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Tag Archives: Winterwood
Happy Endings or Not?
Do stories really have happy endings? They do if we choose to stop the tale at the point where the prince slips a golden ring on Cinderella’s finger, or where Beauty kisses the beast, or the princess kisses the frog … Continue reading
Viewpoint
I’m in a Facebook writers’ group for writers of all levels. Someone asked what the POV (point of view) limit was on a traditionally published debut novel. The answer, of course is: there isn’t one. Sometimes you find prescriptive pieces … Continue reading
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Tagged books, crossways, empire of dust, fantasy, jacey bedford, Nimbus, POV, psi-tech, psi-tech trilogy, reading, rowankind, silverwold, viewpoint, Winterwood, writing, writing advice
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How to Write a Speculative Fiction Book
I’m not going to be able to teach you how to write a book in the twelve hundred or so words in this blog post – even presuming I have the skills. Yes I’ve written books, seven published so far … Continue reading
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Tagged books, characterisation, crossways, empire of dust, fantasy, jacey bedford, plot, plotting, reading, rowankind, Silverwolf, Winterwood, worldbuilding, writing, writing advice
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Researching Historical Fantasy
The first scene of Winterwood came to me almost fully formed. I knew there was a young woman paying a deathbed visit to her estranged mother and finding that there was still no forgiveness between them. I knew the young … Continue reading
Scene 1 of Winterwood – author analysis
This was first written for Tiffani Angus’ blog. Tiff teaches creative writing and publishing. Story interspersed with my comments in bold italic. This first scene pretty much sprang into my mind fully formed. When I started to write I didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, jacey bedford, Rowankind trilogy, Winterwood, writing
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The Geography of Words
Writing science fiction and fantasy involves worldbuilding. Sometimes we take a concept, strip it right down to basics and invent a planet where the sea is pink, the sky is upside down and the dominant life form has seven tentacles … Continue reading
An interview first published in SF Signal
I like doing interviews, especially when the questions are both thoughtful and taxing. Carl Slaughter presented me with an intriguing set of questions way back in 2016. I thought I’d revisit them. CS: Your first series is cyberpunk space opera. … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Slaughter, crossways, empire of dust, interview, Nimbus, psi-tech trilogy, rowankind, Rowankind trilogy, SF Signal, Silverwolf, Winterwood
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It’s not too late to join up – NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo – National NovelWriting Month-takes place each November. You sign up Her: https://nanowrimo.org and commit to writing 50,000 in November, which means writing just a little under 2,000 words a day. It’s only 3rd November, you still have time to … Continue reading
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Tagged NaNoWriMo, Nimbus, pantsers, plotters, procrastinatio, Silverwolf, Winterwood, writing
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Read the first chapter of Silverwolf
You can read the first chapter of Winterwood (Book 1 of the Rowankind trilogy) here. Silverwolf Book 2 of the Rowankind Trilogy by Jacey Bedford (Published by DAW, USA) Chapter One Happy Ever Afters Deep in the Old Maizy Forest, … Continue reading
The Long Haul
Now, here’s the thing… when you write a trilogy you are in it for the long haul. To all those people who write a single book, I salute you. It’s not easy. It takes dedication and effort. Now imagine you … Continue reading
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Tagged crossways, empire of dust, Nimbus, psi-tech trilogy, rowankind, Rowankind trilogy, Silverwolf, trilogies, trilogy, Winterwood, writing
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Happy Book Day to Me
My new book, ROWANKIND, is out today. WHOO-HOO! It’s my sixth published book, and the third in my Rowankind trilogy, so it represents a milestone. It not only completes my second trilogy, but it means that my published words have … Continue reading
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Tagged Corwen Silverwolf, historical fantasy, jacey bedford, Ross Tremayne, rowankind, Rowankind trilogy, Silverwolf, Winterwood
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Jacey’s Quick Book Links
With the publication of Rowankind just a few days away (27th November), I thought I’d post links to all my books. Obviously the (not-so-hidden) subtext is, go out and buy them, but seriously folks, those advance orders for a new … Continue reading
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Tagged crossways, empire of dust, jacey bedford, Nimbus, psi-tech trilogy, rowankind, Rowankind trilogy, Silverwolf, Winterwood
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Winterwood Chapter One – Read it Here
In anticipation of the publication of Rowankind, due on 27th November, the third book in my Rowankind Trilogy, I offer for your delectation, the first chapter of Winterwood. It’s the beginning of the trilogy, Rowankind is the finale – with … Continue reading
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Tagged books, jacey bedford, novels, rowankind, Rowankind trilogy, Silverwolf, Winterwood
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Gentleman Jim Speaks Out
The Rowankind books, Winterwood, Silverwolf and Rowankind (the latter due in December 2018) are narrated by Rossalinde (Ross) Tremayne, but every now and then one of the other characters likes to have his say. You can find Corwen’s piece here. … Continue reading
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Tagged characterisation, characters, Gentleman Jim, Ross, Ross Tremayne, Rossalinde Tremayne, rowankind, Rowankind trilogy, Winterwood
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Book Covers
The page proofs for Nimbus just landed in my desk, so I’m a bit busy this week, so rather than rushing to write a post I thought you might be interested in my book cover illustrations for the Rowankind trilogy, … Continue reading
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Tagged book covers, Corwen Silverwolf, illustrators, Larry Rostant, rowankind, Winterwood
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Character self-determination
There’s one of those little graphics floating around Facebook that says: Main Characters: You do everything you can to raise them right, and as soon as they hit the page they do any damn thing they please. Yes, fellow writers, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cara Carlinni, characters, empire of dust, Ross Tremayne, Winterwood, writing
