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About Me

Coming August 2007: INFINITE SPACE, INFINITE GOD Book Tour
Find out more at http://isigsf.tripod.com.
INFINITE SPACE, INFINITE GOD: Thought-provoking sci fi wtih a Catholic twist!

I am happily married to Robert Fabian, a LtCol in the Air Force who is my friend, my lover, my helpmate, and my technical advisor in my writing. We have four children, whom we homeschool for a variety of reasons but most of all because we're enjoying it right now and it works well for our family.

I write for a little extra money and because I enjoy it. I've been published in Fit Pregnancy, Parenting, and many other magazines; have worked for local and diocese newspapers; and write regularly for Hereditas and the Montana Catholic Register.

To keep sanity, however, I escape into the worlds I write. I have several universes from the Faerie/Mundane multiverse of Dragon Eye, PI--you guessed it, starring a cynical fantasy-noir dragon detective--to the near-future world in which humans have colonized the solar system and an order of Catholic nuns devoted to space search and rescue has convents from L5 to the asteroid belt. I'm finishing a trilogy about a psychic on Earth who escapes an insane asylum to the world Kanaan, where he discovers his obsessions with learning about things from fortress construction to military triage have been because they've been culling the information from his mind in order to defend their world from invaders. Once on Kanaan, however, he learns the danger is even worse--the planets are on collision course and he must stop them.

Rob and I have edited two religious SF anthologies. Infinite Space, Infinite God, our Catholic science fiction anthology, is available as e-book from Twilight Times Books, and Leaps of Faith (no longer in print,) a Christian science fiction anthology, was a finalist in both the EPPIE and Dream Realms Awards.

Predictably, I enjoy reading fantasy and SF. I am a founder and president of the Catholic Writers' Guild, teach religious education at St. Mary's Catholic Church, and generally let the housework go because I'm busy with kids and writing.

For more about me and my stuff:

Me: www.fabianspace.com

Infinite Space, Infinite God: http://isigsf.tripod.com

Dragon Eye, PI: http://freewebs.com/dragoneyepi

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My Interests

Fantasy, science fiction, mystery, reading, homescholing, time management (DUH!), website building.

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I'd like to meet:

Fantasy and science fiction enthusiasts. Come play in my worlds and tell me about your favorite escapes!

Fellow writers, publishers, and editors--especially those whose interest includes the Catholic or Christian faith.

Catholic writers. If you're a writer faithful to the Catholic Magisterium who is looking for a group to help you grow, the Catholic Writers' Guild may be for you. Contact me about it.

Physicists, geologists, private investigators, and other experts in the stuff I write about. If you help me out, I'll get your name in my book!

GET READY FOR THE INFINITE SPACE, INFINITE GOD KICK-OFF BOOK TOUR!
1: www.doylebooks.com (summary) www.kaleidosouls.info, Day 1 (summary)
2: www.kaleidosouls.info, Day 2 (interview)
3: www.thewritingjungle.blogspot.com (interview)
4: www.freewebs.com/mary-andrews (interview)
5: http://writeurthoughts.blogspot.com (interview)
6: www.catholicfiction.net (interview) www.elysabethstories.blogspot.com (interview)
7: http://timewithtannia.tripod.com/ (interview) www.writeandwhine.blogspot.com/ (interview)
8: http://www.jillelizabethnelson.com/artisticblogger.shtml http://www.shoutlife.com/jillelizabethnelson http://www.myspace.com/jillelizabethnelson (interview)
9: http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/ (interview)
10: http://cmwforum.blogspot.com (review)
11: www.todaythedragonwins.blogspot.com (interview)
12: www.thedarkphantom.wordpress.com (interview) 7:00-9:00 PM: www.writerschatroom.com (Live Chat)
13: www.lostgenreguild.com (review) http://gloriaoren.blogspot.com (interview)
14: http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/dragons-of-the-pyramid-book -reviews.html (review)
15: http://beverlyjean.livejournal.com (interview) www.virtualbooktourdenet.blogspot.com (trailer)
16: http://cfvici.blogspot.com/ (review) http://catharsys.wordpress.com/ (interview) http://cdrippe.wordpress.com (summary)
17: http://www.annmargaretlewis.com/ (interview)
18: 12 Noon: Live Chat: http://jolinsdell.tripod.com http://blog.myspace.com/grace1979 (review)
19: Karen Syed (interview and summary) http://blog.myspace.com/grace1979 (review)
20: www.marilynmeredith.blogspot.com (interview)
21: www.snoringscholar.blogspot.com (review)
22: http://solshine7.blogspot.com (review and interview) http://scifijournalist.blogspot.com (review and interview)
23: www.jamiesonwolf.blogspot.com (interview)
24: www.authoralley.blogspot.com (interview) http://www.karenee.blogspot.com/ (interview) www.disturbingreviews.blogspot.com (interview)
25: www.thebookpedler.wordpress.com (interview) http://worldsapage.blogspot.com/ (interview)
26: www.livejournal.com/~paulinebjones (interview)
27: http://penelopemarzec.blogspot.com (guest blogger) http://aspiringauthor.blogspot.com/ (interview) www.disturbingreviews.blogspot.com (interview)
28: http://www.myspace.com/happywriter (guest blogger) http://zyphe.blogspot.com (review) http://360.yahoo.com/raeshylle (review)
29: 12 Noon: Live Chat "Infinite Space, Infinite God and the Infinite Possibilities of Book Marketing" http://www.virginiajennings.zoomshare.com/5.html http://writetype.blogspot.com (guest blogger)
30: www.noveljourney.blogspot.com (interview)
31: http://afrankreview.blogspot.com/ (review)

