Cretin’s Guide to Query Letters
Chris Andrews has guest-posted a new Cretin's Guide to Query Letters. Enjoy.
Next Big Things
Here's a few more: Dave Versace Carol Ryles Cat Sheely
CSFG Member News (December 2012)
Congratulations! To Nicole Murphy (writing as Elizabeth Dunk), who sold her contemporary romance novel "Arranged to Love" to Harlequin Escape - due out in March February. Upcoming workshops, courses and events Nicole will be teaching The Year of the Novel course in 2013, both online through the Queensland Writers Centre [...]
New (cheaper) prices for CSFG books!
We've re-priced our back catalogue of anthologies in anticipation of the launch of the next one in April. (Yes, we're really that excited that we've dropped our other prices already). Buy Elsewhere, Encounters, The CSFG Gastronomicon and The Outcast for under $10 each! Get 2009's Masques for only $14.95, Kaaron Warren's [...]
More CSFG Next Big Things
A few more members have decided to open up about their forthcoming contributions to CSFG's ongoing project of world domination: Phillip Berrie Donna Maree Hanson Ross Hamilton Maxine McArthur Gillian Polack
Rayessa’s blog
The heroine of Donna Hanson's forthcoming novella, Rayessa and the Space Pirates now has her own blog. You can find it here.
Some things our members are up to
Chris Andrews has posted his Next Big Thing thing. Ross Hamilton has started putting his published stories up on Smashwords to read for free, beginning with the story "Triumph of the Scientific Mind". Simon Petrie has passed on news from two of the publishing projects he's involved in. Peggy Bright Books [...]
Next anthology – announcement of table of contents
The editors of the CSFG's 'Next' anthology, scheduled for release in Canberra at Conflux 9 in--gosh!--a little over four months' time, are delighted to reveal the stories which will appear in the anthology's Table of Contents. There are names in the list that will be familiar to many, as well as some [...]
The Definitive Rules For Writing Magic
Ian McHugh's write up of a discussion in the CSFG Novel Writing Group. Here.
Year of the Novel – enrolling now!
Nicole R Murphy is teaching both the standard online version and a class-based adaptation of Kim Wilkins's Year of the Novel course in 2013. Both courses are enrolling now - the online course starts January 2013 and the class-based course starts in February at the ACT Writers Centre. See here [...]