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Monthly Archives: February 2019
Milford funding deadline fast approaching.
The deadline is 28th February 2019. Milford SF Writers’ Conference is offering two bursaries for self-identifying science fiction/fantasy writers of colour (BAME) to attend the 2019 Milford SF Writers’ Conference in the UK which takes place from 14th to 21st … Continue reading
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Writing Tip: Using Wordle to highlight overused words – by Jacey Bedford
Wordle used to be a web-based utility, a web toy that allowed you to paste in a piece of writing to make a word cloud. The more frequently a word appeared in your text, the bigger it appeared in the … Continue reading
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Spectres of Stories Past by Jim Anderson
Each time I sit down to put words to paper (literally or figuratively), and each time I sit down to plan a chapter or a story, I am haunted by the spectres of stories past, and sometimes I find that … Continue reading
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David Langford interviews Terry Pratchett: 1999 – A Langford Retrospective.
Terry Pratchett: 1999 A new Discworld novel from Terry Pratchett is always a major publishing event. The series shows no sign of faltering as its 24th novel, The Fifth Elephant, heads for the bookshops and – as always – the … Continue reading
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