Tag Archives: Empire of Dust

Style Sheets by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 1 March 2022 by Jacey Bedford

Posted onOctober 6, 2020 byJacey Bedford Originally posted on February 7, 2017 by Jacey Bedford There’s a lot of information to keep in your head if you’re writing a book. There’s even more if you’re writing a trilogy or a … Continue reading →

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Editing and Time Travel by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 28 April 2020 by Jacey Bedford

Editing one book while writing the first draft of the sequel is as close as I will ever come to time travel. But time travel I did, while working on the first two books of the Psi-Tech trilogy. My first … Continue reading →

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Committing Trilogy by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 14 April 2020 by Jacey Bedford

Confession: I’ve committed trilogy. Twice. In all fairness I didn’t expect to write trilogies, though I hoped. When I sold Empire of Dust to DAW my original three book deal was for Empire, an unnamed sequel (which became Crossways) and … Continue reading →

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That Difficult Second Novel by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 31 March 2020 by Jacey Bedford

First published on Jacey Bedford’s blog This blog post was written in November 2013, after I got my first three book deal from DAW, but before any of my books had been published. My first book, Empire of Dust, was … Continue reading →

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Character self-determination by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 28 January 2020 by Jacey Bedford

First posted on March 30, 2014 by Jacey Bedford There’s one of those little graphics floating around Facebookthat says: Main Characters: You do everything you can to raise them right, and as soon as they hit the page they do … Continue reading →

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The Pros and Cons of Writing a Trilogy by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 7 May 2019 by Jacey Bedford

I never intended to commit trilogy, I sort of fell into it, and here I am, two published trilogies later. I wish I’d known at the outset what I learned while doing it. A little background: Having made the rookie … Continue reading →

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Introducing Scrivener for Novel Writers by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 3 January 2018 by Jacey Bedford

I love Scrivener with a deep love. Karen Traviss recommended it when I got my first three book deal back in 2013, and I thought I’d give it a try – after all there was a thirty day free trial … Continue reading →

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Things I Didn’t Know When I Started to Write a Trilogy – by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 3 October 2017 by Jacey Bedford

Nimbus, the third book in my Psi-Tech trilogy is out today. Let me say that again because I only have twenty four hours to keep repeating is and it’s one of those phrases that doesn’t get old. Nimbus, the third … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 3 January 2017 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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