Category Archives: Milford

The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Posted on 10 June 2022 by Jacey Bedford

Back in 2016, I came across a seemingly ordinary young woman who’d recently moved from Lagos to Bristol. She’d decided to start a writers’ fund in her grandparents’ name. Small change, it seemed like at the time: £160, which came … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, Milford, science fiction, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Milford at Fifty by Mike Lewis

Posted on 31 May 2022 by Jacey Bedford

I first attended Milford in 1999. I had been to the One Step Beyond Workshop run by Liz Holliday the year before in the same Devon hotel and was excited to attend Milford itself. If a little nervous as I … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, Milford, reading, science fiction, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Is it a steal? The questions to ask about paid-for publishing – by Juliet E McKenna

Posted on 24 May 2022 by Jacey Bedford

The Society of Authors and the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain have published a joint report looking into companies that charge writers for publication. You will not be surprised to learn there are a lot of shady goings-on in this … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, Milford, reading, science fiction, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Milford at Fifty: Milford One -1972 and Beyond – A Retrospective by David Redd

Posted on 17 May 2022 by Jacey Bedford

From David Redd’s Milford retrospective (website) and comments from his 2019 interview in SF Magazines. Milford 1972 attendeesMark Adlard * Brian Aldiss * James Blish * John Brunner * Kenneth Bulmer * Richard Cowper * Judith Anne Lawrence (Judy Blish) … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, Milford, reading, science fiction, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Milford Writers’ Retreat by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 11 May 2022 by Jacey Bedford

I’m at Trigonos for the Milford Writers’ Retreat, a full week of being closeted with my laptop in a quiet room (with a good view) and the company of nine other writers at meal times and in the library after … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, Milford, reading, science fiction, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Milford at Fifty by David Gullen

Posted on 3 May 2022 by Jacey Bedford

Like many people I came to my first Milford with feelings of excitement and fear. I was not disappointed. My novel opening, which I had worked on so hard, was critiqued with attention to detail and the eye of experience. … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, Milford, reading, science fiction, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Milford at Fifty: Milford is… by Sue Oke

Posted on 21 April 2022 by Jacey Bedford

That’s an interesting start to a statement and one that has multiple possible endings. I discovered those endings over the years that I attended Milford, at the wonderful venue at Trigonos in Wales, and I’m very grateful that I did. … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, Milford, reading, science fiction, writing | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Milford at Fifty presents My Milford by Wenonah Lyon

Posted on 12 April 2022 by Jacey Bedford

I will be eighty in July. In 1960, in my first year literature class in Atlanta, Georgia, I sat in a class of about thirty – almost all females. Dutifully, we took notes. The lecturer said, “Women cannot write fiction. … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, Milford, reading, science fiction, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Some Thoughts on Pronouns by Nancy Jane Moore

Posted on 29 March 2022 by Jacey Bedford

About a dozen years back, after I had moved to Texas to keep an eye on my aging father, I signed up for a writers workshop, not, I hasten to add, Milford. I had to write a couple of stories … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, Milford, reading, science fiction, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Hulk is Tired by Philip A. Suggars

Posted on 22 March 2022 by Jacey Bedford

I’m not exactly sure when it happened, but I think I might be a bit bored with speculative fiction. Or perhaps, speculative fiction is a bit bored with me. Could it be that we’ve just been seeing too much of … Continue reading →

Posted in fantasy, Milford, reading, science fiction, writing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment