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Tag Archives: DAW
Do You Need an Editor?
Yes, you absolutely do need an editor, but when? There’s a thread on one of the writers’ groups on Facebook as to whether you need to pay for a professional editor before you start punting your book to agents and … Continue reading
Countdown to The Amber Crown
It’s here is just four weeks! Published by DAW on 11th January 2022 my seventh book is already getting some good reviews/previews, and I’m revving up to do a blog tour. It’s available in Trade Paperback or e-edition, with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltic, DAW, fantasy, fantasy books, historical fantasy, jacey bedford, jaceybedford, The Amber Crown, writing fantasy
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Kari Sperring: Living With Ghosts – For your reading pleasure
This is a gorgeous multi-layered work with a cast of characters which includes the city of Merafi – as much a part of this as are Gracielis, failed Tarnaroqui assassin-priest now courtesan and spy; Thiercelin, husband of one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged DAW, fantasy, For your reading pleasure, Kari Sperring
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Style Sheets
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 series. I happily wrote seven books without … Continue reading
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Tagged copy edit, DAW, psi-tech, psi-tech trilogy, style sheet, writing, writing advice
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How I Got Here From There
First published on Gillian Polack’s blog in March 2020 for Women’s History Month It took me a long time to get here, possibly too long. If I’d known then, what I know now, it might not have taken so long… … Continue reading
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Tagged book deals, DAW, jacey bedford, milford, Milford SF Writers, misc.writing, psi-tech trilogy, Rowankind trilogy, Sheila Gilbert, writing
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Dublin Worldcon 2019
This was my third Worldcon. I attended in 2014 in London, and 2017 in Helsinki. The first thing to note is that Worldcon is BIG, with thousands of fans, authors, publishers and industry professionals with an enormous choice of panels, … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, Charles Stross, cons, conventions, DAW, Dublin, milford, Milford SF Writers, panels, Sheila Gilbert, worldcon
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What’s the Psi-Tech trilogy about?
Nimbus, the final book in my Psi-Tech trilogy, is out now. Who-hoo, I have five books out and this is the first complete trilogy. Sometimes big ideas start with a bang and arrive fully formed, sometimes they start small and … Continue reading
It’s Official!
With the Psi-Tech Trilogy completed, and Nimbus now in the shops, I’ve signed a contract for the third Rowankind book, called simply: Rowankind, and due for publication in late 2018 from DAW in the USA. It follows on from Winterwood … Continue reading
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Tagged DAW, historical fantasy, history, psi-tech, psi-tech trilogy, publishing, Ross Tremayne, rowankind, writing
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Life, Death and the Writer’s Pen
Last Tuesday, 6th June, I awoke to a world without Vin Garbutt in it – a world less bright, a world less funny. For those of you not in the folk music world, Vin was a unique performer, A Teessider … Continue reading
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Tagged characterisation, DAW, music, music agency, Nimbus, pso-tech, vin garbutt, writing
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Cover Reveal: Nimbus
Nimbus isn’t due until October 2017, but I just got the cover and permission to let you all see it. So here it is: Nimbus, the third in the Psi-Tech trilogy. Cover by the fabulously talented Stephan Martiniere. In a … Continue reading
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Winterwood Cover
Winterwood has barely hit the shops, but I’ve just seen the potential cover for Silverwolf, the sequel which I’ve been writing since last September. Everything works so far ahead in the publishing industry that you always feel as though you … Continue reading
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Tagged book cover, books, cover, cover art, DAW, Winterwood, writing
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