by Karina | Aug 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
As everyone who knows Vern knows, he can be a little self-absorbed. He is a dragon, after all. He just loves getting fan art, especially when it’s clever or accurate. If you are attending LegendHaven on October 18 and 19, you have the chance to win a free book...
by Karina | Apr 23, 2023 | Current Events, Uncategorized, Writing tips
NOTE: I still need nearly 187 stories. The submissions are open until I get them. I’m compiling a collection of stories on how God inspires our writing and our writing lives. It’s directed primarily toward Catholic writers and has a combination of saints,...
by Karina | Dec 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
As the year comes to an end and I think about all the stories that are still in my head, I was inspired to write this song. Rena Shannon, a fellow member of the Catholic Writers Guild, and I were talking about having too many characters telling us their stories. Sung...
by Karina | Oct 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
My husband and I were listening to “Chemical Worker’s Song” by Great Big Sea, and we joked that it would be hilarious to rewrite it for Star Trek redshirts. The next night, I woke up with the song in my head. CHORUS: And it’s go, boys go, with...
by Karina | May 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
I get hit with a lot of spam, which I love to mock butSpam otherwise, ignore. Usually, they are offering me money from the UN. I recently got hit with a trifecta: Spam 1: I was impressed. This is the first time someone ever sent a diplomatic agent my way with a box...
by Karina | Mar 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
The first thing Ellie did upon entering her quarters was to turn the temperature down five degrees. Then she downloaded the bridge logs into her computer and started to play them, but sitting in the chair made her think of the times she’d been sitting there with Todd...
