Over this year, Karina is going to share some of her writing seminars on the blog, with the lessons and references for further study. We’ll be posting these once a month. There’s no assigned homework, but if you have questions, please ask them in the comments. Her first workshop […]
Bilbo’s Journey: discovering the hidden meaning of the hobbit, by Joseph Pearce
Pearce and Tolkien believed that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were fundamentally religious and Catholic works. Apparently critics had either missed or resented this interpretation. Pearce paraphrased Tolkien in suggesting that the real reason for critical prejudice against Tolkien’s and similar works had grown out of a […]
One of my Favorite Characters, Sister Grace
I’m excited to blog today about one of my dear characters, Sister Grace, for two reasons: First, her second book came out this month—Live and Let Fly. Second, her story, Siren Spell, comes out today from Flying Island Press. Sister Grace is not your typical nun. First of all, she’s […]
Chat With Karina Fabian and Her Main Man, err…Dragon, Vern!
Come on! Join the fun! On Sunday, April 22 at 7:00pm EST, The Writer’s Chatroom will host a chat with our very own Karina Fabian. As of today special guest Vern, dragon detective extraordinaire, has agreed to stop in and answer a few questions as well. And yes, he’s a […]
CWG NEWS
“The Day Johnny Cracked” CWG Secretary, Dave Law, has a flash fiction story published in White Cat Magazine‘s January issue. “The Day Johnny Cracked,” is Law’s first foray into writing after five years of sitting behind a publisher’s desk. Dave A. Law is a freelance writer and editor, whose short […]
CWG NEWS
SHORT STORIES ABOUND 2011 was a fruitful year for CWG member Walt Staples. Five of his short stories were published at various fiction sites and “his stuff,” as Staples calls his writing, appeared in Splashdown Books’ anthology Aquasynthesis (2011). You can also find Staples and his most recent works at […]
"Christmas Spirits" and Food for the Poor
by Karina Fabian Dear friends and readers, This winter, I have two things in my heart and on my mind: caring for those less fortunate than me (or indeed, much of the world) and my DragonEye, PI stories. For Christmas, I’m combining them and would like to share them with […]
Writing The Alien Alien
For the writer of speculative fiction, there’s a dodge most of us use—the human dressed in the alien suit. I don’t mean the guy dressed in a serape, lederhosen, Zulu head-ring, and carrying a samurai sword and boomerang (though it does make for an interesting picture); no, rather an alien […]