Events

Launch of the first two novels in her GhostWriters series (DeathZone books) hosted by Dean Cooper.

The GhostWriters Series features Jackson Stone, a disgruntled IT worker with dreams of writing books about the supernatural, and Kate, a gifted medium. In City of Ghosts, Jackson and Kate meet on a tour of China, where they work together to reveal a dark and sinister secret about what happened to the women who vanished from a Chinese village. In The Girl Who Talks to Ghosts, our heroes team up again to retrieve the soul of a 12-year-old girl who was kidnapped by the spirit of an evil doctor and taken to Venice. Both novels released May 16, 2017.

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JH will be a special guest author.

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StokerCon is the Horror Writers Association's annual convention, focusing exclusively on dark fiction and its authors.

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Join J.H. Moncrieff for a free screening of The Others, a critically acclaimed ghost story. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Moncrieff and local horror film director David Zellis of Zellco Productions. What makes for a successful scary movie or story? Why do we love to be scared?

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Launch of Those Who Came Before (Flame Tree Press), featuring a conversation hosted by Lisa Saunders.

An idyllic weekend camping trip is cut short when Reese Wallace's friends are brutally murdered. As the group's only survivor, Reese is the prime suspect, and his story doesn't make much sense. A disembodied voice warning him to leave the campground the night before? A strange, blackened tree that gave him an electric shock when he cut it down for firewood?

Detective Greyeyes isn’t having any of it--until she hears the voice herself and finds an arrowhead at the crime scene--an arrowhead she can’t get rid of. Troubling visions of a doomed Native American tribe who once called the campground home, and rumors of cursed land and a mythical beast plague the strangest murder case she's ever been a part of.

After surviving a night in the haunted Dalnavert museum on September 13th, J.H. Moncrieff and three fellow dark fiction authors--Adam Petrash, Jess Landry, and Dave Demchuk--return on Halloween to read the ghostly stories inspired by their adventures.

"Writers don’t make any money.” Right? Wrong! Award-winning novelist J.H. Moncrieff has made a living with her writing for over 20 years, and in this class, she shares some tricks of the trade. Drawing on her background in marketing and publicity, she’ll teach you the ultimate goal of social media, how to make money with freelance writing, how to successfully market yourself to potential readers, agents, and editors, the elements of an effective author’s website, and how to handle a social media scandal, which is becoming all too common these days.

This interactive course runs for four Tuesday evenings.

Sat, August 15, 2 pm MT: Maintaining Suspense Through a Novel live workshop. Want to write a book that will keep your readers on the edge of their seat? There's an art form to building and maintaining suspense. Award-winning suspense novelist J.H. Moncrieff will take you through the techniques you need to master in order to create a page-turning novel or story, including voice, beginnings and endings, and character development. This course is suitable for every genre, as no one wants to write a book that's easy to put down. Come prepared to write!

Sun, August 16, 11 am MT: Marketing for Writers live workshop. "Writers don't make any money." Right? Wrong! Award-winning novelist J.H. Moncrieff has made a living with her writing for over 20 years, and in this class, she shares some tricks of the trade. Drawing on her background in marketing and publicity, she'll teach you the ultimate goal of social media, how to make money with freelance writing, how to successfully market yourself to potential readers, agents, and editors, the elements of an effective author's website, and how to handle a social media scandal, which is becoming all too common these days.

This class runs for four Tuesday evenings.

Confused about what to do with that finished manuscript? Wonder no longer! In this workshop, award-winning suspense author J.H. Moncrieff will take you through the different publishing options. Learn how to write an effective query letter, how to pitch to agents and editors, and how to self-publish the right way.

You will need a device with a stable internet connection (computer, laptop, iPad, tablet, etc.) to participate in this class. A working microphone and camera (built in or attached to your computer) are recommended, but you can also use your phone for the audio.

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This class runs over four Wednesday evenings: October 6, 13, 20, and 27.

"Writers don’t make any money.” Right? Wrong! Award-winning novelist J.H. Moncrieff has made a living with her writing for over 20 years, and in this class, she shares some tricks of the trade. Drawing on her background in marketing and publicity, she’ll teach you the ultimate goal of social media, how to make money with freelance writing, how to successfully market yourself to potential readers, agents, and editors, the elements of an effective author’s website, and how to handle a social media scandal, which is becoming all too common these days.

You will need a device with a stable internet connection (computer, laptop, iPad, tablet, etc.) to participate in this class. A working microphone and camera (built in or attached to your computer) are recommended, but you can also use your phone for the audio.

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This class runs for five Tuesday evenings, with an optional online class party on the sixth Tuesday.

National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, presents a daunting challenge each November. Can you write 50,000 words in a single month and "win" NaNoWriMo? Yes, you can! Award-winning novelist (and ten-time NaNoWriMo winner) J.H. Moncrieff will show you how, working with you throughout the month to ensure success. We'll discuss what to do with your finished novel, the benefits and pitfalls of undertaking this challenge, break through any obstacles together, and do some writing sprints to get our word counts up.

You will need a device with a stable internet connection (computer, laptop, iPad, tablet, etc.) to participate in this class. A working microphone and camera (built in or attached to your computer) are recommended, but you can also use your phone for the audio.

Click here to register.