by Fredrik Brounéus Most of the time when writing a book, it’s probably a good thing not knowing...
Ten Things to Weed from Your Writing
By Ripley Patton Writing is a lot like gardening. There are things that pop up that you want, and...
5 Ways Short Stories Can Improve Your Novel Writing
by Cassie Hart A novel is a big undertaking. In fact, the sheer size and word-count can seem...
The Querying Quest
by Ripley Patton So, you’ve finished that novel and polished it up and now it’s time to start...
The SpecFicNZ Voice
The new, revamped, SpecFicNZ e-newsletter, The SpecFicNZ Voice, launched yesterday (Monday, May 14th, 2012) and we hope you...
Novel Writing Software: A Review of Scrivener
by Catherine Ford In the writing community, Scrivener is a big deal. Although there are plenty of people...
Make it about them: the key to promoting your novel
by Beaulah Pragg Nearly two years ago, I began the journey of publishing my first young adult novel,...
No March Newsletter
Our sincere apologies that the March SpecFicNZ newsletter did not go out due to the earthquake in Christchurch...
September Newsletter Items
Members of SpecFicNZ (and anyone else, for that matter) are invited to submit items of news for our...