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Tag Archives: David Gullen
Why Every Writer Should Join ALCS by David Gullen
First posted on 14 November 2017 ALCS, the UK Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, collects secondary royalties on behalf of writers for work published in the UK, and campaigns and lobbies on writers’ rights at national and international levels. The … Continue reading
Twelve Ways To Be Better at Writing by David Gullen
I believe there are only two rules of writing, true rules that are unbreakable in the same way ‘Ye canna break the laws of physics’. (Except with the laws of Physics we’re still not sure whether we have the full … Continue reading
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David Gullen – The Girl From A Thousand Fathoms – Interview.
Milford: Your new book is called The Girl From A Thousand Fathoms. Give us a quick rundown. Dave: It’s a contemporary detective fantasy set partly in modern-day Brighton, and partly in ancient Babylon. Tim Wassiter, new-age private detective, uses magic … Continue reading
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Beginnings, Middles, and Ends by David Gullen
This one’s a bit of a ramble, but I get there. Almost all stories have beginnings, middles, and ends. Not necessarily in that order, and sometimes there are more than one of each. The vast majority of advice I ever … Continue reading
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Book Recommendations
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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Tagged Andy Weir, Ann Leckie, Benedict Jacka, book recommendations, books, David Gullen, fantasy, Gareth Powell, inspiration, Jacey Bedford, Jim Anderson, Jodi taylor, Juliet McKenna, Karen Brenchley, Laura Anne Gilman, Maureen F McHugh, Michael Marshall Smith, Natasha Pulley, Neal Stephenson, Nicole galland, reading, Robert Cargill, Robert Jackson Bennett, science fiction, Sue Thomason, Sylvia Townsend Warner, William Dalrymple
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Traps of World Building by David Gullen
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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Tagged books, David Gullen, fantasy, less is more, science fiction, worldbuilding, writing
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Less is More – Looking at Jack Vance, by David Gullen
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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David Gullen Interviews Anna Jackson
Hello Anna. Thank you very much for agreeing to be interviewed for the Milford SF Blog. Please tell us about your current role.
I’m Senior Editor at the science fiction and fantasy imprint Orbit – part of Little, Brown Book Group. It’s my job to steer authors and their books right through from the initial commissioning stage to publication and beyond. Continue reading
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A Very Redensive Anthology by David Gullen
The Redensive Epiphanies of Pouty McNavel is the second* anthology of short stories I’ve edited and published. At the moment I don’t have any specific plans for a third, but I do have several ideas so I don’t expect it … Continue reading
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