Tag Archives: reviews

Giving it a Shove.

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Jacey Bedford

Word of mouth and the need for reviews. I was commiserating with an author published by a small press who said, “Small press books without a lot of push behind them don’t get noticed.” I replied: “If it’s any consolation, … Continue reading →

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Scott Lynch: The Lies of Locke Lamora – for your reading pleasure

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Jacey Bedford

Thoroughly absorbing, interesting characters who are changed by events that happen to them, great backstory, twisty plot in the front-story leading to nail-biting tension. Highly recommended. Trying not to give away too many spoilers we get to see the formation … Continue reading →

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Boy Wizards on the Lam. Three series beginnings – for your reading pleasure

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Jacey Bedford

This is the first of my new alternate Tuesday reading posts, so I thought I’d dip back in time to tell you about three books that are each the first in their own well-loved series. They all owe something to … Continue reading →

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It’s never too late to talk about a book

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Jacey Bedford

Unless you are lucky enough to live in a city which has good bookshops, or even better, specialist science fiction and fantasy bookshops, your browsing of new SFF titles may be limited. My little local bookshop sadly closed last year, … Continue reading →

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Rowankind Delivered

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Jacey Bedford

On Friday night I sent off the final edited version of my upcoming novel ROWANKIND. Let me say that again because it never gets old. On Friday night I sent off the final edited version of my upcoming novel ROWANKIND. … Continue reading →

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The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Jacey Bedford

My first book, Empire of Dust, launched on 4th November 2014 from DAW and, boy, was I excited. I’d waited a long time for that moment. When I got the first review , from Publishers’ Weekly, no less, I read … Continue reading →

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My best books of 2017 – A personal overview of my reading year

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Jacey Bedford

There are inevitably lists of ‘Best SF Books of…’ such as this one from Barnes and Noble  but with the amount of books on offer from this year and from previous years, it’s almost impossible for any one person to … Continue reading →

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More Post-Winterwood News, Interviews and Reviews

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Jacey Bedford

19th February I was invited to write a piece on alternate history for SF Signal’s Mind-Meld, but due to being accidentally missed off the ‘meld’ article I’ve ended up with a piece of my own. Thanks, Andrea. 19th February Another … Continue reading →

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Winterwood Interviews and Reviews

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Jacey Bedford

Winterwood (and Crossways) recent interviews and reviews 13th February Thanks to Sherwood Smith for the nice mention for Crossways in her article on Book View Cafe entitled ‘My Genre is Growing Up.’ 10th February Interview here at Civilian Reader. 8th … Continue reading →

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Fan mail

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Jacey Bedford

I just received this from Hugh, a friend in Canada, who is currently in the middle of reading Crossways. I think it may constitute genuine fan mail even though we do know each other personally. Hugh McMillan is a very … Continue reading →

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What did I say about good reviews?

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Jacey Bedford

So there you have it. The RT review, and a Top Pick at that! The second encouraging review for Winterwood and it’s not even out until 2nd February! Whoo-hoo! Widen the doors I need to get my head through! But … 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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Guest Post on Anne Lyle’s Blog

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Jacey Bedford

World Building From the Coffee Up is my new guest post on Anne Lyles’ blog here: http://annelyle.com/blog/2014/11/04/worldbuilding-from-the-coffee-up-a-guest-post-by-jacey-bedford/ Thanks for hosting me, Anne. And there’s a new review of Empire of Dust on Jaine Fenn’s Tales from the Garrett. Also – … Continue reading →

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Donald Maass: The Fire in Fiction

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Jacey Bedford

Donald Maass: The Fire in Fiction (Writers Digest Books, 2009) Note this is not just getting a good review because I’m signed with Amy Boggs of the Donald Mass Agency There are books on writing and there are Books On … Continue reading →

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