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What’s the Story? by Colin Brush

Posted on 28 July 2020 by

The second in a series of how-to posts by Colin Brush ‘Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.’ TV review of The Wizard … Continue reading →

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How to Sell Your Book in a Few Words by Colin Brush

Posted on 21 July 2020 by

This is the beginning of a series of weekly how-to posts by Colin Brush. Follow this blog to get all the instalments. ‘If you think you have a book evolving, now is the time to write the flap copy – … Continue reading →

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The Way to the Stars by Una McCormack

Posted on 7 April 2020 by

A hundred years ago, when I was a little girl (all right, the late 1970s), I used to draw Blake’s 7 stick man cartoons. Blake’s 7, you see, was my very favourite TV programme, and more than anything else I … Continue reading →

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How (Not) to Write a Steampunk Novel by Gaie Sebold

Posted on 11 February 2020 by

Originally posted on May 20, 2014 on Jacey Bedford’s blog To start with, I didn’t actually really intend to write what ended up as a fantasy Victorian spy adventure, with a trickster heroine, set partly in 19th century Shanghai.  It … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 2 July 2019 by

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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Book Recommendations

Posted on 11 December 2018 by

Just in time for Christmas here are some book recommendations from Milford committee members past and present. They are books that we’ve read this year (not necessarily books published this year). Contributors: Karen Brenchley, Jacey Bedford, David Gullen, Jim Anderson, … Continue reading →

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Happy Book Day to Me by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 27 November 2018 by

Rowankind’s publication date has been shunted forward to 27th November which means it’s out NOW. Today, in fact! Happy Book Day to me. You can buy it from that big store named after a South American river, or (depending on … Continue reading →

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Traps of World Building by David Gullen

Posted on 12 June 2018 by

It occurred to me that the one great challenge of world-building is that you are, in fact, building a world. What to put in? What to leave out? I’ve recently been reading The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to becoming … Continue reading →

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The Parallels Between Singing and Writing by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 14 May 2018 by

This is all about lessons learned and applied I used to be a folk singer. No–correction–I am a folk singer, I just don’t do it as a full-time job any more, but even though I’ve officially retired from the road … Continue reading →

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Less is More – Looking at Jack Vance, by David Gullen

Posted on 8 May 2018 by

I love Jack Vance’s stories for their wit and imagination, and for his accomplished use of language. I’m not alone, he’s inspired a devoted readership*, significant critical praise, and some writers mimic his distinctive style. Vance can vividly describe worlds, … Continue reading →

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