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Write What Someone Knows by Ben Jeapes

Posted on 28 March 2017 by Jacey Bedford

“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.” – Joe Haldeman And yet Joe Haldeman’s novel … Continue reading →

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Why Fiction Matters By Nancy Jane Moore

Posted on 14 March 2017 by Jacey Bedford

I’ve had several conversations with fiction writers lately on what we should be doing about climate change, the U.S. election, and other important concerns of the day. My immediate response was that now, more than ever, we should write stories. … Continue reading →

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Confession of a Museum Bunny by Deborah Walker

Posted on 1 March 2017 by Jacey Bedford

Ideas for my stories come to me in museums, in galleries, in libraries. Find me upstairs (and it’s always quieter upstairs) in the British Museum trawling the past looking for future inspiration. Old books, paintings, objects are part of our … Continue reading →

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From the Shallows to the Depths by Matt Colborn

Posted on 14 February 2017 by Jacey Bedford

Writers need social media, right? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat…. Conventional wisdom says that an active presence on these platforms is essential. Writers who don’t tweet like budgerigars, the argument goes, will wither and die, and flop to the bottom of … Continue reading →

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Funding for Writers of Colour to Attend Milford SF in 2017 – Applications Invited Now.

Posted on 31 January 2017 by Jacey Bedford

FUNDED PLACES FOR TWO SF WRITERS OF COLOUR (BME) AT THE 2017 MILFORD SF WRITERS’ CONFERENCE 9th to 16th September 2017 Applications remain open until the end of February 2017 Successful applicants will be notified in March 2017 Download information … Continue reading →

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Milford Works by Vaughan Stanger

Posted on 17 January 2017 by Jacey Bedford

Unless you’re an established writer with a multi-novel deal – and perhaps even for those blessed folk too – a little recognition can go a long way. So when in early January I read that my short story ‘Insider Art’ … Continue reading →

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Blogging Live from Milford – Day Three

Posted on 12 September 2016 by Jacey Bedford

Monday 12th September Jacey Bedford writes: It’s blowing a hooligan here. The trees (a lot of them close to the house) thrashed around all night, but I slept like a log. All the bedrooms here at Trigonos are individual ranging … Continue reading →

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How to Sell a Lot of SF/F Short Story Reprints – Part 1, by Deborah Walker.

Posted on 2 August 2016 by Jacey Bedford

Please welcome Deborah Walker to the guest spot on the Milford blog for the first of a two-parter on selling reprint stories. Subscribe to the blog so that you don’t miss Part 2 which will be up in a couple … Continue reading →

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Milford UK – The Prequels by Christopher Priest

Posted on 19 July 2016 by Jacey Bedford

Welcome to Christopher Priest’s perspective on the very early days of Milford in the UK. The first Milford Conference in the UK was held in October 1972, in a small hotel called the Lydgate, in the Hampshire town of Milford-on-Sea. … Continue reading →

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What can I say? by Sue Thomason

Posted on 5 July 2016 by Jacey Bedford

What can I say? That’s the big question, isn’t it? With all the words in the world at my disposal, what kind of interesting pattern can I make on the page? I can’t begin to tell people “how to write”, … Continue reading →

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