500-word challenge
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to our 'Intrigue'
challenge winner
Through The Glass
Darkly
by Gwen AngstromThe next challenge, write up to 500 words around the theme: SPEED. Closes midnight, 1 May 2012 AWST (GMT+8) More>
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Winner, ‘Hunger’ Challenge
Congratulations to Greg Doolan, winner of the ‘hunger’ challenge with Gone in a Flash, a thought-provoking reflection on what makes life worth living – for one man at least. Greg wins a copy of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on … Continue reading
Nano for Noobs
November is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). If, like me, you are both intrigued and intimidated by the thought of writing a novel in just four weeks, read on. Guest post by Simon Haynes I don’t like calling anyone a noob, but … Continue reading
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Q&A With Text Prize Winner Jane Higgins
Jane Higgins won the 2010 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing for her first novel, The Bridge, a post-apocalyptic action thriller. Jane lives in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she is a senior research fellow at Lincoln University, specialising in youth … Continue reading
Winner, ‘Breath’ Challenge
Congratulations to Kimberlee Akimoto, winner of the ‘breath’ challenge with Bated Breath. It certainly made me think about my life choices. Kim wins a copy of The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler. Thanks to all who … Continue reading
New ‘Hunger’ Challenge and More…
The ‘breath’ challenge has now closed and our guest judge, Ara Jansen, is hard at work reading the submissions. Good luck to all who entered – picking the winner will be tough. *evil laugh of someone with no judging responsibility* … Continue reading
Oz Publishers Desperately Seeking Romance
Guest post by Nikki Logan I recently attended a national Australian writers’ conference in Melbourne and a national American writers’ conference in New York City just one month apart and thought what a magnificent opportunity for a bit of good … Continue reading
Find The Music In The Valleys
Guest post by Mark Cunningham Music is one of those things that writers have to decide. It’s kind of like Beatles or Stones. I am a music guy, that’s all there is to it. For the record I am listening … Continue reading
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Tagged mark cunningham, music, phish, the wombat returns, wombat, write, writing
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What Is Cyberpunk?
Guest post by Alex Adsett Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science and is generally a style of writing and way of telling a story that is heavily influenced by the noir detective fiction of the forties. More than this, it … Continue reading
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Tagged alex adsett, cyberpunk, diamond age, jeff noon, john courtney grimwood, neal stephenson, neuromancer, pashazade, science fiction, snow crash, vurt, william gibson, write, writing
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Blogging for Art or Profit
Why don’t more writers’ festivals do in-session food? Philip Thiel handed out slices of pork terrine before his session at the Emerging Writers’ Festival and they were DELICIOUS – not least because I’d skipped lunch to talk to interesting new … Continue reading
Winner, ‘Earth’ Challenge, and More..
Congratulations to Robin Rhyner, winner of the ‘earth’ challenge with the reflective mystery of Tracery. Robin wins a copy of Self-Editing for Fiction Writers : How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne and Dave King. Many thanks to all … Continue reading
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