In this episode we got to chat with Dunedin author Sharon Hannaford, about Urban Fantasy, marketing, and the importance of character flaws. You can find Sharon here at her website As ever your co-hosts are: Nix Whittaker Kura Carpenter Mat DanaherBy specficnz

In this episode we talk about rights for writers and other creatives, fiction as a way of exploring what's happening to our world, and why New Zealand writers should join the NZSA. Mandy's website can be found here The New Zealand Society of Authors can be found here And as ever your co-hosts can be found by clicking on the links below: Kura Carpen…

In the episode Wellington writer Melanie Harding-Shaw talks about the 2020 World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon which is coming from Wellington this year. She also talks about the new anthology she is helping to edit (Black Dogs, Black Tales), and why submitting a lot of short stories is the key to success. You can find more Melanie's webs…

For this episode we were joined by award winning Hamilton based author Jean Gilbert. She talked about teaching writing to young people, living with face blindness, and writing for film and TV. You can find her here: Web. Facebook. Twitter. As always your co-hosts are: Kura Carpenter Nix Whittaker and Mathew Danaher, who is also to blame for any aud…

In this episode we had a chat (and a laugh) with Jamie Sands. We talked about their YA book the Suburban Book of the Dead (buy it here), identity, role playing games, and romance, among other things. You can find them at the following links: Blog Facebook Twitter Patreon You can buy their romance novels here As ever you can join SpecFicNZ here Your…

In this episode your hosts talk about what they wished they had known before starting out down the self publishing, or traditional publishing routes. Some of the things they talk about are: Amazon Author Central. Book Funnel. New Zealand Society of Authors and their contract reading service. And vanity publishing and why you should avoid it, You ca…

We had a lot of fun recording this episode as you can probably tell. Apologies from Mat for being a bit mumbly, as he was sat in the room where the recording was happening, there's no excuse. He will try better next time! Trudie Jaye Trudie is one of the hosts of the wonderful and super useful if you are or want to get into self publishing SPA Girl…

You can find Tim Jones Online: Blog Twitter NZ Book Council You can buy his latest book - Where We Land. And you can read a review here - SpecFicNZ As ever your co-hosts are: Kura Carpenter Nix Whittaker Mathew DanaherBy specficnz

You can find out more about Eileen at her website here - https://www.eileenmuellerauthor.com/ Ava Fairhall's map for Dragons Realm - http://www.geysercon.nz/updates/avafairhallsfantasymaps 50booksto20k Book Funnel. As ever your hosts are: Kura Carpenter Nix Whittaker Mathew DanaherBy specficnz

In this episode we talked with award winning Wellington based horror writer Dan Rabarts. You can find him online at: http://dan.rabarts.com https://twitter.com/rabarts https://www.facebook.com/rabarts He is a member of the Australasian Horror Writers Association, as well as FFANZ. As usual your co-hosts are: Kura Carpenter Nix Whittaker Mathew Dana…

We were really lucky to spend an evening talking with Aaron Compton co-editor of Te Korero Ahi Ka As well as talking about his experience as a mentee editor, we also talked about being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, cryptozoological porn, and whether vikings were the first New Zealanders (hint - no they weren't!). You can visit Aaron's website he…

In this episode your regular co-hosts talked about plot and structure... They talked a lot about the hero's journey and their opinions of it, as well as saggy middles, sub plots, and more. Also Nix sets some homework. You can read more here: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell Why I seldom teach the hero's journey any more The hero's …

In this episode your hosts were lucky enough to spend an enjoyable half an hour or so in the company of Australian born, Dunedin resident author Mark McCabe who talked about Kindle Direct Publishing, going wide, making sure you have the right cover, and creating fantasy maps. If you want to do some further reading - You can find Mark online here. Y…

In this episode Christchurch author Kevin Berry talks about writing interactive fiction for a middle grade audience, as well as speculative fiction, YA, and crime fiction. You can find Kevin and his books here.By specficnz

In this episode our three hosts talk about different aspects of writing from the point of view of an indie novelist, a traditionally published novelist, and a short story writer. As always this is with a focus on New Zealand. As always our hosts are: Kura Carpenter Mat Danaher Nix Whittaker If you have any comments or questions, or would like to ge…

This episode features an enjoyable chat with Darian Smith, author of the 'Agents of Kalanon Sequence', as well as the extremely useful 'Psychology Workbook for Writers'. You can like Darian's Facebook page here - https://www.facebook.com/DarianSmithAuthor/ You can find his books on Goodreads here - https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/7370521.Dari…

In this episode we had a chat with Deb E Howell, Dunedin based author of Warrior's Touch, Healer's Touch and the soon to be published Magician's Touch among other works. You can find her website here - https://deberelene.com/ And you can find her on Facebook here - https://facebook.com/deberelene As you can tell we had a good laugh recording this o…

In this episode we talked with Dunedin based author Daniel Stride. We talked about his work in the SpecFicNZ anthology which you can find out more about here. We also talked about Daniel's novel Wise Phuul which you can buy here. We also talked about TV Tropes and the Society for Creative Anachronism. You can find Daniel's website here.…

Award winning New Zealand Writers Lee Murray and Piper Mejia talk about New Zealand's premier event for science and fantasy creators - Geysercon, as well as the import work that New Zealand Young Writers, and their Young Writers Fest do. You can find out more about Lee here, and more about Piper here. Geysercon Young NZ Writers Podcast hosted by: K…