SpecFicNZ member Richard Barnes is pleased to invite everyone to “The Royal Wedding from Hell”. Relive the Royal Wedding...
Paul Mannering On the Radio
On Tuesday 7th August, SpecFicNZ member Paul Mannering, self published author and editor, will be talking about ebooks and...
Clendon Award
Congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Mary Jones for being named as a finalist in the Romance Writers of New...
Cover Reveal!
The bag is OFF, thanks to SpecFicNZ member Cassie Hart and all the other amazing backers who have...
SpecFicNZ Upcoming AGM Agenda
Dear Members, The SpecFicNZ Committee would like to present the proposed agenda for the upcoming AGM on August...
Win a Cover Design
The SpecFicNZ “A Cover’s Worth a Thousand Words” contest is officially open for entries. Enter the first thousand...
Stats on the Novel Contest Entries
You know what I hate? I hate it when I work and scramble and write and polish and...
And Even More Wonderful Nominees
These are the Nominees Running for Regular Member Seats of the SpecFicNZ Committee to be voted on August...
Watch Your Language: How to Prepare Your Manuscript for Publication
by Mike Reeves-McMillan Back in the mid-90s, I was an editor for what was then Hodder Moa Beckett...
Free Shipping on Ghost Hand
Thanks to the amazing generosity of my New Zealand Backer base and the offer of free formatting for...
Growing Disenchantments
SpecFicNZ members KD Berry (winners of the 2012 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best New Talent) have just...
Get Your Novel Manuscripts In
Only a few more days to get your speculative fiction manuscripts entered in the SpecFicNZ/Steam Press Novel Manuscript...
Officed and Specific Position Committee Nominees
It is that time of year again. Time to elect your new committee to build and run SpecFicNZ...
In Honour of Margaret Mahy
Margaret Mahy, ONZ 12 March 1936 – 23 July 2012 Margaret Mahy, one of New Zealand’s best-loved authors,...
Making Friends with Revision
by Darian Smith Of all the inhabitants of the literary schoolyard, Revision is the writer’s best frenemy. When...