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RESEARCHING HISTORY FOR FANTASY WRITERS by Dayle A Dermatis

Posted on 22 June 2021 by Jacey Bedford

What this? you ask. I’m writing fantasy. It’s a made-up world with magic, so I can do anything I want, right? I don’t need to know historical details. Yes, it’s your world, and you don’t have to have exact historically … Continue reading →

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Twelve Ways To Be Better at Writing by David Gullen

Posted on 6 October 2020 by Jacey Bedford

I believe there are only two rules of writing, true rules that are unbreakable in the same way ‘Ye canna break the laws of physics’. (Except with the laws of Physics  we’re still not sure whether we have the full … Continue reading →

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Books on Writing: What Writers Need (the Nitty-Gritty) by Tiffani Angus

Posted on 2 July 2019 by Jacey Bedford

I teach writing at the university level—BA, MA, and PhD. What this means is that in addition to my students having to write creatively they also have to write academically, usually in the form of an analysis of their creative … Continue reading →

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Higher Ground – A novice writer’s journey by David Allan

Posted on 22 January 2019 by Jacey Bedford

Step 1 Be a voracious reader. Easy! During the school holidays I paid two visits a week to the local library. Once I had exhausted the possibilities of the children’s section I was able to borrow more using my father’s … Continue reading →

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Northwrite SF Writers Group by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 2 July 2018 by Jacey Bedford

Inspired by our enjoyment and appreciation of Milford’s annual conference and unable to sign up to a specialised SF critique group in our own area, a few writers based in the north of England decided to form a small critique … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo and the Published Writer

Posted on 12 December 2017 by Jacey Bedford

A bunch of published writers undertook NaNoWriMo in November 2017. In some cases they were starting a project from scratch, in other cases pacing alongside NaNo to add 50k words to an ongoing project. Some completed 50k words in November, … Continue reading →

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Milford Writers of Colour Bursary Awards

Posted on 10 April 2017 by Jacey Bedford

We are delighted to announce that the two bursary places for the 2017 Milford have been awarded to… <drum roll> Suyi Davies Okungbowa from Lagos, Nigeria, and Dolly Garland from London, UK. We’re looking forward to seeing them both in … Continue reading →

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Into Orbit? by Terry Jackman

Posted on 7 August 2018 by Jacey Bedford

I came to Milford via a recommendation from someone at Arvon, a residential ‘course’ which unlike Milford is open to beginners. Milford sets the bar at being published, for money, and it’s a great experience, one I’ve repeated several times … Continue reading →

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Imposter Syndrome – Embrace the Experience by David Gullen

Posted on 30 January 2018 by Jacey Bedford

Writers all over the world talk about Imposter Syndrome*, that feeling your success is undeserved and that one day the world will collectively blink, take a good long look at you and realise you are some kind of fraud. It’s … Continue reading →

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Emerald to Ice: Adventuring in Ecological Science Fiction by Matt Colborn

Posted on 18 January 2022 by Jacey Bedford

There’s a sequence in David Attenborough’s insect series, Life in the Undergrowth, when he describes the annual life cycle of the bumble bee. The story of the queen bee founding her nest after hibernation, raising a whole society, producing new … Continue reading →

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