Monthly Archives: September 2020

Ghostly Services of the A1 by Kari Sperring

Posted on 29 September 2020 by Jacey Bedford

Service stations have a weird place in my heart. When I was small, we lived quite a long way from the rest of our families, and as a result holidays were often spent driving cross country to visit aunts and … Continue reading →

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Forward Momentum! On loving Lois McMaster Bujold by Una McCormack

Posted on 22 September 2020 by Jacey Bedford

Back in the late 1990s, I was a member of a mailing list (remember them?) devoted to the discussion and analysis of Blake’s 7 (remember that— yes of course you do). We were a lively, eclectic, opinionated and – though … Continue reading →

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Milford 2020 Cancellation

Posted on 15 September 2020 by Jacey Bedford

This slot on the Milford blog is usually reserved for live blogging from the actual Milford event. I chase everyone around with a laptop and get them to write a paragraph or three about their experience of Milford while they’re … Continue reading →

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8) The irresistible end by Colin Brush

Posted on 9 September 2020 by Jacey Bedford

The last instalment in Colin Brush’s series on how to write the perfect blurb for your book. ‘But wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the Forest a … Continue reading →

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7) The Many Shaped Blurb by Colin Brush

Posted on 1 September 2020 by Jacey Bedford

‘Poetry is precise a thing as geometry’ – Gustave Flaubert We’ve looked at beginning our blurb and structuring it utilising opposites and tension and now we’re going to see how different blurb shapes can help us write different blurbs. The … Continue reading →

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