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As writers, we crave inspiration and a new perspective for our creativity. Joining friends and other creators at Broadkill Writers Resort is one of the best ways for Jason and me to pause and reimagine. This retreat is run by one of our publishers, Raw Dog Screaming Press , and the owners, Jennifer Barnes and John Edward Lawson who are pictured with us above. Ten minutes from the town of Milton and along the Delaware Bay, this large, but quaint, resort home is just past Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge , 10,000 acres of marshes, ponds, swamps, grasslands, and forest that provide protection for threatened and endangered species. The beach is never crowded, giving it an almost solitary feel and perfect for reflection and rejuvenation. We've been there a dozen times and have some great traditions now, like crab boils, puzzle builds, and beach campfires. I'm sure we'll be heading back a couple more times this year, too.

The turnout for the Like Sunshine After Rain launch was incredible. It was two whole days of author readings and panels, raffles every half hour, and special appearances. Thanks to John Edward Lawson of AllAccessCon for months of hard work putting this event together. So far, we’ve raised $3100 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society with more orders coming in. Though the special edition lettered hardcovers sold out quickly, you can still purchase a numbered edition of the trade paperback: http://rawdogscreaming.com/books/like-sunshine-after-rain/ . You can also donate directly to LLS: https://givenow.lls.org/give/342076/#!/donation/checkout

Raw Dog Screaming Press and international award-winning editor Heidi Ruby Miller are taking pre-orders for the charity anthology LIKE SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN . Proceeds benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society . The beautiful cover is by Brad Sharp . Interior illustrations by Sharon A. Ruby . This limited anthology is available in lettered hardcover and numbered paperback editions. It hosts short stories, poems, and essays from 85 authors, including: New York Times bestsellers Jonathan Maberry and Maria V. Snyder USA Today bestseller Annette Dashofy International bestseller Liz Coley Amazon Charts bestsellers Cary Caffrey, Sasha Dawn, and Jennifer Foehner Wells Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner Randall Silvis Bram Stoker Award winners Lee Murray, Christina Sng, Lucy A. Snyder, Sara Tantlinger, and Tim Waggoner International Horror Guild Award winners Michael A. Arnzen and Gary Braunbeck Asimov’s Readers Award winner Timons Esaias Arthur J. Rooney Award for Fiction winn...

Matt Betts is celebrating the release of his new book Red Gear 9 by giving away a prize pack of e-books written by people who helped make both Odd Men Out and Red Gear 9 come to life. One of those people is me. The contest starts on his website at 12:30am Eastern time on Sunday February 7 and ends on 11:30pm on Saturday January 20 . "Heidi Ruby Miller was the editor at Dog Star Books who championed Odd Men Out and edited the hell out of it! This prize pack includes Ambasadora Book 1: Marked by Light ." "Liz Coley was kind enough to write a killer foreword to Odd Men Out . Her book Tor Maddox: Unleashed is included in the giveaway!" "Lee Murray wrote an amazing foreword to Red Gear 9 and has been a great friend from way across the world in New Zealand. The third book in the Path of Ra series that she cowrote with Dan Rabarts, Blood of the Sun , is included in the giveaway." Also included in the giveaway are ecopies of both Odd Men Out...

Celebrate the craft and industry of series books across all genres with RDSP authors Matt Betts, Lee Murray, Dan Rabarts, J.L. Gribble, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, and others. Join AllAccessCon for a day of workshops, interviews, and more in this virtual event for writers, readers, and anyone interested in storytelling that goes beyond a single installment. CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION

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 .

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 .

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 ...

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.

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).

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 ...

CELEBRATIONS To celebrate 1,000,000 views and counting at www.heidirubymiller.com , I'm revisiting my most visited posts last year and... ...making my novel GREENSHIFT (From the World of Ambasadora) free on Amazon from Tuesday, January 28, 2020 until Saturday, February 1, 2020. Many thanks to my readers and fans who keep coming back after all these years and to those new to my little part of the universe (known around here as the Ambasadora-verse). There is lots to come in 2020, including new publications, appearances, and blog posts! Now to revisit: PUBLICATION: AMBASADORA: Marked by Light Lettered Edition I am so excited to share this special lettered hardcover edition of AMBASADORA: Marked By Light from Dog Star Books . They are signed by myself and interior artist Amy Gartley . The cover design is still the lovely one from Brad Sharp . [UPDATE: THERE ARE STILL A FEW COPIES LEFT AT $45 each from Dog Star Books.] READ MORE AT THE ORIGINAL POST.

ARTICLES My article "New Pulp" is in the July 2019 issue of The Writer magazine. It is based on a class I taught in Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction MFA program and features quotes from Matt Betts , Maurice Broaddus , Christopher Paul Carey , Mike Chomko , John Edward Lawson , and Lee Murray about the resurgence of this popular fiction genre. Here's an excerpt: Pulp fiction is having a moment. And I don’t mean the Tarantino movie from the ‘90s – that was having a moment since Jules gave away his wallet. I’m talking about the adventure stories of old with those provocative covers and dime-store price tags that are enjoying a renaissance thanks to the subgenre “new pulp.” It’s clear that to understand new pulp, we need to know a little about “old” pulp. The term comes from the paper it was printed on – that cheap, thin stuff that began to disintegrate as soon as you cracked open the cover. Pulp was popular as magazines, novels, and novellas dur...

