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Milford at Fifty: Milford One -1972 and Beyond – A Retrospective by David Redd

Posted on 17 May 2022 by Jacey Bedford

From David Redd’s Milford retrospective (website) and comments from his 2019 interview in SF Magazines. Milford 1972 attendeesMark Adlard * Brian Aldiss * James Blish * John Brunner * Kenneth Bulmer * Richard Cowper * Judith Anne Lawrence (Judy Blish) … Continue reading →

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Milford Writers’ Retreat by Jacey Bedford

Posted on 11 May 2022 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 →

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Milford at Fifty by David Gullen

Posted on 3 May 2022 by Jacey Bedford

Like many people I came to my first Milford with feelings of excitement and fear. I was not disappointed. My novel opening, which I had worked on so hard, was critiqued with attention to detail and the eye of experience. … Continue reading →

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Milford at Fifty presents My Milford by Wenonah Lyon

Posted on 12 April 2022 by Jacey Bedford

I will be eighty in July. In 1960, in my first year literature class in Atlanta, Georgia, I sat in a class of about thirty – almost all females. Dutifully, we took notes. The lecturer said, “Women cannot write fiction. … Continue reading →

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Wyldblood Press by Mark Bilsborough

Posted on 8 March 2022 by Jacey Bedford

So I’m eighteen months in to my foolish and time-sucking venture, Wyldblood Press, and I’m still sane (or at least as sane as I was before). During that time we’ve published 58 stories in seven issue of Wyldblood Magazine, 82 … Continue reading →

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Old Versions and New by Jim Anderson

Posted on 4 January 2022 by Jacey Bedford

At the most recent Milford workshop in September 2021, I brought a (heavily, wildly) reworked version of a story that I’d first brought to Milford in 2011. The core of the story is an idea that I’ve been struggling with, … Continue reading →

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Milford 2021 – a report by Liz Tuckwell

Posted on 21 September 2021 by Jacey Bedford

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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Live from Milford 2021 – Day #6

Posted on 17 September 2021 by Jacey Bedford

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

Posted on 16 September 2021 by Jacey Bedford

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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Live from Milford 2021 – Day #4 (part two)

Posted on 15 September 2021 by Jacey Bedford

Jacey Bedford: We managed to get the Milford group photos taken after lunch. We’ve had a pretty full-on day today with five crits to do in the afternoon and then the Milford AGM after dinner. We’re obliged by our constitution … Continue reading →

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