Michael Arnzen

Michael Arnzen signs Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction.

Author Michael A. Arnzen will be promoting the book, Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction. The event will run on Friday June 24th from 7-9pm. Event description: Meet Michael Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller, and join many of the authors from Seton Hill University who contributed to the book, MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT: LESSONS IN WRITING POPULAR FICTION. Hosted during the SHU Writing Popular Fiction Alumni Book Party at the McKenna Center on Seton Hill's main hilltop campus, June 24th, 7-9pm. Many Genres -- co-edited by Dr. Michael A. Arnzen and Writing Popular Fiction alum Heidi Ruby Miller -- features 65 instructional essays by award-winning authors -- all of them faculty, former guests, or successful alums from SHU's one-of-a-kind MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction, offering knock-out advice for genre writers of all kinds. The publisher, Headline Books, will be selling copies at the event. A large number of contributors will be available for signing and conversation, along with the editors of the book. Authors in attendance from the Writing Popular Fiction program will also have many other books on display and available for sale throughout the evening! REGISTRATION/DIRECTIONS Fee : Free and open to the public. Everyone welcome! Many Genres, One Craft Book Launch/Signing Friday, June 24, 2011 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Location : Seton Hill U. McKenna Center Foyer (arnzen)… (more)

Michael Arnzen signs Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction.

Get signed books from Arnzen and others at the "Stoker Weekend" -- this signing is massive and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Here are details from the press release: Stoker Weekend 2011 will be held at the Long Island Marriott Hotel and Conference Center (101 James Doolittle Boulevard; [516] 794-3800) in Uniondale, New York, June 16-19. The BOOK SIGNING EXTRAVAGANZA event will present a once-in-a-lifetime multi-author book signing extravaganza on Thursday evening, June 16, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the hotel’s Grand Ballroom. See below for a list of the powerhouse literary talent that will be assembling! Some of the authors scheduled to appear at Stoker Weekend 2011: Peter Straub, David Morrell, Douglas Clegg, Gillian Flynn, Sarah Langan, Heather Graham, Jonathan Maberry, Michael Arnzen, Jeff Strand, Joe McKinney, Michael Laimo, Dacre Stoker, F. Paul Wilson, Stephen Graham Jones, Ellen Datlow, Lisa Morton, Vince Liaguno, Chad Helder, Michael Rowe, Greg Herren, Ronald Malfi, Lawrence Connolly, Michael Louis Calvillo, Lisa Mannetti, JG Faherty and Anthony Timpone. This event is FREE and open to the public! Best of all, you can purchase books there or bring your own. The authors will be signing and taking photos as well. Line begins forming at 6:00 p.m. outside the Ballroom entrance of the Marriott. For more information and directions to the hotel, visit the Stoker Weekend at http://www.stokerweekend2011.org (arnzen)… (more)

Michael A. Arnzen reads from Proverbs for Monsters.

Bram Stoker Award Winner Michael A. Arnzen featured October 21 at MAC MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bram Stoker Award-winning author Michael A. Arnzen will be featured with Morgantown Poets at 7 p.m. Thursday, October 21, at Monongalia Arts Center (MAC). The event is free and open to the public. The MAC is at 107 High Street, downtown Morgantown (beside Hotel Morgan). Michael Arnzen holds four Bram Stoker Awards for his often funny, always disturbing, bizarre poems and short horror stories (several of which can be found at his website, www.gorelets.com). He has taught for over a decade in the MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction at Seton Hill University, in Greensburg, PA. His latest books include the award-winning collection Proverbs For Monsters, and an appearance in He Is Legend, out this month from Tor Books. Public parking is available near the MAC in the parking garage at the corner of Pleasant and Chestnut streets and at the city lot behind 142 High Street (enter off Spruce). The MAC is accessible to individuals with special mobility requirements; schedule ahead at least two days prior to the event by calling 304-292-3325, or write to info@monartscenter.com. Morgantown Poets is an informal not-for-profit, all-volunteer community group that meets 7-9 p.m. the third Thursday each month at the MAC, providing literary enthusiasts in north-central West Virginia the opportunity to express themselves, share their work, network and to connect up-and-coming writers with more established authors. New writers are welcome. Join on Facebook by entering “Morgantown Poets” in the search. Or join the mailing list at morgantownpoets@yahoo.com or the listserve, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/motownpoetry. -end- (arnzen)… (more)

Michael A. Arnzen reads from Proverbs for Monsters.

Saturday, March 06, 3:00 PM Backlist Books bookstore: 39 Lincoln Way E., Massillon, OH 44646 Reading and signing with Raw Dog Screaming Press authors Michael Arnzen, D. Harlan Wilson, Anderson Prunty and John Edward Lawson at Backlist Books bookstore: 39 Lincoln Way E., Massillon, OH 44646. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. (arnzen)… (more)