Music:

filk, classic rock, country, harp, 80s

Movies:

Galaxy Quest, Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, Alien, Ice Age, Shrek, Veggie Tales (esp. LarryBoy!)

Television:

Battlestar Galactica, Staragate, Firefly, Eureka, Cadfael, Dr. Who

Books:

Valdemar series, Fr. Elijah,Canticle for Liebowitz, anything by Madeleine L'Engle, Dresden Files series

Heroes:

My husband, My mom and dad, LarryBoy

My Blog

Embrace your beige-ness!

It's 11:03, and I'm going to bed in a few minutes, but I'm at a hotel with wi-fi and finally have a chance to share the beige jokes I've been promising.For those who have forgotten, we have been unsuc...
Posted by Karina L. Fabian on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:35:00 PST

30 pounds or 30,000 words--it's all good!

Cross posted from Branches of Life Blogzine: www.branchesoflife.blogspot.com I didn't gain my weight at 40--it hit me at 35. We moved to Virginia and in six months, I gained 30 pounds without cha...
Posted by Karina L. Fabian on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:33:00 PST

Stem Trek

Tomorrow, we're on the road to Colorado for Rob's Commander's course, my Commander's Wife course (yes, they have a course), and the booksigning/fundraiser for St. Paul the Apostle Church in Pueblo Wes...
Posted by Karina L. Fabian on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:53:00 PST

Code Filk III--"Dirty Laundry" YouTube style

Posted this on www.fabianspace.com after my fight and victory in creating my book trailer... Well, what's a major computer accomplishment without a filk on all the trouble I had getting it done? This ...
Posted by Karina L. Fabian on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:49:00 PST

E-mail and the Forward Pleas

I remember getting a chain letter when I was little. It had some heartwarming story, promising great things if I sent it on to 10 of my friends and predicting dire consequences if I didn't. ...
Posted by Karina L. Fabian on Thu, 17 May 2007 06:34:00 PST

MySpace Envy

It's enough to make me cry. Recently, my publisher Twilight Times Books, sent out a message about an author at another small press that had achieved record sales, celebrity endorsements and a movie de...
Posted by Karina L. Fabian on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:18:00 PST

Name Game 2--Fits to a T (NOT!)

(Posted on FabianSpace on March 18, 2007) Been another banner week for my name:Had one e-mail about Karine and Robert Fabian. Two out of three isn't bad.Had someone (again, e-mail) call me Kariana. I ...
Posted by Karina L. Fabian on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:38:00 PST

Name Game I

(Appreared in Fabianspace Jan 30, 2007) This week, I acquired several new monikers: Katrina, Kristina, Sabrina, and Fabrina. That's got to be a record for name massacres, though not an unusual o...
Posted by Karina L. Fabian on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:29:00 PST

ISIG an EPIC Winner!

Infinite Space, Infinite God won the 2007 EPIC award for best electronically published science fiction! http://www.epicauthors.org/eppiewinners2007.html I'm so excited for our contributors; their exc...
Posted by Karina L. Fabian on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:43:00 PST

Coding Conudrums II--Still No satisfaction

Got great news yesterday--"Amateurs: From the Case Files of Dragon Eye, PI" was accepted by The Sword Review. If you like cynical dragons, find out more at www.freewebs.com/dragoneyepi. Wrote th...
Posted by Karina L. Fabian on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:43:00 PST