by Darian Smith Of all the inhabitants of the literary schoolyard, Revision is the writer’s best frenemy. When...
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...
Meet a Book Cover Designer
Writers write books. And in this age of indie and self-publishing sometimes we design covers for them. Good...
Free Promotion for Your Novel
Have a sci-fi, fantasy,or horror novel that released recently, or is coming out in the near future? Well,...
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...
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...
Seeking Voice Talent
Hugo Award-Winning podcast StarShipSofa, along with its sister podcast Tales To Terrify are looking for narrators. If you’re...
Interview on Cover Design
Amidst a wave of new members, SpecFicNZ would like to welcome Kura Carpenter, a book cover designer. Kura...
Miss Snark’s Secret Agent Contest
Congratulations to Ripley Patton for having the first 250 words of her current YA novel selected for Miss...
Ray Guns & Rocket Ships
Ray Guns & Rocket Ships. The Fred Fastier Science Fiction Collection University of Otago In early December 2010,...
Older Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is accepting re-submissions and new submission for their 2012 OLDER WRITERS GRANT. The Speculative...
Manuscript Critique Draw for Charity
Lesley Marshall of Editline is raffling off a free manuscript critique in memory of her son. Funds to go to...
Spec Fic Poetry and Your Health
Congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Joel Le Blanc for the recent publication of his SpecFic poem “Hansel & Gretel”...
Odyssey Online Workshops
Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust is now offering three new online courses covering some of the most critical...