Monthly Archives: November 2010

Nov 10 2010

NEHW Member Makes Two Appearances this Week

NEHW member Tracy Carbone is having a busy week. Along with being at the Playa Del Carmen restaurant in Sturbridge, Massachusetts Thursday night for an “Author’s Night” to benefit the Opacum Land Trust (http://www.opacumlt.org), Carbone has another appearance this Saturday. She will be at the Borders Books in Mansfield, Massachusetts from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. to read from her middle grade paranormal suspense story The Man of Mystery Hill. The bookstore is located at 280 School Street.

For more information about Carbone, check out her websites, www.tracylcarbone.com and www.abbymcnabb.com.

Nov 9 2010

NEHW Members Appearance Benefit a Land Trust

NEHW members Bob Heske, Tracy Carbone and Michael Presutti will be appearing at an “Author’s Night” at the Playa Del Carmen restaurant in Sturbridge, Massachusetts this Thursday, November 11 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event benefits the Opacum Land Trust (http://www.opacumlt.org). The restaurant is located at 179 Main Street (Route 131), which is across the street from Shaws and J.C. Penneys.

Nov 7 2010

Odyssey: The Fantasy Writing Workshop Announces its Winter 2011 Online Class Line-up

Odyssey is offering three online writing classes.  Each class is focused on a particular element of fiction writing and is designed for writers at a particular skill level, from beginners to professional writers. 

The three different online courses cover some of the most critical issues for developing writers:

Three-Act Structure in Fantastic Fiction
January 5 – February 2, 2011
Instructor:  Jeanne Cavelos
Level:  Intermediate/Advanced
Application Deadline:  December 9, 2010

Worldbuilding in Fantastic Fiction
January 12 – January 26, 2011
Instructor:  Melissa Scott
Level:  Beginner/Intermediate
Application Deadline:  December 16, 2010

Writing in Scenes
February 9 – 23, 2011
Instructor:  Nancy Kress
Level:  Beginner/Intermediate
Application Deadline:  January 10, 2011

Odyssey’s Online Classes pack valuable content into each session and provide assignments that challenge students to take their writing to the next level. The classes provide the tools and techniques needed to improve a student’s writing. Students receive feedback on their work that reveals whether they are successfully using the tools and techniques being taught. Courses provide a supportive and challenging atmosphere. Class size is limited to fourteen students.  While courses are designed for adult writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, interested writers of other genres are welcome to apply. 

Last winter, Odyssey offered its first online course, Showing versus Telling in Fantastic Fiction.  “The class was a huge success,” Odyssey Director Jeanne Cavelos says.  “Using Web conferencing software, we held live class sessions with fourteen students from the US, Japan, and Australia.  We had some great discussions, and the students proved that they could commit significant amounts of time and energy to a rigorous, demanding course despite the long distances.  They worked intensely on recognizing and manipulating showing and telling in their fiction and made exciting improvements.”

For more information about the online classes, check out www.sff.net/odyssey/online or by emailing Odyssey Director Jeanne Cavelos at jcavelos@sff.net. The Odyssey Web site, www.odysseyworkshop.org, offers many resources for writers, including free podcasts, writing and publishing tips, a weekly writing blog, and a critique service.

Nov 5 2010

Evarts’ Artwork Goes Mainstream

The book “It’s Okay to be a Zombie: An Unchildren’s Book” has spawned clothing, buttons and water bottles. The book was written by Nathaniel Lambert and illustrated by NEHW member Danny Evarts.  The items created with Evarts’ artwork can be purchased at the Café Press website, www.cafepress.com/UnchildrensZone.

The book can be purchased through Amazon (www.amazon.com/Its-Okay-Zombie-Unchildrens-Book/dp/0982727526/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1288934661&sr=8-1).

Evarts is selling clothing with his unique artwork through Café Press (www.cafepress.com/DannyEvarts).

According to the Café Press website, it offers the best selection of personalized gifts and unique t-shirts, clothing, mugs, art and posters. They have millions of designs from shopkeepers around the world that range from funny to cool to promotional.

Nov 3 2010

NEHW member’s new short story available now

New England Horror Writer member Kristi Petersen Schoonover has a new Christmas horror story, “Jingle Shells,” available at Full of Crow (www.fullofcrow.com/fiction/2010/10/schoonover/).
According to its website, Full Of Crow Quarterly Fiction is diverse, eclectic in style, and features a broad range of contributors from published authors to emerging writers. It is collected fiction that is presented in online quarterly issues which is edited by Paul Corman-Roberts. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis.

Nov 2 2010

Revisiting what the NEHW is all about.

This blog was started almost a month ago and has steadily risen in hits per day. I thought it would be nice to revisit what the New England Horror Writers (NEHW) is all about.

Founded in 2001, New England Horror Writers (NEHW) provides peer support and networking, with a relaxed and social mindset, for authors of horror and dark fantasy in the New England area. NEHW focuses on forming new friendships and supporting each other’s writing goals, as well as promoting the writing of New England authors.
NEHW is primarily a writer’s organization, focusing on horror and dark fiction writers in all mediums (novels, short stories, screenplays, poetry, etc.) in the New England area. But we are also open to professional editors, illustrators, agents and publishers of horror and dark fiction in the region.
NEHW activities include book signings and group panel discussions at conventions, as well as purely social gatherings. With members ranging from Maine to Connecticut, NEHW events take place in varying locations, making it easier for different members to meet with each other.

Qualifications To Join New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

New England Horror Writers (NEHW) is open to all New England horror authors (novel, short story, screenplay, poetry) at all experience levels. Our members include full-time, mass market authors with decades of experience as well as unpublished newcomers. NEHW does not require specific publishing or payment qualifications to join, but actively encourages all members to strive for the highest professional levels of achievement. We do not charge any dues.
If you meet these qualifications, then click on http://www.horror.org/ne/join.htm to join NEHW.

Check out the New England Horror Writers’ website www.newenglandhorror.org.

By dudley228 • Posted in Blog
0