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Tag Archives: Jacey Bedford
Milford Writers’ Retreat by Jacey Bedford
I’m at Trigonos for the Milford Writers’ Retreat, a full week of being closeted with my laptop in a quiet room (with a good view) and the company of nine other writers at meal times and in the library after … Continue reading
Some Thoughts on Pronouns by Nancy Jane Moore
About a dozen years back, after I had moved to Texas to keep an eye on my aging father, I signed up for a writers workshop, not, I hasten to add, Milford. I had to write a couple of stories … Continue reading
Style Sheets 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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Tagged books, Empire of Dust, fantasy, Jacey Bedford, reading, science fiction, series bible, style sheets, writers, writing, Writing advice
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To Map or Not To Map by Jacey Bedford
I’ve never yet had a map in any of my books, though I came close with The Amber Crown. Does it need a map? To be honest I didn’t think to ask the question until fairly late in the publishing … Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Crown, books, cartography, dogs, fantasy maps, Jacey Bedford, maps, The Amber Crown
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Happy Book Birthday to Me! – by Jacey Bedford
My new book, The Amber Crown is released into the wild today, published by DAW, and available on both sides of the Atlantic as a trade paperback (large format) and also as an electronic book (Kindle, E-book etc.). I’m delighted … Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Crown, Baltic fantasy, books, fantasy, historical fantasy, Jacey Bedford, Milford, reading, The Amber Crown, writers, writing
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The Fae and the Shoemaker by Jacey Bedford
A poor shoemaker went out one night to snare a rabbit for the pot. He walked by the Silverwood and in the lee of a grassy hill he saw lights and heard music. Dropping to his knees and crawling forward … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas short story, Elves and the Shoemaker, Jacey Bedford, short story
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Revving Up to Publication Day by Jacey Bedford
When I was an unpublished author my single aim was to get a book published. Then it happened. I sold my first book to DAW in 2013 for publication in 2014. That was Empire of Dust. There have been five … Continue reading
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Tagged book marketing, book publicity, copy edits, DAW, Jacey Bedford, PenguinRandomHouse, Publishing., The Amber Crown
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Milford 2021 – a report by Liz Tuckwell
Milford 2020 was postponed due to COVID so, we’d all been waiting a year to attend. There were ten “old hands” and five newbies. Milford tries to keep five out of the fifteen slots for new writers every year. That … Continue reading
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Tagged critique, fantasy, Jacey Bedford, Liz Tuckwell, Liz Williams, Milford, Milford writers' conference, reading, science fiction, Trigonos, writers, writing
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Live from Milford 2021 – Day #6
Jacey Bedford: This is our last day at Milford. We finished the crits yesterday, so today has been a free day. I drove into Caernarfon with Terry, Liz T and Tiffani. We did a little retail therapy and had lunch … Continue reading
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Live from Milford 2021 – Day #5
Jacey Bedford: Whoo-hoo! We’ve finished all the critiques. At the beginning of the week, when it all stretched before us, it seemed as though we had so much to get through, and now it’s all behind us. Where has the … Continue reading
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Tagged critique groups, critiques, grocer's apostrophe, Jacey Bedford, Liz Williams, Milford writers' conference, punctuation, Sue Oke
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