Matthew's new novel Strange Flesh is out now from Fantasy Flight Games (available in e-book formats with paperback to follow). While the world has changed, crime has not. A tangled web of lies and corruption surrounds the New Angeles headquarters of Jinteki, a massive mega-corporation that leads the industry in [...]
by Nicole Murphy There’s something really cool happening on the CSFG mailing list at the moment – writing. And talking about writing. And critiquing and revising and more writing. And it’s all Conflux’s fault, so I’m pretty proud of that. Not that there isn’t any talk about writing on the [...]
Upcoming Workshops and Events Nicole Murphy will be teaching a workshop on writing fundamentals, Saturday 8 September, ACT Writers Centre, Gorman House - still time to book! Sales and Publications Nicole Murphy, writing as Elizabeth Dunk, will have a story in the contemporary romance anthology URL Love from HarperCollins. Kaaron [...]
Book now! Session times have been finalised for the writing workshop program at the ACT Writers Centre on 28 September as part of the Conflux 8 convention. Details for the workshops being delivered by CSFG members are on the Workshops and Courses page.
Simon Petrie's story "Cruisy" has been accepted by Ticon4 webzine. Elizabeth Fitzgerald's story "Rousabout" has been accepted by Burley magazine. Ian McHugh's story "Red Dirt" will be reprinted in The Best of BCS Year Three anthology, and his story "The Navigator and the Sky" will be podcast by Podcastle. Simon's [...]
by Nicole Murphy One of the great ‘a-ha’ moments in my writing came courtesy of a Jack Dann workshop. It was a good thing it happened during that particular workshop, because that weekend also ended up being one of the hardest things I’ve gone through. We were critiquing each other’s [...]
$60 plus postage for a set of 5 of our back catalogue anthologies (or buy from our dealer's table at Conflux 8 and save the postage). That's 25%* off! Details here. * ish
Laura Goodin has adapted her story "The Dancing Mice and the Giants of Flanders", published in CSFG's Masques anthology, into an opera. Laura is seeking support at Pozible to continue development of the opera through to a concert performance on August 25 at the Phoenix Theatre, Wollongong. See here for [...]
CSFG member Nicole R Murphy has released her e-book The Festival, a novella-length sequel to her Dream of Asarlai trilogy - and she's made it free at Smashwords until the end of July! Of Dream of Asarlai, reviewers said: "Murphy’s ability to create a new world within the familiar setting [...]
We've added a Resources page to the site that links to various blogs, webpages and online resources maintained by CSFG members on the crafts of writing, editing and storytelling. more...