FROM THE PULPFEST WEBSITE BY WILLIAM PATRICK MAYNARD : PulpFest is proud that over 30 popular fiction writers will be attending our 2019 convention. “Back in the day,” the authors who labored for the rough paper industry liked to call themselves scribes, word-slingers, penny-a-worders, and, perhaps the most favored term of all, fictioneers. Join PulpFest as we celebrate today’s fictioneers — the authors writing today’s pulp fiction! On Friday, August 16, at 11 AM, join five writers from Raw Dog Screaming Press for a Rapid-Fire Read and Sweet Sixteen Celebration. It will be hosted by publisher Jennifer Barnes . Raw Dog Screaming Press has carved a niche for themselves as the specialty house for offbeat, dark, deviant, thought-provoking fiction. They were the recipient of the 2018 Horror Writers Association Specialty Press Award for outstanding horror, dark fantasy, and weird fiction. Their critically acclaimed publications are attracting mainstream attention with Ridley Scot...

VIDEOS When Jason and his publisher Raw Dog Screaming Press provided fans with a sneak peek of his new novel ALL SAINTS during the Uniontown Public Library 2017 Author Series , I was honored to introduce him.

BOOKS ALL SAINTS by JASON JACK MILLER In some dark corners of Mexico, All Saints’ Day isn’t merely a time to remember the dead. It’s an invitation to commune. When a woman cursed with immortality and a man haunted by a bloody war stumble headlong into this strange mélange of mysticism and cosmology, they learn that a return home may entail more than a voyage of mere miles. It will require them to traverse space and time. A groundbreaking work as tenacious as a hurricane and as radiant as Van Gogh’s STARRY NIGHT, this contemporary myth amplifies the conventions of genre and literary fiction to take us on a journey in a way that only a book can, and reminds us that even in darkness there is light. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT ALL SAINTS: "The author of Hellbender is back with a new book that proves beyond a doubt that 'there's more than one way to chase the devil around a stump.' This genre-bending book reads like Gabriel Garcia Marquez getting in a bayonet...

EVENTS UNIONTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY 2017 AUTHOR SERIES JASON JACK MILLER JASON JACK MILLER "Fiction and the Power of Belief" Saturday November 4, 2017 4:00 - 6:00 PM Jason Jack Miller knows it’s silly to hold onto the Bohemian ideals of literature, music, and love above all else. But he doesn’t care. His own adventures paddling wild mountain rivers and playing Nirvana covers for less-than-enthusiastic crowds inspired his Murder Ballads and Whiskey series. The first three books are currently available: The Devil and Preston Black , Hellbender , and The Revelations of Preston Black . The next installment, All Saints , is due out in February 2018. Hellbender was Jason's thesis novel for Seton Hill University's Writing Popular Fiction Graduate Program , where he is now a mentor and guest lecturer. The novel won the Arthur J. Rooney Award for Fiction and was a finalist for the Appalachian Writers Association Book of the Year Award . His career got ...

EVENTS UNIONTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY 2017 AUTHOR SERIES JOHN EDWARD LAWSON JOHN EDWARD LAWSON "Poetry: As a Writer, As an Editor" Saturday May 13, 2017 4:00 - 6:00 PM Join us as John Edward Lawson shares a multi-media presentation about his award-winning poetry collections and being co-owner of a successful publishing company with four imprints, a myriad of awards for its works, and an upcoming movie by Ridley Scott. John Edward Lawson is an author, editor and poet living in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. He is the author of 16 books of fiction and poetry, and numerous chapbooks. Over 500 of his poems, stories, and articles have been published in magazines, anthologies, literary journals, and newspapers worldwide. John was a winner of the 2001 Fiction International Emerging Writers Competition; in addition to being a finalist for the Stoker Award (2006, Superior Achievement in Poetry) and the Wonderland Award for Bizarro Fiction (2007, collected...

CELEBRATIONS The 500,000 views celebration is in full swing here at www.heidirubymiller.com . I'm now at 506,000 and STARRIE is #51 free in all of science fiction on Amazon and #2 in space opera . STARRIE is still free until Saturday, December 24, 2016. Many thanks to my readers and fans as well as the multitudes of authors who have been gracious interviewees  since I began this site back in  2005 .  Here's another CAST YOUR CHARACTERS for the number 7 spot of all-time most-viewed posts (as of today), and this one belongs to my husband, Jason Jack Miller , and his award-winning novel HELLBENDER , part of the Murder Ballads and Whiskey series . Since Jason isn't one for shining a light on his own accomplishments, I'm quite happy to: Hellbender (Raw Dog Screaming Press) won the Arthur J. Rooney Award for Fiction, the McLaughlin Scholarship, and was a finalist for the Appalachian Writers Association Book of the Year in 2013. See who was cast for HELLBENDER...

VIDEOS Inspired by the recent Raw Dog Screaming Press Newsletter , I'm finally posting the video from Jason's and my travel and lifestyle channel, Small Space Big Life , about DogCon 5 held at Broadkill Writers Resort , the Delaware beach retreat owned by RDSP. It was wonderful to see old friends, including a large showing from the Seton Hill Writers and to meet other authors and RDSP readers. Many thanks to owners and editors, Jennifer Barnes and John Edward Lawson . You can find other videos about the 2016 DogCon here: DogCon5 Pre-Party! by RDSP DogCon5: State of the Dog Speech by RDSP DogCon5: Meet Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray by RDSP DogCon5: Reader's Choice Award Ceremony Reader's Choice Award by Matt Betts DogCon 5 by DailyNightmare DogCon5: Social Media for Authors by RDSP DogCon5: Live Instigation by RDSP