Fresh starts - letter #16
the star magnolia out my window Hello! Here in Wellington, spring is definitely in the air. I confess I'm actually loving the moodiness of it all right now....
Belated apologies
Dear newsletter friends, The chop! I meant to write much earlier than this, more frequently than this, but to be honest so much of 2025 has caught me by...
Happy January - Letter #14
Mt Holdsworth bush Hello newsletter friends! I was hoping I'd be able to write to you about all of the writing and creative projects I've been getting into,...
Book Launch - Saturday August 31
Hi everyone! This is just a quick email to let you know we’re having a book launch for the Incongruous Gongs’ book, Five By Five, today (August 31st) at Hive...
A July letter
UNUSUAL FICTIONS Issue #13Dear newsletter friend,I'm writing this as a letter this time, to see if perhaps that form suits us better. The old way, with...
Getting cozy, another story for readers, and a sticky chai recipe
Issue #12Hey there. This is UNUSUAL FICTIONS, a monthly newsletter from Jess Nickelsen.Hello! I hope this month's little letter finds you well. It was 4º...
Reluctantly going into autumn
Issue #11Unusual FictionsHey there. This is UNUSUAL FICTIONS, a sporadic newsletter from Jess Nickelsen.Happy March, everyone! It actually sort of sucks,...
Happy new year!
Issue #10Hey there. This is UNUSUAL FICTIONS, a sporadic newsletter from Jess Nickelsen.Happy January!We are in the middle of summer now (at last!) which...
End of year update
Issue #9Hey there. This is UNUSUAL FICTIONS, a newsletter from Jess Nickelsen.Greetings from nearly-December! Here in NZ we're getting tantalisingly close...
New year, new novella!
Issue #8Hey there friends. Long time no email! Life has been...ah, you know the story. I've been writing, but the newsletter unfortunately fell by the...
The Beauty of Ten Minutes
Hello!Tired looking woman, with glasses, and a face mask hanging over one ear.The Beauty of Ten MinutesI was struggling a bit to decide what I wanted to...
Good things, and lessons from the slush pile
Well, hello! Another month has zoomed by, disturbingly quickly! It’s been a busy time for me, what with my new job, and my daughter learning from home at the...
Tools I'm using, and a short story
Hello there! It’s been a little while since the last newsletter, but it was good to be able to go “off the air” over summer. New Zealand is in a strange...
Keep moving forward when your routine blows up on you
Hello everyone!This is a bit of a long-overdue newsletter; there have been a lot of ups and downs, and highs and lows lately. Everything seems to get busier...
Hello from Level 3!
Hi everyone. The newsletter is coming to you a little bit late, though I did do a rough mind map thinking about the sorts of things I might write about this...
New Cool Things :)
It’s August already, so apologies for getting the newsletter out a bit late! It’s been a “wild and woolly” July here in New Zealand, with some big storms and...
Education of an Indie Writer, part 2, PLUS story excerpt
Hello!I'm writing to you on a very cold and windy day here in Wellington, with the road in and out of the bays here awash with high seas and debris. I sent...
Greetings from winter!
Hey everybody, Jess here, writing to you on a frankly bloody freezing day. A great southerly is whipping up from the antarctic and reminding us that we live...
April 2021: school holiday edition
Hey everybody, Jess here. I'm writing from the middle of the second week of school holidays. It's been a good week-and-a-half so far, but anything writing-...
March update: new book!
Hi everybody, it's Jess here with a "Halooo" from New Zealand, and an email full o' news from March. New Zealand is definitely moving into autumn now. Nights...
