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Tag Archives: Milford writers’ conference
The Problem with Prologues by Guy T Martland
At the time of writing this, I’m currently editing a novel for the nth time. In doing so, I’ve realised that the prologue has been removed and inserted as many times as I care to remember. This got me thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged George RR Martin, Guy T Martland, Milford, Milford writers' conference, Neil Gaiman, Prologues, Writing advice
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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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Tagged David Gullen, Milford, Milford SF conference, Milford writers' conference, writing, Writing advice
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Milford 2020 Cancellation
This slot on the Milford blog is usually reserved for live blogging from the actual Milford event. I chase everyone around with a laptop and get them to write a paragraph or three about their experience of Milford while they’re … Continue reading
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Tagged Milford, Milford bursary, Milford writers' conference
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Dolly Garland – BAME SFF Award Finalist
When you try to be a professional writer and start sending things out in the world, one of the best ways to cope with rejections is to send things out and forget about them – because let’s face it, rejections … Continue reading
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Tagged BAME SFF, BAME writers, contests, Dolly Garland, Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award, Kali's Call, Milford, Milford bursary, Milford writers' conference, pantser, pantsing, plotting, submitting, writing, writing during lockdown
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The Art and Craft of Critique
Jacey Bedford The Milford Conference each September is a full week of peer-to-peer critiquing. Fifteen writers sit down each afternoon to critique each other’s work, but always with the aim of helping the writer to improve what’s on the page. … Continue reading
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Live Blogging from Milford #7
Thursday 19th September Jacey Bedford Today was our last day of formal critiquing. The week has gone well. Submissions were all high standard and so were the critiques. My story was last up and I received enormously helpful feedback. This … Continue reading
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Live Blogging from Milford #6
Wednesday 18th September Jacey Bedford Tina arrived last night, only able to take part in the last part of the week due to unusual circumstances, so now we have our full fifteen writers. We might have cracked a bottle of … Continue reading
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Tagged committee, critique, Jacey Bedford, Milford, Milford writers' conference, Tina Anghelatos, writing
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Live Blogging from Milford #5
Jacey Bedford Five of us ended up going to Caernarfon this morning. Liz Williams drove, Russell Smith snagged the front passenger seat. Karri Sperring, Victor Ocampo and I squished into the back seat. The weather was lovely, and Caernarfon was … Continue reading
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Tagged Caernarfon, Jacey Bedford, Liz Williams, Mark Bilsborough, Milford, Milford writers' conference, Russell Smith, Victor Ocampo, writing
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Live Blogging from Milford #3
Jacey Bedford It’s Monday, but somehow it feels like Wednesday. Time doesn’t run quite straight here. Timey-wimey, wibbly-wobbly and all that. I’m preparing for another afternoon of critiquing. Four crits to deliver. I’ve read and critted all the pieces, but … Continue reading
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Braincells in Motion by Jim Anderson
My mind is awhirl Over the past month, I’ve had the pleasure of attending both Eastercon 2019 and the Milford Writing Retreat at Trigonos, and my mind is awhirl with ideas. I find enormous benefit in talking to other writers, … Continue reading