Singing the Sins of Creon: Supernatural’s Season Six and the Prohibition Against Mourning Originally Published: June 9, 2011 “You would rather throw stones at a mirror? I am your mirror, and here are your stones.” -Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks A Beautiful Labor: The Work of Mourning “The person who grieves,…
You could say I am a Newbie among the other writers on WFB. I have been writing articles almost a year now but even if I have only a few published, there are already articles that I regard as my favorite.
The Mechanics of Supernatural: Six Years Later In 2009 when I first wrote this short piece, I was a newer member of the WFB writing family and my life was in a very different place. At the time, Supernatural was constantly amazing me with not only the forethought going into the storylines but the longevity…
This profile is about one of my all time favorite Supernatural writers, Robbie Thompson. It was an honor to write about his various writing prior to Supernatural, all of his episodes, and to capture what makes his writing pop for us fans. Getting the chance to connect with him via Twitter for an impromptu interview…
This was the first article I ever wrote for The Winchester Family Business. It was a deeply personal essay, and I was a little nervous about exposing myself in writing it, but I had come to marvel at this little show and the effect it had on my life, and I wanted to express all those feelings and share…
Auld Lang Syne, literally translated from an old Scottish dialect means ‘Old Long Ago’, and as most of us probably already know, either intellectually or emotionally, it is about love and friendship in times past. Supernatural is an old friend, and like many an old friend, I have had good times and bad times with…
So, I came up with this so called “great idea” and approached Nightsky right away. Let’s have each writer pick one of their “greatest hits” to share during the holidays. You know, a gift to those that have long forgot the articles gone by. Yeah, great idea, until I had to come up with my…
Editor’s Note: The Winchester Family Business writing team wanted to do something very special for this year’s holiday season so we put together a new article series for your enjoyment. It’s called Auld Lang Syne, which means ‘Times Long Past’. The traditional New Year’s Eve song tells us that old friends should be remembered and…
Ah, the fall TV Season. Premieres for new and returning shows, plenty of online chatter and excitement, TV ad revenue charts… Wait, what? Yes, for you number junkies out there, this is when the value of each TV show is measured by the rates it can charge for advertisements that will appear during its time…
Now that Fall is upon us, the inevitable question “what did you do this Summer Hellatus?” comes up. I can say with absolute certainty that I know what I did this past summer. I embroidered. A lot.
Time for Part Two of my look at Supernatural: The Animation! In Part 1 of my Closer Look series, I introduced the characters of the anime story and outlined some of the similarities and differences between the live and anime versions of the show! In this installment I will look at each episode in detail,…
One year ago today, August 24, 2014, Jensen Ackles joined Twitter. From the first tweet, it’s been a delight for all. He had over 2000 followers in the first 2 minutes after joining and now has over 1.335 million followers! Our hearts were touched when he followed his first account, his wife @DanneelHarris Alice JesterAlice…
