HEIDI RUBY MILLER

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.

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...

TWEET LOVE One of the best books on writing I've read is Many Genres, One Craft by @heidirubymiller and Michael Arnzen. Give it a look. #writing — Trace Conger (@TraceConger) February 5, 2016

I am pleased to announce that the writing guide I co-edited with Michael A. Arnzen , Many Genres, One Craft , won first place in General Non-Fiction at the 2011 London Book Festival ! This is our second award for the book and comes on the heels of last month's honor from The Writer magazine, which named Many Genres #5 in Ten of 2011's Terrific Writing Books ! Congratulations to all the contributors and our publisher Headline Books, Inc. for making this book such a big success.

You can finally get your hands on Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction , edited by Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller and published by Headline Books, Inc. ! Visit your local bookstore or find it online at these and many fine retailers: Amazon Barnes and Noble Books A Million Powell's Books Writers Digest Shop Read excerpts , meet the 65 contributors , and follow our mega virtual book tour at the Many Genres blog: http://manygenres.blogspot.com

We have a new cover for Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction , and it is available for pre-order at Amazon , Barnes and Noble , Books A Million , Powell's , and other fine locations. From the back cover: Romance. Fantasy. Mystery. Science Fiction. Young Adult. Horror. Picture Books. Suspense. Many Genres, One Craft brings together award-winning authors, bestselling novelists, and hot new writers from all these genres to offer an amazing novel writing workshop in a book. Modeled on Seton Hill University's acclaimed MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction—where all of its sixty contributors have taught, studied, or been a special guest—this stunningly comprehensive guide for writers offers insights into crafting effective genre fiction of any kind, and provides an array of practical advice on selling novels in today's marketplace that you simply won't find anywhere, short of enrolling in graduate school. Learn everything from beating writer...

Book Deals I am happy to finally announce that Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction has been picked up by Headline Books, Inc. . This is the writing guide that Mike Arnzen and I are co-editing. Michael Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller signing the contract for Many Genres, One Craft Photo by Jason Jack Miller Lots of news to come, including a list of contributors, a new website, and a tour schedule. This has been two years in the making, so I am very excited about the project coming to fruition in such a great way.