoffrey Landis David Hartwell Saturday 12:00 Noon Salon A Social Networking - Open Doors or Anathema Lawrence Connolly (M) Robert J Sawyer Jon Sprunk Heidi Ruby Miller Saturday 2:30PM Jr Suite Reading for Ambasadora Heidi Ruby Miller Saturday 7:00PM MF Autographing/Book Signing for Many Genres Michael Arnzen Heidi Ruby Miller I hope to see some of you there!

Research Frank Lloyd Wright and the Living City by David G. De Long While writing my latest novel, I used this wonderful resource for information about Mr. Wright's Broadacre City. David G. De Long put together a great (and heavy) book of photos and sketches and essays from Jean-Louis Cohen , Michael Desmond , David A. Hanks , Richard Jones , Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer , and Jack Quinan . I was especially pleased to note that of the four cities where Mr. Wright showcased the models and plans of Broadacre in 1935, Pittsburgh was among them. Knowing that Edgar J. Kaufmann (owner of the Pittsburgh-based Kaufmann's Department Stores and of Fallingwater ) lived in Pittsburgh, it should be no surprise that the exhibit would grace the city for a while. It's a wonderful tidbit I'm going to slip into my novel. For anyone unfamiliar with the concept of Broadacre City, the term "broadacre" comes from Mr. Wright's idea that each family home would sit on an ...