For more than twenty years, the 通俗小说写作（文学硕士） 程序 at 西顿希尔大学 has been helping fiction writers 永利博彩 moving their careers forward. 每年，该项目都有两次校内实习，以补充其为期一年的在线课程。 这些实习为学生提供了参加研讨会的机会，从同龄人那里得到反馈，并从他们的导师那里得到一对一的指导。 By the end of the program, students have earned a Master’s of Fine Arts degree, 永利博彩 have completed a novel-length writing project.

“每个人对自己工作的热情都很有感染力。”

格温多林·基斯特（Gwendolyn Kiste）是该项目第二年的兼职导师。 她最近在恐怖作家协会（HWA）举办的斯托克大会（StokerCon）上获胜。 The convention’s main event is the Bram Stoker Awards. The award ceremony, named after the author of “Dracula,” recognizes writings 永利博彩 authors of “superior achievement.”

Kiste在今年的小说类别中获得了卓越成就。 小说类奖项通常被认为是颁奖典礼上的最高奖项，赢得这一奖项是一项巨大的成就。 过去只有七名女性获得过冠军，基斯特是第八位。

“While I think all the categories are equally important, there is something very special about winning in this category in particular, especially since this book is so very personal to me,” Kiste says. “In general, there have been so many female authors winning in other categories at the Stokers… I hope very much that there will be even more women who win the award in this category over the next few years. 恐怖片有这么多才华横溢的女作家； I want to see them all shining in the spotlight they deserve!”

Kiste’s winning novel is called “The Haunting of Velkwood” 永利博彩 it follows “three childhood friends who must return twenty years later to their old neighborhood, which has become an entire street of ghosts. It's a story about the past, grief, 永利博彩 of c永利博彩se the phantoms in 永利博彩 life that we can't let go.”

基斯特认为，写作通俗小说项目的活力是她事业发展的动力。 “Residency in particular is always such an exciting time. 仅仅是和我的学生和导师们在一起，就提醒了我为什么要做这件事，这帮助我回到了创作的过程中。 The passion that everyone brings to their craft is truly infectious.”