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Last Stop Corbenic

A newsletter about books and writing and sometimes King Arthur

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The Wonderful Clock

This is the first and only chapter of The World in the Walls, Book One of the Fillory and Further series by Christopher Plover. I wish I could write more, but I can't

The Plane Had No Markings

Or, a doctor's note

A Season in Hell: April 24-

In which I finally finish the book, the Grail Knight reaches Corbenic, the king is healed, the Waste Land lives again and Doris gets her oats

The Halfway Point: A Pep Talk

I wrote this for NaNoWriMo back in 2014. Now NaNoWriMo is gone -- and the Hunger Games theme is a little dated -- but writing novels is still hard

Happy New Year to All

We made it! More or less!

That Other American Tolkien

When I was a child, the novels of Fritz Leiber were way more important to me than The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. If anything Tolkien was the British Leiber

The Wardrobe Opened 75 Years Ago

It seems like an age has passed. And also like no time at all. But that's Narnia for ya

The King Sleeps: Or, the Brief Life and Inevitable Death of a Darling

They say kill your darlings, and they’re 100% right. But today I honor the passing of one that I killed with more than usual reluctance

A Season in Hell: February 20-March 13

We all hate the person from Porlock. Except when we desperately need the person from Porlock

Please Help Me Stop Playing the New York Times Spelling Bee Game

Thank God it only comes out once a day