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Random Pics from Milford 2021 to Give You a Flavour of the Week
Can’t wait to go back there. We still have places for the writing retreat in May 2022. All places for the Milford critique week in September 2022 are booked up but we operate a waiting list system. We are now … Continue reading
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Tagged critique, jacey bedford, milford, Milford 2021, Milford SF Writers, writers drinking wine, writing
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At Milford 2021
It finally happened. After last year’s Covid cancellation, Milford 2021 is finally happening. I drove across to North Wales on Saturday morning with Georgina Kamsika. We picked up Terry Jackman on the way (at Lymm Services) and had an uneventful … Continue reading
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Tagged critiquing, jacey bedford, Milford SF Writers, North Wales, trigonos
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The Subtle (and Unsubtle) Art of Critiquing
At the end of August I did a post about the run up to Milford. It starts next Saturday so I’m deep into reading and critiquing the 23 pieces submitted by the fifteen attendees. I’m obviously not going to comment … Continue reading
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Tagged constructive criticism, critique, jacey bedford, milford, Milford method, Milford SF Writers, Northwrite, NorthwriteSF, reading, writing
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The run up to Milford.
I’m very busy with the day job this week. I’m a music booking agent for folk-type artists from a Canadian-Cowboy bluegrassy duo called Over the Moon, to a troupe of Zulu singers and dancers from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, called … Continue reading
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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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The New Normal
To meet or not to meet – that is the question. I’m a big advocate of critique groups. I’ve been attending the Milford Writers’ Conference since 1998 with enough regularity that eventually I’ve ended up being the secretary. Milford is … Continue reading
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Home from Milford – Tired but Happy
I’ve just arrived home from Milford SF Writers’ Conference in North Wales, and I could sleep for a week. I’m not ready for the real world yet. After a week of intense writing critique punctuated by meals taken with fourteen … Continue reading
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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