MGOC Contributor Event: Diane Turnshek at Mars Desert Research Station

Many Genres, One Craft contributor Diane Turnshek takes researching her next novel to a whole new world...or as close as possible.

My work in progress is a YA novel set on Mars. In order to research the setting, I took a two week trip to the Mars Desert Research Station in the badlands of Utah. The Mars Society has been operating facilities like this for a decade to study how colonists would adapt to the isolation, rehydrated/dehydrated food, limited water supply, bitter cold and awe-inspiring red vistas. I didn't expect to have so much fun with my teammates, heading outside in spacesuits, off-roading on ATVs and being the subjects of an indy Swiss film. "Do your research!" now has a whole new meaning.

-Diane Turnshek
January 2013

MGOC Contributor News: Heidi Ruby Miller Named Editor of Dog Star Books

Many Genres One Craft co-editor Heidi Ruby Miller was named managing editor of Dog Star Books, a new Science Fiction imprint from Raw Dog Screaming Press.

The announcement was made at DogCon by RDSP co-owner Jennifer Barnes. Visit the Dog Star Books blog for more information.

MGOC Contributor News: COG Cover for K. Ceres Wright

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In a futuristic world where personalities can be downloaded at will, who's a girl to trust?

Many Genres, One Craft contributor K. Ceres Wright has a new Science Fiction novel coming out in Summer 2013 from Dog Star Books. Today was her cover reveal for COG.

The artist is Bradley Sharp.

Many Genres Signing at Confluence (Pittsburgh, 2011)

Last month, Many Genres authors were highly active at Pittsburgh's annual Science Fiction/Fantasy convention, Confluence 2011. Attendees included Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, Lawrence Connolly, Diane Turnshek (pictured above), Timons Esaias, and Michael Arnzen. Arnzen and Miller held a small "literary beer" to discuss issues raised in the book, and everyone from Many Genres sat on several panel discussions or participated in a lively book signing. Scott A. Johnson was also a special guest lecturer at the Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers, a summer writing camp that is discussed at length in Diane Turnshek's article from our book, "Teaching Young Writers."

Confluence and Alpha are held annually in late July.

See photos from the Many Genres signing, Confluence and Alpha at Michael Arnzen's social networking site, michaelarnzen.com. Photos and coverage are also available on Confluence's facebook page.