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...
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This month I’m going to talk about something other than writing—science fiction scripting and screenplays. To start with, I must admit to a pair of unseemly pastimes. I have a predilection for both...
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CWG NEWS
THE YOUNG CHESTERTON CHRONICLES BOOK 2 RELEASE CWG member John McNichol’s newest steam punk adventure with young Gilbert Keith Chesterton has arrived in paperback and Kindle and Nook form. The Emperor...
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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...
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“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...
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CWG NEWS
New Children’s Lenten and Easter Reflections Ash Wednesday is just around the corner, and Amazon is promoting Sarah Reinhard’s new book, Welcome Risen Jesus: Lent and Easter Reflections for Families...
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GABLE TRIPLES THE TOP TEN LIST Ellen Gable Hrkach, Vice President of the Catholic Writers Guild, reached a milestone last week: all three of her novels were in the top ten of their category on Amazon...
View ArticleKarina Teaches – Lesson 4
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,...
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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes – Teresa Frailey
Some books leave you disappointed, some books you finish with bated breath, and some books you finish with a feeling of satisfaction that it was an enjoyable book which won’t collect dust on the shelf...
View ArticleKarina Teaches Worldbuilding – Lesson 5
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,...
View ArticleKarina Teaches Worldbuilding – Lesson 6
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,...
View ArticleKarina Teaches Worldbuilding – Final Lesson
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,...
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Review of Ad Limina by Cyril Jones-Kellet
When considering great novels, Ad Limina comes quickly to my mind. The story is a spectacular display of humanity. The writing was phenomenal; drawing its readers into a futurist world so easily it...
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Why is a Catholic novelist especially suited to writing dystopian fiction?
Here’s a piece from member and GUEST POSTER Theresa Linden about a topic that many Catholic writers are not familiar with: Dystopia, no it’s not a place! KC Before I wrote my dystopian fiction,...
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Testing Liberty, by Theresa Linden
She lies in her darkened cell, alone, cold, hungry and exhausted, awaiting the tortures of the Re-Education Facility. The Regimen Custodia Terra have Liberty 554-062466-84 of Aldonia, exactly where...
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Consider, by Kristy Acevedo
Acevedo dazzles with her debut YA, sci-fi novel. Imaginative, insightful and exciting, Consider draws the reader deeper and deeper through a one-way portal to another dimension—her clear and engaging...
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CWG Book Blast: “Infinite Space, Infinite God II,” by Karina Fabian
This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Guildie Karina Fabian’s book, INFINITE SPACE, INFINITE GOD II. It is a SOA winner. Teaser: Twelve science fiction stories featuring great adventure...
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OldEarth Encounter Themes
Recently, I celebrated another year marked on the calendar of my life. I am also considering how best to focus my energy and enlighten my soul, so I look back on my previous accomplishments and peer...
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Excerpt from OldEarth Melchior Encounter
Everyone Has Questions Abbas didn’t like to do it, but there was no way he could allow her to continue her transmission. Mauve fell to a floor in a heap in the dim corner of the main hall. Omega ran...
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