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Laurel Anne Hill Featured in San Francisco Examiner Online!

“February is Women in Horror Month,” writes Sumiko Saulson of the examiner.com Arts and Entertainment section.  “It is part of an initiative designed to celebrate and bring attention to the achievements of women in all aspects of the horror genre.”

Sumiko features ten women horror writers in her article, and I’m included.  I feel so honored!

The writers featured are: Anne Rice, Rain Graves, Jewelle Gomez, Fran Friel, Emerian Rich, Linda Kay Silva, Laurel Anne Hill, Sumiko Saulson, Loren Rhoads and Serena Toxicat.

To read the article, go to:  http://www.examiner.com/list/ten-bay-area-women-horror-writing.

And please purchase (and read) stories by women horror writers.  Support our efforts!

Warm wishes,

Laurel Anne Hill
http://www.laurelannehill.com

 

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RADCON, THE AMAZING! (RadCon 2014 Photo slide show/video on Youtube, created by Laurel Anne Hill)

Hi everyone,

I’m back from RadCon 6B.  I always have fun at RadCon and this year was no exception.

RadCon is a science fiction/fantasy convention held annually in Pasco, Washington, during the month of February.  It’s a fantastic con and I really love the way youth as well as adults join in the fun.  RadCon sponsors writing and art contests for youth, and also arranges for guest participants to visit local schools and talk to students about their occupations and craft.  

Laurel, Dragon and David
One of my favorite costumes this year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 To view my slide show video of people and costumes from the RadCon 2014 event, go to Youtube:  

RADCON, THE AMAZING!

Enjoy!  And please visit http://www.radcon.org.  
May the memories of RadCon 6B be with you!

Laurel Anne Hill (Award-Winning Author of “Heroes Arise”)

http://www.laurelannehill.com 

 

 

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Laurel Anne Hill at RadCon 2014 (Plus Video from RadCon 2013)

Link to my Video of RadCon 2013: Hotter than Ever!

 

Laurel and Two Dragons

Here’s my schedule the  RadCon 2014 science fiction/fantasy convention in Pasco, Washington.

Friday, February 14, 4:30-5:30 pm
Fundamentals of Research
Good research is fundamental to accurately studying any subject, whether it be history for re-enactment purposes or science for writing a speculative fiction novel. Even more importantly, it doesn’t have to hurt! Come learn the basics and how to integrate them into your future projects.
Ruth Frey, Laurel Anne Hill, MJ Engh, Vicki Mitchell

Saturday, February 15, 11 am – 12:30 pm
Autograph Session

Saturday, February 15, 4- 5:30 pm
Quantum Physics Meets Magical Realism
The way in which Quantum Physics describes the universe seems more and more to enter the realm of the fantastic. Where does reality end and fantasy begin?
DiAnne Berry, Laurel Anne Hill, Elton Elliot, Bruce Taylor, Lori White

Saturday, February 15, 8-9 pm
Know What you Write
You could just wing it and make stuff up — or you can research. When is Wikipedia appropriate and when should you dig deeper into actual books? How do you contact scientists and subject experts?
Dave Bara, John Dalmas, Laurel Anne Hill, Jason Bond, Lori White

Sunday, February 16, 10-11 am
Basic Emergency Procedures
How to stock for minor emergencies. Learn to adapt your emergency prep for your family, decide how much and what kind of supplies to stock, handling it on a budget, keeping it safe and defending what you have.
Klarissa Davis, Hugh Gregory, Laurel Anne Hill

I hope to see some of you there.

Warm wishes,

Laurel Anne Hill (Author of “Heroes Arise”)
http://www.laurelannehill.com

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Join Hands for Polytechnic, Friends Old and New (San Francisco Nostalgia from Laurel Anne Hill)

The letter that changed my future for the better.

What school stands out in your memory?  Most people in the USA have a favorite–or least favorite–educational institution in their personal history.  I enjoyed school and loved every one I attended: McKinley Grammar School, Everett Jr. High, Polytechnic High, San Francisco State College, California Polytechnic State University (better known as “Cal Poly”) and UC Berkeley Extension.

