You’re invited to In Your Write Mind, the annual writers’ conference that is sponsored and run by the Seton Hill University Writing Popular Fiction MFA Alumni.
Registration this year is only $60 for the entire conference!
Register here or register at InYourWriteMind.net
Cutoff for registration is June 17, 2024.
Registration includes a FREE TABLE at our book signing on Sat, June 29th. (See below*)
What: This is an annual, alumni-run writers workshop. It features writing-related classes, a book signing, and other special events. It’s a great way to network with other writers.
When: June 27-30, 2024.
Where: On the beautiful campus of Seton Hill University (1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601) We are not offering a virtual option this year.
Who: The workshop is open to the public.
Why: It’s a great opportunity to meet and network with other writers, gain writing inspiration and publishing knowledge, get your writing mojo back, and have fun!
Guest Authors:
We’re pleased to announce our esteemed guests authors:
Tim Waggoner – Author Guest of Honor
Tim Waggoner’s first novel came out in 2001, and since then he’s published over fifty novels and eight collections of short stories. He writes original dark fantasy and horror, as well as media tie-ins. He’s written tie-in fiction based on Supernatural, Grimm, The X-Files, Alien, Doctor Who, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Transformers, among others, and he’s written novelizations for films such as Halloween Kills, Terrifier 2, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and Kingsman: The Golden Circle. His articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest, The Writer, and The Writer’s Chronicle. He’s the author of the acclaimed horror-writing guide Writing in the Dark, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction in 2021. The follow-up, Writing in the Dark: The Workbook, also won a Stoker in the same category in 2023. He won another Stoker in 2021 in the category of Short Nonfiction for his article “Speaking of Horror,” and in 2017 he received the Stoker for Long Fiction for his novella The Winter Box. In addition, he’s won the Scribe Award, given by the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. He’s also been a multiple finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and a one-time finalist for the Splatterpunk Award. His fiction has received numerous Honorable Mentions in volumes of Best Horror of the Year, and he’s had several stories selected for inclusion in volumes of Year’s Best Hardcore Horror. His work has been translated into Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Hungarian, and Turkish. He’s also a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio. His papers are collected by the University of Pittsburgh’s Horror Studies Program.
Maria V Snyder – Alumni Author Guest of Honor
Meteorologist turned novelist, Maria V. Snyder’s been writing since she was bored out of her mind with writing air pollution reports and desperately needed something creative and fun to do. Twenty-three published novels and two short story collections later, Maria’s learned a thing or three about writing. She’s been on the New York Times bestseller list, won over a dozen awards, and has earned her MA degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University where she has refused to leave after graduating. Haunting the hallways and living in the tunnels below the Admin building since 2007, Maria’s been teaching and mentoring the current crop of MFA students.
Jon Sprunk to Conduct TTRP Storytelling Track.
Our first annual TTRPG Storytelling track will take place all day on Saturday, June 29. We will crown our first-ever Master Storyteller, Jon Sprunk! Jon is the host of Attacks of Opportunity, a popular fantasy author, and a former WPF mentor. He and his league of game masters will work with us to build characters, expand settings, and deepen plots while adventuring through various gaming mechanics. Novices and experienced players are all welcome! You don’t have to bring your own dice, but you are certainly welcome to do so.
What is TTRPG Storytelling? (TTRP stands for tabletop role-playing game.) Using the structure of rules and the randomness of dice rolls, writers can find inspiration for setting development, choose a path for plotting, and roleplay the inner workings of their character. Your game master is your guide through this cooperative storytelling.
Stephanie M Wytovich – Guest Editor
Stephanie M. Wytovich is a Bram Stoker award-winning poet,a novelist, and essayist. Her work has been showcased in numerous magazines and anthologies such as Weird Tales, Nightmare Magazine, Southwest Review, Year’s Best Hardcore Horror: Volume 2, The Best Horror of the Year: Volume 8 & 15, as well as many others.
Wytovich is the Poetry Editor for Raw Dog Screaming Press, a recipient of the Elizabeth Matchett Stover Memorial Award, the 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Writers Grant, and has received the Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship for non-fiction writing.
Wytovich is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, an active member of the Horror Writers Association, and a graduate of Seton Hill University’s MFA program for Writing Popular Fiction. Her 2023 poetry collection, On the Subject of Blackberries, is out now.
Follow Wytovich at https://www.stephaniemwytovich.com/ and on Twitter and Instagram @SWytovich and @thehauntedbookshelf. You can also sign up for her newsletter at https://stephaniemwytovich.substack.com/.
Book Signing:
The book signing will take place on Saturday, June 29 from 6-9:30 PM at Seton Hill’s Performing Arts Center – 100 Harrison Ave, Greensburg, PA 15601
Bonus: At 7 PM – Rachel Howzell Hall will give a talk at Seton Hill’s Performing Arts Center.
Call for Volunteers:
If you’d like to volunteer to help out, either before or during the conference, please contact SallyBosco@gmail.com
For questions, please contact SallyBosco@gmail.com
We hope to see you on the Hill!
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