HEIDI RUBY MILLER

The announcement about Farmercon 90 and Farmerphile 13 is up at The Official Jose Farmer Home Page . Issue thirteen contains my bibliophile on Farmer's novel The Tongues of the Moon . I wrote it from an anthropologist's perspective. Also featured in the issue is fellow Seton Hill Writer Christopher Paul Carey and fellow Magic River blogger Win Scott Eckert . More on The Magic River to come. Until then, it is syndicated here on Live Journal . Heidi Ruby Miller , Philip Jose Farmer , The Tongues of the Moon , Farmercon 90 , Farmerphile , The Magic River , writing , Christopher Paul Carey , Win Scott Eckert , Seton Hill Writers

#1: My poem "Misplaced my keys" is in the March/April issue of Star*Line . Star*Line March/April 2008 Issue Also, in that same issue was Fairytale Graveyard , a gift booklet of horror poetry from the SFPA for World Horror Con 2008 . Among the contributors was Seton Hill 's own Michael A. Arnzen with his poem "The Fall Down the Stairs of the House of Usher." #2: In other SFPA news, K. Ceres Wright 's poem "Doomed" was nominated for a 2008 Rhysling Award and is part of The 2008 Rhysling Anthology . #3: Rachael Pruitt 's poem "Merlin" is in Issue 12 of Paradox: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction . Heidi Ruby Miller , SFPA , The 2008 Rhysling Anthology , Paradox , Misplaced my keys , writing , Michael A. Arnzen , K. Ceres Wright , Rachael Pruitt , poetry , Star*Line , Seton Hill Writers

I sent out the May issue of Field Notes and am happy to report that I've gained subscribers since launching the new format last month. Here's an excerpt from the Research section: After my husband and I got married in 1998, we had to decide if we would apply to the anthropology graduate program at the University of Pittsburgh or move to Orlando to work at Walt Disney World . We had an intense interest in Mayan archaeology, and the faculty at Pitt aligned with our interests. But in the end, "the mouse" won, and we enjoyed an extended honeymoon at the happiest place on Earth. However, we remain avid Mayaphiles and keep up with the current research in the field. Our fascination with this culture has served us well and provided a backdrop for a novel a piece. Most recently, I have gone back through our collection of Mayan-related books to write a SAT passage about epigraphy, the science of translating ancient hieroglyphics. The artistry is breathtaking, but the comple...

My April newsletter is finally finished, a few days late. I've reformatted it and given it a new name Field Notes . Here's an excerpt from the introductory letter for April's issue titled Pride of Place: Loving Where You Live : Field Notes allows me to express the many facets of my life rather than limiting me to speculative fiction. The concept comes from my undergrad days studying anthropology and geography, as well as my love for traveling and adventure. Each issue will revolve around a central theme, while still sharing news of my latest releases, appearances, and projects-in-progress. I'll also feature writerly friends and keep you up-to-date on my latest author interviews. In this issue I look at Southwestern Pennsylvania as my home and playground. The natural beauty rivals only the historic and cultural richness of the area. From the mansions of Uniontown's millionaire coal baron days to Ohiopyle State Park's whitewater rapids and hiking trails, I continu...

I seldom do memes any more, probably because I limit myself to how much time I spend on the internet per day, but Sandy Lender ( read her PICK SIX here ) emailed me to say she'd tagged me for this one, so I took the time to have a little fun. To participate in a meme, you merely answer the questions on your own blog, (and go ahead and post a comment here stating that you've done so!) and tag five to 10 blog owners that you'd like to have play along with us. The idea is to get lots of folks connected and "playing along" to increase our awareness of each other (and to have fun). When you post your answers on your blog, be sure to list the blogs that have participated so far so we increase our presence in the blogosphere. GETTING AWAY WITH IT 1) If you could live for a month in one world or time period from a novel you've read, which would you choose? In the Florida Keys with Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford Black Widow by Randy Wayne White 2) If you could be ...

RESEARCH Yesterday I caught up on submitting and querying my completed projects. I am way behind for 2008 - only 21 subs thusfar. I aim for the 'Buckell 150' each year. While recording my new subs, I went back through to label the one-year non-responders . It was nice to see there were none for March; February only had two; but January had six. I noticed something else during the search back through all of these records: My ratio of email to post subs is 2 to 1 . This would be closer to 3 to 1 if I took out all of the agent queries, partials, and fulls from last year. I suppose it's because I subconsciously place markets into two categories: free, easy, and fast as opposed to paying for postage and traveling to the post office . For good or for bad, I put post-only markets at the bottom of my submissions list, sometimes never even getting to them before the project sells. Anyone else follow this same electronic submission trend? Heidi Ruby Miller , submissions ...

#1: Two Seton Hill Writers made it to the final ballot for the Nebulas . Congratulations to Tobias Buckell , author of Ragamuffin and Nalo Hopkinson , author The New Moon's Arms . #2: Michael Mehalek has a new flash story Tissue of Biblical Proportions up at The Write Way . #3: Maria V. Snyder has posted her appearance schedule for the release of the third book in the Study Series , Fire Study . #4: Congratulations to the 2006-2007 staff of Eye Contact , the literary-art magazine of Seton Hill University . They won a an ASPA Award for the Fall '06 - Spring '07 issue . Contributors included: Michael A. Arnzen , Jessica Braccio, Dante Ciolfi, Amanda Cochran, Lisa Cooper, Michael B. Diezmos, Melissa James Doll, Laura Fleming, Siena Frank, Shu-Hsin Kao, Karissa J. Kilgore, Marie Manski, Jason Jack Miller , Erin Mitchell, Rochelle Moore, Kim Pennesi, Adrea Peters , Juliann Picklo, Stephan Puff, Moira Richardson, Mike Rubino, Nora Thompson, and Erin Waite Seton Hill Unive...