by Zena Shapter (writing at www.zenashapter.com) A writer-friend asked me the other day how I handle rejection. What a great topic for a blog, I thought! Over the years, I’ve developed a fantastic set of tactics to handle rejection, so I thought I’d share them with you… PLEASE NOTE: these [...]
A positive review of Next at Adventures of a Bookonaut: "Now despite what may appear to be a rather open theme this collection hangs together very well. I doffs me hat to the editors for their selections and the collation of the work. There’s some well known writers with absolutely [...]
Guest post by the CSFG Hive Mind (written by Ian McHugh) Star Wars being the endless font of storytelling wisdom and etceteras that it is, and after some lively discussion at our monthly CSFG members’ meeting, Everything I Know About Storytelling I Learned From Star Wars has spawned a not-very-long-awaited [...]
Our Workshops and Courses page is now up to date. Note the classes coming up in July and August: The Three Richards with Gillian Polack ANU Centre for Continuing Education 6-8pm on 7 Tuesdays from 30 July Write The Fight Right and other secrets to action with Alan Baxter ACT [...]
Guest post by David Coleman Keeping with the Star Wars theme, we offer this topical interlude between Everything I Know About Storytelling I Learned From Star Wars and the forthcoming sequel. (Although, going against the theme, we hope you’ll agree that David’s post is more Animatrix than Star Wars Holiday Special.) [...]
Guest post by Ian McHugh Star Wars is an eternal font of analogy and example. Like The Simpsons and Calvin & Hobbes, there’s a Star Wars example for everything. In particular, Star Wars has boundless wisdom to offer the budding storyteller. Some of it is the bleeding obvious stuff you [...]
by Simon Petrie (writing at simonpetrie.wordpress.com) I’ve been making e-books for the past couple of years now. As with several of the publishing-related skills I’ve acquired, it’s been an essentially self-taught process, born out of my involvement with Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and out of necessity. I’ve made mistakes along [...]
Please support Paediatrics at the Canberra Hospital (PatCH) by sponsoring CSFG's Write-a-Book-in-a-Day entry in 2013. Last year, through the generosity of our sponsors, CSFG raised over $600 for PatCH. (You can find out more about last year's escapade here.) And now we're doing it again! The Write-a-Book-in-a-Day contest is a [...]
Welcome! To new CSFG members Helen Stubbs, Patty Jansen and Zena Shapter. Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, after her swag of Ditmar and Australian Shadows awards, who completed the trifecta for "Sky" with a win at the Aurealis Awards for Best Horror Short Story. To Simon Dewar, whose first pro sale, [...]
Seems it's been a chatty week for some: here's an interview at SF Signal with our Gillian, ranging over the topics of writing, editing, hat juggling, tea cakes and the evolution of publishing.