Of all these, however, San Francisco’s Polytechnic High School earned my award for “most amazing.”  Poly’s teachers took an interest in me that pointed me in the right direction and secured my future success.  I continue to maintain many friendships with other Polytechnic High School alumni and with one of my former teachers.

Hail Polytechnic, we're loyal to you.

Polytechnic High School served San Francisco from 1894 to 1972.  The Frederick Street campus was dedicated in 1914 and demolished in 1987.  A group of Polytechnic alumni–the Cornerstone Project Team–now works to return the cornerstone of the 1914 building to its former Frederick Street location.

Thus, I recorded a podcast this week in honor of the Cornerstone Project Team’s efforts.  The podcast includes a little history, the music from the Polytechnic victory song (“Join Hands for Polytechnic”), and my reading of a touching story written by Marianne Eichenbaum: I am the Polytechnic High School Cornerstone, and this is my journey.

Hail Alma Mater, ever so true.

The music I use in the podcast is the Our Director march, composed by Frederick Ellsworth Bigelow in 1892 and recorded by the Victor Military Band on September 27, 1911.  Polytechnic High School used a section of the Our Director march for “Join Hands for Polytechnic.”  The U.S. Library of Congress kindly emailed me the Victor Military Band recording after Sony Music provided permission for my use of the piece in my podcast project.  Thank you, Sony and LOC!

My podcast is available for free through the following links to the Welcome to My Bedroom Closet site:

http://laurelannehill.libsyn.com/join-hands-for-polytechnic-the-san-francisco-polytechnic-high-school-cornerstone-project

and

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/welcome-to-my-bedroom-closet/id331538997

We come with praises singing your fame

All are welcome to Join Hands for Polytechnic!  Whatever your schools are or were, may the Polytechnic Parrot be with you!

Warm wishes,

Laurel Anne Hill (Award-Winning Author of “Heroes Arise”)
http://www.laurelannehill.com

 

Hail Polytechnic, long live thy name!

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Fault Zone: Shift (Anthology Book Launch on January 18, 2014, at Kepler’s Books)

An Amazing Collection!

Fault Zone: Shift – An Anthology of Stories & Poems
Launch at Kepler’s Books

Saturday, January 18th, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025

2:00 – Start of event
2:05 – Introduction by editors
2:10 – 2:30 Author panel moderated by Editor Audrey Kalman
Panelists: Darlene Frank, Laurel Anne Hill, Lisa Meltzer Penn, Karen Hartley, Frank Saunders, Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

Five-minute readings from the anthology begin at 2:30
     2:30 – Diane Moomey
     2:35 – Jo Carpignano – poem
     2:40 – Diane Jacobsen
     2:45 – Sandra Smith
     2:50 – Ann Foster
     2:55 – Tina Gibson – poem
     3:00 – Wendy Voorsanger
     3:05 – Lucy Ann Murray
     3:10 – Margaret Davis
     3:15 – TJ VanHook

 3:20 – 3:30: Mingle, refreshments, audience can sign and purchase books

About “Fault Zone: Shift“
The San Francisco/Peninsula Writers have done it again. This is their fourth volume of short stories. Novelists Max Tomlinson, David Hirzel, Margaret Davis, James Hanna, Diane Lee Moomey, and Laurel Anne Hill join forces to produce a stellar anthology. Senior poet laureate Jo Carpignano and award winning poet Maurine Killough will jog your sensibilities. This anthology is chock full of great stories by professional and prize-winning writers. Other authors include Lois Young, Tina Gibson, Darlene Frank, Diane Jacobson, Martha Clark Scala, Don Redmon, Frank A. Saunders, Sue Barizon, Karen Hartley, Ann Foster, Tim Woolf, Bardi Rosman Koodrin, Lisa Melzer Penn, Wendy M. Voorsanger, Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, Tory Hartmann, and Lucy Ann Murray.

I hope to see you there!

Warm wishes,

Laurel Anne Hill, Author of “Heroes Arise”
(http://www.laurelannehill.com)