Tracy L. Carbone will be signing her middle grade paranormal suspense story The Man of Mystery Hill this Saturday at the Borders Books in Kingston, MA. from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The bookstore is located at 101 Independence Mall Way. The phone number is (781)582-8100.
Editor’s Note: Two Items
Two items this evening.
First Item: I want to remind NEHW members about the Christmas party on December 11. Please R.S.V.P. by contacting Tracy at partyperson@newenglandhorror.org. This will be a great opportunity to meet other NEHW members and to network.
Second item: The new anthology Dark Things IV, which was mentioned in Monday’s entry is now available through Amazon. Here is the link, http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Things-IV-Horror-Anthology/dp/1617060577/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290008976&sr=1-5
NEHW members Eric Dimbleby and Stacey Longo have stories in this anthology, which is published by Pill Hill Press.
NEHW Member’s Second Film Shown at Historic Venue
Earlier this month, writer-director and NEHW member Nathan Wrann, had his second film, Burning Inside shown at the historic Thomaston Opera House in Thomaston, Connecticut.
Burning Inside is an exploration of the intertwined nature of revenge and memory. It is the second feature from Wrann and his production company, Dalton Gang Productions. The production company was founded in 2006 by Wrann and his wife, Kimberly Dalton. They started the production company because they were dissatisfied with the caliber of modern independent horror movies and cult thrillers. They set out to create the kind of underground movies they would like to see. They want those movies to be literate and thought provoking in plot, brutal and unrelenting in tension.
Burning Inside was shot entirely in Connecticut and premiered at the Connecticut Film Festival earlier this year.
After the screening, there was a discussion with Wrann and the cast and crew of the film. Wrann chose the Thomaston Opera House because the venue is “a beautifully restored, historic theater.” He scouted it when looking for locations to shoot his next project which is a short film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. “Upon entering the theater, I immediately fell in love with the remarkable craftsmanship found in the auditorium,” Wrann said. “While discussing its use as a location, we discovered that the theater is equipped to screen movies and knew that it would be a perfect venue for a screening of Burning Inside.”
Wrann is an independent filmmaker out of West Haven, Connecticut.
Burning Inside is the first film distributed by Channel Midnight Releasing (www.channelmidnight.com), the new distribution label from respected cult filmmaker James Felix McKenney (Canniballistic!, Hypothermia) and producers Lisa Wisely (Automatons, Satan Hates You) and Chase Tyler of The Work Room Productions.
For more information about Wrann and his production company, check out the website www.daltongang-productions.com.
The Burning Inside trailer is available at http://youtu.be/n6SLeg1STCU
NEHW Members in New Anthology
NEHW members Eric Dimbleby and Stacey Longo have stories in the anthology Dark Things IV, which is published by Pill Hill Press. The anthology has just become available to buy at www.pillhillpress.com/shoppe-anthologies. In the near future, it will be available through Amazon.
Dimbleby’s story is called “The Iron Maiden” and Longo’s story is called “People Person.”
For more information about Dimbleby and Longo check out their respective websites, http://ericdimbleby.com/ and www.staceylongo.com.
NEHW Member Douglas Clegg Appearing at the Groton Public Library
NEHW member Douglas Clegg will be part of the Groton Public Library’s “Seventh Annual Local Authors’ Night” on Wednesday, November 17 from 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Clegg is one of four authors who will be talking about their recently published books. Refreshments will be served. Books will be available to purchase and to be signed by the authors. The library is located at 52 Newtown Road.
For more information, check out the library’s website, http://www.town.groton.ct.us/library/ or call (860) 441-6750.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jason Harris Promotions 