Tag Archives: CSFG

How CSFG Selects Short Stories

Posted on 22 April 2013 by Zena Shapter

Welcome to the third post in my series on short story editors. Recently an editor-friend of mine shared his editorial selection process on Facebook. Watching it was difficult at first because I hadn’t realised how emotionally draining the process of … Continue reading →

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Change is only ever a breath away #CSFG

Posted on 26 February 2013 by Zena Shapter

Winds of Change is an anthology of short stories published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild and it’s awesome – and not just because it’s got one of my sci-fi stories in it!! For the first time since its publication … Continue reading →

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Short story anthologies: Part 2 – how do they read theirs?

Posted on 13 December 2011 by Zena Shapter

Last week, I was wondering why I had such a methodical approach to reading short story anthologies. Having just read four anthologies back-to-back, I found myself adding up the number of stories I enjoyed, calculating what percentage that was of … Continue reading →

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