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Book Release Blog Tours by Mark Iles

I’ve been involved in blog tours for a number of years and found that in many cases there’s a confusion between this and the press release. The simple differences are that in a blog tour each posting needs to be … Continue reading

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Ideas and where to find them – by Jaine Fenn

Earlier this week I was asked a question which may evoke a wry smile amongst fellow writers: ‘Where do you get your ideas?’ I will be honest: my usual response to this old chestnut of a question tends towards glibness. … Continue reading

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So What Has Milford Ever Done for Me? by Jacey Bedford

My new book is out today! Hang on, let me say that again, because it never gets old. My new book – my fourth – is out today, 3rd January 2017. For the longest time I worried that I would … Continue reading

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Blogging Live from Milford – Day Seven

Friday 16th September 2016 Jacey Bedford writes: We finished all the critiquing yesterday, fuelled by chocolate, so today is our leisure/rest/fun day. The consensus is that we take a couple of hours to catch up with email/life/tidying up stories and … Continue reading

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Blogging Live from Milford – Day Six

Thursday 15th September Jacey Bedford writes: Last night we held the official Milford AGM. Sue Thomason resigned as chairperson after a number of years in post (thanks, Sue) and Dave Gullen stepped in, elected unopposed. Jim Anderson also joined the … Continue reading

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Blogging Live from Milford – Day Five

Wednesday 15th September 2016 Jacey Bedford writes: After wild weather on Monday and low cloud on Tuesday this morning’s early sun on the lake was a welcome change. Blue sky above and low, autumnal mist beginning to burn off. Day … Continue reading

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Blogging Live from Milford – Day Four

Tuesday 13th September 2016 Jacey Bedford writes: And the rain it raineth every day. It’s very British to be obsessed by the weather, but here at Trigonos there’s an awful lot of it. The view from the house is not … Continue reading

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Blogging Live from Milford – Day Two

Sunday 11th September Jacey Bedford writes: This morning (most of us) managed breakfast between 8.00 and 9.00 without growling at each other. The conversation became Milford-ish almost immediately with a breakfast conversation about suicide by chainsaw and the technicalities of … Continue reading

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Blogging Live from Milford 2016 – Day One

Milford as it happens. The Milford blog is usually changed on alternate Tuesdays, but since Miford is on right now, as I write, we thought that we’d do something slightly different and blog  as it happens. Expect random additions to … Continue reading

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Milford and Me by Jaine Fenn

The first time I came across Milford, I didn’t know what it was. This was October 1998, and I’d just completed a week long workshop/course called One Step Beyond, or OSB. As I was leaving the Devon hotel-with-a-superficial-resemblance-to-Fawlty-Towers where OSB … Continue reading

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