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FaBo Story is over ... or is it?
We promised it would be a wild ride! Eighteen hairy chapters later and the first FaBo Story was complete - thanks to you. If you haven't read it yet, go and find out about the heroes of our story -...
View ArticleYour first rule for writing - there are no rules
Hello faithful readers (and writers). I thought I'd get the ball rolling with some writing advice that I think every writer should know before they read any other writing advice. This is one of my most...
View ArticleWhat's in a name
Names.Like naming children, naming our characters can be a daunting prospect.Get it right and our characters and their names are a seamless whole,the words tripping off the tongue and sticking in...
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Planet FaBo - Into A New Dimension
FaBo 2 -The Next FrontierSpinning in the velvety blackness of deep space is a wondrous blue planet known as FaBo2. On first glance, it looks a lot like Earth. But the second glance informs you that the...
View ArticleLaunching Now...Off To Planet FaBo
Hi Everyone, WE ARE BACK!The 2011 FaBo Story Challenge is now live. Our magnificent student winner, from last year, Angus Smith has provided the first story to get you into the FaBo story atmosphere...
View ArticleA FaBo Fairytale : Melinda Szymanik
Well it was an interesting bunch of stories submitted this week to start this year's Fabo story challenge.Melinda certainly rose to the challenge of introducing imagination to the FaBo Planet...nostril...
View ArticleMysterious happenings on Planet FaBo2 with Kyle Mewburn!
Wow! What an amazing collection of mystery stories you sent in this week. And talk about mysterious. I was scratching my head the whole time, trying to solve the mystery before Sher did. (And no, I...
View ArticleThrilling Words On Writing Thrillers...
BB the Clone and the terrible secret – Judge's Report by Michele PowlesWith clone tanks, Mentos and coke bombs, the ghost of Captain Blackbrain, a dog who is in love with clones, water dynamite and a...
View ArticleScience Fiction - Volcanoes, Craters and Melting Eyelids with Elena
"Science Fiction is the improbable made possible." Rod SerlingWhat a great lot of imaginative stories this week! Hot topics included, volcanoes, Neil Armstrong and twins. Most of you included all the...
View ArticleListen to Wolf Tracker
Podcast Powered By PodbeanWolf Tracker written by Kathy White. Read by Kathy White.A Voice in the Caves written by Tania Hutley. Read by Kathy White.
View ArticleFear and loathing in the lost forest - Judge's report by Kathy White
I was quite horrified when I was given the job of writing a horror story. Blimey – horror. Horror stories are about fear, revenge and death. They often involve something evil, and they can involve...
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Love, Romance, and Goldfish - Judge's Report by Tania Hutley
What a great bunch of stories this week! Romance was in the air on Fabo2, and I could tell you had as much fun as I did writing about it.I was impressed by your brilliantly creative plots and funny...
View ArticleRiding Off Into The Sunset
Well howdy there strangers....This here FaBo team was left slapping their jeans with mirth....what with disappearing almond and vanilla fudge cake, a ten foot bright pink sand-caked octopusand towns...
View ArticleDark shadows, Detectives and Dame Curried Iguana - Judge's Report by Brian...
What an exciting week for FABO, the last round! The theme this week was detective and the contributors showed a fantastic flair in creating stories that fitted within that genre.There were dark shadows...
View ArticleJudge's Report from Melinda
Yet another bunch of fab Fabo stories. Many of the entries needed some serious re-reading and editing and were desperately in want of some good punctuation. If you plan to have a twist ending, plot...
View ArticleMelindiana Jones and the Treasure of the Caroline Caves and Judge's Report...
Judges ReportWow the Caroline Caves were filled with some very interesting treasures and secrets this week. And poor old Melindiana Jones got into some really tight spots. As always, editing is the key...
View ArticleThe Ballad of Dew Moon by Elena de Roo/ Judge's Report
Judges Report - Elena de RooThere were lots of wonderful lines in the poems this week. Some of my favourites were Caroline Moratti's, "Ripe with Nights gaze, the air is filled with plum ferment ..."...
View ArticleFaBo World Cup Challenge Judge’s Report by Kyle Mewburn
What exciting games everyone invented this week! I thought watching the All Blacks beat France last night was exciting, but I imagine the people of FaBo2 would think rugby was very, very DULL if they...
View ArticleThe Non-Fiction Challenge: Judge's Report by Guest Judge Maria Gill
Thanks for everyone’s stories – I thoroughly enjoyed reading them and loved the humour that was coming through in some of the descriptions. I might add the inhabitants on FABO are quite scary so I’ve...
View ArticleSchool On Fabo2 - Judge's Report By Tania Hutley
Well, there has been plenty of distractions during the last week or two! I think there was some kind of rugby game on, wasn't there... did we win? With all that excitement going on, extra...
View ArticleJudge's Report - The Deathly Mallows
Tupeni's character Jacob said “Let’s go to adventure!” and that's what you all did this week. In one way or another, you went into battle. There were many individual moments of brilliance, and times...
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