Earlier this year, I attended WORD, the Christchurch Writers Festival, where I saw Elizabeth Knox deliver the inaugural...
Wrapping your head around US Tax
by Beaulah Pragg What do we do, as New Zealand Authors, when faced with the prospect of interacting with...
Self-publishing illustrated print books in NZ
Next up in our series on self-publishing in New Zealand Aotearoa: James Russell of Dragon Brothers Books decided...
Self-publishing tips: ebooks
by Darusha Wehm Based on an article originally posted on my website Here are some technical tips on creating your own...
Changes in NZ book review media
For all you self-pubbers out there doing DIY book promotion – an update. All book reviews for Fairfax...
Funding your novel through the crowd
Asking people to part with their hard earned cash is never easy. Asking them to do it on...
SF Signal Series: Special Needs In Strange Worlds
There’s a great series of articles on SF Signal dealing with Special Needs In Strange Worlds. Pretty much...
Dealing with copyright infringement as an indie author
As if you don’t have enough issues to keep track of, trying to be author, marketing guru, social...
Reading Aloud – Tips and Tricks
by Darusha Wehm First published in the SpecFicNZ newsletter, November 2013 Paul Mannering reading from Baby Teeth Photo:...
Tips from a Literary Agent
by Liz Gatens First published in the SpecFicNZ newsletter, July 2013 In April, some of the Christchurch SpecFicNZ...
On Blogging & The Interrelationship With Writing
by Helen Lowe So here’s the thing: I don’t believe blogging is a marketing tool for writing—and certainly...
The Question of Whether to Blog
by Beaulah Pragg The question of whether to blog, as an author, is a big one and I’ll...
Submissions, Kiwi Style
By A.J. Fitzwater While the general mechanics of submitting specfic short stories is mostly universal and easily Google-able...
Submitting Your Work
By Stephen Minchin So your novel or short story collection is finished. You’ve written, rewritten, hidden it in...
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...