Synopsis Advice

If you missed our special class for workshop participants at Norwescon 38, we've added a page with the instructor's notes.

You'll want to bookmark it -- especially if you're thinking of sending us a novel excerpt for our 2016 workshop!

New Work from Kate Marshall: Stone Prayers

Locus Magazine recommends legacy Fairwooder Kate Marshall's latest story, Stone Prayers, writing:

...there is a richness of detail, but instead of standing in isolation from the story, these details work to enrich the world and the character, who comes alive in all her individual complexity.

We recommend it, too. Check out the printed version in Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #177, or the podcast in BCS Issue #178.

Two New Stories from Rhiannon Held

Legacy Fairwood Member Rhiannon Held has two short stories out, set in the world of her Silver novels! They're available in Kindle and .epub formats, and best of all, they're both free. If you like werewolves, take a look.

Temper: Hoping for a relaxing vacation to roam and get over a bad break-up, Tom instead finds something incredibly dangerous for all werewolves: a cemetery with Were secrets engraved on the stones for any human to see. When a couple of young werewolves from the Billings pack interfere with his plans to take care of the problem, it gets hard for him to keep his anger in check.

Back a Winner: Pierce must soon give his alpha an answer whether he will accept a position of Seattle pack beta, but he can’t bring himself to decide. At the track, memories haunt him, throwing his fear into sharp relief.

Come Join Us at Norwescon 38 (Part 2)

We're a day away from Norwescon, April 2-5, and we hope you'll be there too!

Come join the Fairwood Writers at our Norwescon Writers' Workshop social:

• Saturday, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Presidential Suite 1360 

The social is a perfect opportunity for you to meet and greet fellow writers. This is also an open event, and we look forward to seeing those who have been involved in the workshop before and those who are interested in participating in the future. 

We hope to see you there!

Come Join Us at Norwescon 38 (Part 1)

We're all getting ready for Norwescon, April 2-5, and we hope you'll be there too!

Come join the Fairwood Writers at our Norwescon readings:

•  Friday, 10 a.m., Cascade 1

              Harold Gross  reads...something.  You'll just have to show up to
              find out what, but mostly likely science fiction.

• Friday, 1:30 p.m., Cascade 1

              Renee Stern reads from "Protect and Serve": A retired New
              Orleans cop faces a hidden threat to his city during a
              Katrina-level storm.

• Friday, 4 p.m., Cascade 1

              John (J.A.) Pitts reads "Sarah Beauhall and the Bivalve
              Beatdown" – Urban Fantasy story set in the Black Blade Blues
              world.

• Friday, 8 p.m., Cascade 1

              Catherine Montrose reads from her YA novel, The Wayfinders.
              After his magical family vanishes, homeless teen Davy falls
              under the influence of a charismatic eco-terrorist who wants to
              exploit his powers.

• Friday 11 p.m., Cascade 1

              Brenda Cooper reads from Edge of Dark, a far-future
              exploration of what it means to be human.

• Saturday, 3 p.m., Cascade 1

              Kim Ritchie reads from "Smoke and Mirrors," a ghost story.

• Saturday, 8:30 p.m., Cascade 1

               Patrick Swenson reads from a novel in progress.

• Sunday, 12:30 p.m., Cascade 1

               Darragh Metzger reads from The Gate: Book Seven of the 
               Triads of Tir na n’Og series, the final book in the long-running
               Triads of Tir na n’Og series.

Ebook Launch for The Wendigo Border

Catherine Cooke Montrose just launched an ebook reprint of her 1995 dark fantasy, "The Wendigo Border," a contemporary Wyoming story intertwined with Native American history and mythology. The book is now available for Kindle and Nook.

Short story in Silver universe

Legacy Fairwood member Rhiannon Held has a new short story out in the world of her novels! Set in the background of her third book in the Silver universe, it's designed to be accessible to anyone familiar with any of the books. Take a look!