Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction

Arnzen, Michael A. (Editor) / Miller, Heidi Ruby (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0938467085 / ISBN 13: 9780938467083

Published by Headline Books, Inc., 2011

384 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.50 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # 0938467085

Synopsis:

Named #5 in 10 of This Year's Terrific Writing Books by The Writer Magazine (2011)
Finalist Eric Hoffer Awards Best Self-Help
FINALIST Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year--Writing
WINNER Best Non-Fiction London Book Festival
USA Book News Best Book Award Finalist--Business: Writing & Publishing
WINNER Best Educational/Academic Indie Book Awards
WINNER International Book Awards Best Business: Writing & Publishing

Award-winning authors Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller gather the voices of today's top genre writers and writing instructors alongside their published students. Many Genres, One Craft fosters the writing process in a way that focuses almost exclusively on writing the novel. Using a compilation of instructional articles penned by well-known authors affiliated with Seton Hill University's acclaimed MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction, the book emphasizes how to write genre novels and commercially appealing fiction. The articles are modeled after actual learning modules that have successfully taught students in the program how to reach a wider audience for over a decade.

Award-winning and best-selling contributors from a spectrum of genres and literary careers offer their sage advice, including David Morrell, Tess Gerritsen, Victoria Thompson, Nancy Kress, Shelley Bates, Nicole Peeler, Maria V. Snyder, Jason Jack Miller, Thomas Monteleone, Susan Mallery, and over fifty other published authors, teachers, and alumni, as well as special guest agents and editors who have visited the program. Divided into three parts Craft, Genre, and The Writer's Life the book provides advice on everything from point-of-view to writing media tie-in novels to marketing romance, all from writers who have actually done it.

About the Author:

Michael A. Arnzen (gorelets.com) teaches in Seton Hill University's MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction. A four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Arnzen's books over the last two decades include PROVERBS FOR MONSTERS, 100 JOLTS, GRAVE MARKINGS, THE GORELETS OMNIBUS,and THE POPULAR UNCANNY.

Heidi Ruby Miller is a travel writer turned novelist. She uses research for her stories as an excuse to roam the globe. Her books include the popular AMBASADORA series (Dog Star Books), MAN OF WAR (Meteor House), which is a sequel to Science Fiction Grandmaster Philip José Farmer's novel TWO HAWKS FROM EARTH, and the international award-winning writing guide MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT (Headline Books Inc.). In between trips, Heidi teaches creative writing at Seton Hill University, where she graduated from their renowned Writing Popular Fiction Graduate Program the same month she appeared on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Follow Heidi's writing journey with her husband, Jason Jack Miller, and their two cats in the newsletter Small Space, Big Life and find her on YouTube, her website, and Instagram all as Heidi Ruby Miller.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing ...
Publisher: Headline Books, Inc.
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Brand New