Category Archives: reading

Transparent Head Syndrome by Jim Anderson

Posted on 3 December 2019 by

First published on multijimbo, 2nd November 2019 I first learned about transparent head syndrome during a critique session at the Milford Science Fiction Writers Conference, though it is with some significant regret that I cannot remember who first used the … Continue reading →

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Write What Someone Knows by Ben Jeapes

Posted on 26 November 2019 by

First posted on the Milford blog inMarch 2017 “Bad books on writing tell you to “WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW”, a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.” … Continue reading →

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Mind The Gap: Communicating Information to Your Audience by Sam Tovey

Posted on 12 November 2019 by

As a writer, it can be frustrating to learn that the story in your head is not the same as the story your audience is reading on the page. Whether it’s a plot point, some description, a character motivation, or … Continue reading →

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Two in a Row: Fantasycon and Bristolcon by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 5 November 2019 by

These are two of my favourite conventions, but unfortunately they fell on consecutive weekends this year, which made for a tiring ten days. I’m still recovering. Fantasycon, which I always think of as an ‘industry’ convention took place in Glasgow … Continue reading →

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The Nature of Story by Jim Anderson

Posted on 29 October 2019 by

I have spent some time this weekend pondering the nature of story.  Part of this arises, I think, from my 2019 reading project and my current exploration of ancient Babylonian wisdom literature.  And part of this comes from working through … Continue reading →

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The Art and Craft of Critique

Posted on 22 October 2019 by

Jacey Bedford The Milford Conference each September is a full week of peer-to-peer critiquing. Fifteen writers sit down each afternoon to critique each other’s work, but always with the aim of helping the writer to improve what’s on the page. … Continue reading →

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How I Crit – by John Moran

Posted on 6 October 2019 by

For me, critting depends a lot on the thing being critted. I’ll tackle a piece of literary flash fiction differently from a romance novel and a romance novel differently from a hard science fiction story. More than anything else, I … Continue reading →

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