News for October 16th, 2009

Karina Fabian says:

Writers, editors, agents, and other publishing professionals from around the world are gearing up for the third annual Catholic Writers’ Conference Online, which will be held February 26-March 5, 2010. Sponsored by the Catholic Writer’s Guild, the online conference is free of charge and open to writers of all levels who register between October 1, 2009 and February 15, 2010. Develop your skills with forum-based workshops, or tap experienced writers and editors for their knowledge in live chats. Do you have a Catholic book to pitch? Prominent Catholic publishers will be holding pitch sessions! (Limited attendance.) To register or get more information, go to www.catholicwritersconference.com. (Non-Catholics: You do not need to be Catholic to attend, but you do need to respect our beliefs.)

Check out a review of the controversial book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies reviewed by Michelle Levigne at the Christian Fiction Online Magazine.

For writers: A contest that is open to Christian spec-fic at:
http://joyfulhutch.googlepages.com/rattlerscontest

Robert Treskillard says: I wrote an article titled "What is Christian Fantasy? A Definition and a
Challenge" at the new Holy Worlds site:
http://holyworlds.x10hosting.com/blog/?page_id=283
Even though I focus on Christian fantasy, what I wrote can equally apply to any spec-fic.
Feedback on the article can be left at: http://epictales.org/blog/robertblog.php?title=holy_worlds_amdash_what_is_christian_fan&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

And Fred Warren has a new story up at Mindflights: One Smile At A Time. There's something special about the girl with the big smile in Mr. Joseph's third grade class, and it just might save the world.

Fred also says: Wow, two stories published in the same week–that's a first for me. This story, "Of All Things, Seen and Unseen," is a tale of faith and adventure set in the Rescue Sisters Universe created by Robert and Karina Fabian in their anthologies, Infinite Space, Infinite God, and Leaps of Faith. My story was inspired by their work and inhabits their universe with their permission.

A lot of new stories at Residential Aliens (www.resaliens.com) this week--check 'em out!