Lifeline Canberra Autumn Bookfair!
Bazillions of second-hand books! Games! Comics! Music! Movies! More stuff! In Canberra on the last weekend of March:
Giving Writers a Hand
Guest post by Nicole Murphy One of the great things about being a speculative fiction writer in Australia is the speculative fiction community and the way it supports and encourages writers of all levels. Here in Canberra, there’s a couple of opportunities for people interested in writing spec fic to [...]
The Elements of Novels
Guest post by Chris Andrews Eleventeen years ago (clearly too many to count) I decided on a brilliant Get Rich Quick Scheme, or GRQS for complexity. It involved writing a Number-One International Bestselling Novel and retiring before I’d left my teens. To a kid without any real-world experience it seemed [...]
CSFG Member News (February 2014)
Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, whose story "The Human Moth" is shortlisted for Best Horror Short Fiction and whose story "Air, Water and the Grove" is shortlisted for Best SF Short Fiction, and Ian McHugh, whose story "Cold, Cold War" is listed for Best Fantasy Short Fiction at the 2013 Aurealis [...]
The Writing Process
by Zena Shapter (writing at zenashapter.com) The writing process is how a writer (consciously or subconsciously) sets about writing what they do. Every writer has their own process, and I’ve talked before about the similarities and differences between writing as a pantser or as a planner (see here). Still, while [...]
New Pages – free stories and everything we know about storytelling
We've added a couple of new pages to the website, which you can see in the menu above. Short stories - for free! Brings together in one place links to members' short stories that are available to download or read online for free. Everything We Know About Storytelling We Learned From… A [...]
Everything We Know About Storytelling We Learned from The Lord of the Rings: Part I
The Fellowship of EWKASWLFLOTR: Nine Rules for the Kings of Men written by Ian McHugh, on behalf of the CSFG Hivemind Earlier in 2014, we had a discussion at CSFG about the storytelling lessons we collectively learned from The Lord of the Rings (both the books and the movies). Parts [...]
How to Mollify the Editor / Typesetter / Proofreader In Your Life
by Simon Petrie (writing at simonpetrie.wordpress.com) We’ve all done it, at some point in our lives: driven a typesetter into a berserker rage; convinced an editor to disrobe down to his / her loincloth (and why editors will persist in wearing such things, one can only speculate) and to race [...]
Voting now open for the Ditmar Awards!
Voting for the Ditmar Awards is open until 30 March 2014 to members of the 2013 and 2014 natcons (Conflux 9 and Continuum 10). Cast your votes here! A list of eligible works by CSFG members is here.
Ditmar Awards – eligible works by CSFG members
CSFG members have a whole swag of stuff that's eligible for this year's Ditmar Awards. Voting is due to open soon. Members, including supporting members, of the upcoming and previous national spec fic conventions (Continuum X and Conflux 9) are eligible to vote. Red titles below link to stories that are [...]