Monthly Archives: March 2015

Attending Eastercon – Dysprosium 2015

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Jacey Bedford

I’m looking forward to getting together with a bunch of writer friends at Eastercon. I’ll be travelling down to Heathrow on Thursday and staying until Tuesday morning. Come and say hello. You’ll mostly find me in the bar or whatever … Continue reading →

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Selling Stories

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Jacey Bedford

Someone on my Facebook Friends list (waves to Angela) suggested that I should write a post about the rash of short story acceptances and publications that I’ve had this year so far. Twelve so far in 2015, and March isn’t … Continue reading →

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Lost in Translation

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Jacey Bedford

I’ve been sending out reprint stories to potential foreign language markets. Not so long ago my Panda story was translated into Galician for the Spanish magazine, Nova Fantasia, which I was delighted about. On the advice of my writer friend … Continue reading →

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Pelquin’s Comet: What’s It All About?

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Jacey Bedford

Please welcome Ian Whates as guest blogger, with a piece on his new space opera, Pelquin’s Comet – the first book of the Dark Angels. I can’t wait to read it. Ian says: Huge thanks to Jacey for allowing me … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Sir Terry

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Jacey Bedford

I’ve been staring at a blank screen for a while now, wondering what to write about the passing of Terry Pratchett, writer, philosopher, satirist, campaigner. Should I even attempt to add to the millions of words that are being written … Continue reading →

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Eastercon Schedule 2015

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Jacey Bedford

I’ll be at Eastercon in a few weeks time (at Easter, so no surprise there). I suspect that mostly you’ll find me hanging out in the bar, so please come and say hello. My official schedule is here: Panel – … Continue reading →

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Goodreads Starry Update

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Jacey Bedford

Five stars to Goodreads for their customer service. Yesterday I queried the ‘unstarred reviews equals zero stars reviews problem’ and today got this email. “We did recently migrate our database to bigger servers, and that change did cause some unexpected … Continue reading →

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Stars in your Reviews – The Goodreads Conundrum

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Jacey Bedford

Authors appreciate your honest reviews. They appreciate you talking about their book, recommending it to others, tweeting about it, blogging about it, sharing on Facebook, signing up to mailing lists and groups, including it in lists. In fact, if you … Continue reading →

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