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Cover Reveal Rowankind
Cover reveal: Rowankind, the last book in the Rowankind trilogy is due in November from DAW. Need to read the first two? They are Winterwood and Silverwolf in that order. The cover illustrates Ross (Rossalinde) with Corwen the wolf shapechanger … Continue reading
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Tagged book covers, fantasy, historical fantasy, jacey bedford, Larry Rostant, rowankind, Silverwolf, Winterwood
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The Gift That Keeps on Giving
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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Tagged crossways, empire of dust, Nimbus, psi-tech trilogy, reading, reviews, rowankind, sci-fi, Silverwolf, space opera, Winterwood, writing
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Beginning at the Beginning
I’ve always been particularly fascinated by book-beginnings. One of my favourite opening sentences is the one which opens John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids: When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts out by sounding like … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, georgian fantsy, historical fantasy, rowankind, shapechangers, Silverwolf, Winterwood
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Corwen Silverwolf Speaks
Denby Hall, September 1801 I don’t usually get the opportunity to say much. It’s not that I’m henpecked, you understand, but—well—my author is female and she lets my beloved, Rossalinde, tell the story. So it’s nice, for once, to be … Continue reading
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Tagged books, characters, Corwen, Corwen Deverell, fantasy books, historical fantasy, jacey bedford, Magic, reading, Ross Tremayne, shapechanger, Silverwolf, Winterwood, wolf, writing
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Due Process
My publishing process goes like this: The publisher offers a contract (negotiated by my agent) which may be for one, two or three books, and on signing I get half the advance. My agent takes the agreed cut and I … Continue reading
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Tagged crossways, empire of dust, jacey bedford, Nimbus, psi-tech, publishing, rowankind, Silverwolf, Winterwood, writing
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Overnight Success in Only Sixteen Years
The beginning of my writerly story is lost in the mists of my childhood. I struggled with writing at school because, being a fluent reader (but not a writer) by the age of five, I was put into a class … Continue reading
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Tagged Artisan, crossways, empire of dust, jacey bedford, literary agents, Silverwolf, Winterwood, writing
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Pitfalls of Publishing, or Lest I Forget
I’m now in the fortunate position of having three books published by DAW, with two more due out in January 2017 and October 2017, but achieving a novel publishing deal took years from my first short story sale to a … Continue reading
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Tagged book deal, book one, book two, books, crossways, empire of dust, Silv, Winterwood
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What’s in a name?
When writing historical fiction it’s sometimes difficult to pin down names. Things change and sometimes the change is gradual. For instance I live in a tiny Yorkshire village called Birdsedge, or maybe it’s Birds Edge. No one really seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged books, historical fantasy, research, Silverwolf, Winterwood, writing
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Gotten, Tannoy, and Trug
Another milestone. I just hit send and emailed the manuscript for my fourth book to my editor. It’s 134,200 words long which is roughly the same size as Winterwood. Silverwolf is scheduled for publication on Tuesday 3rd January 2017. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged crossways, empire of dust, fantasy, science fiction, Silverwolf, Winterwood, writing
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Silverwolf
I’m in that weird space inbetween finishing a book and sending it to my editor. I’m giving myself a few days and then going to have one final read-through. My eagle-eyed friend, H., is checking it for typos because no … Continue reading
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Tagged book cover, books, Corwen, publication, Ross, Silverwolf, Winterwood, writing
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About Literary Agents and How to Get One #2
In the first part of this exploration of literary agents https://jaceybedford.wordpress.com/2016/02/21/about-literary-agents-and-how-to-get-one-1/ I gave you a rundown on the three different ways I acquired each of my three literary agents – a very different process for me each time and I’m … Continue reading
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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More Post-Winterwood News, Interviews and Reviews
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
Winterwood Interviews and Reviews
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
Happy Book Day To Me: Winterwood Published Today
Yay! Tuesday 2nd February 2016 and my third novel, Winterwood, is published today by DAW in the USA and Canada. It’s available in the UK as an import from that well known company named after a South American river. Winterwood … Continue reading
My Writing Year – 2015
It’s been a pretty good year in the word-mines with my second book, Crossways released in August to some decent reviews – though not many of them, which I understand is pretty normal for a second book in a series. … Continue reading
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What did I say about good reviews?
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
You never get Blasé About… a Good Review
From Publishers Weekly Winterwood Jacey Bedford, Author Swashbuckling adventure collides with mystical mayhem on land and at sea in this rousing historical fantasy series launch set in a magic-infused England in 1800. Rossalinde Tremayne has done well for herself as … Continue reading
Winterwood Cover Revealed at Fantasy Book Cafe
I’ll be putting the cover of Winterwood up here in a few days but in the meantime there’s an exclusive cover reveal at Fantasy Book Cafe.
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Tagged book, book cover, books, Corwen, cover, Magic, Pirate, Ross Tremayne, rowankind, Sailing Ships, Silverwolf, Winterwood, writing
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What has NaNoWriMo Ever Done for Us?
NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month is an annual write-a-thon-fest which takes place in November. You sign up to the site and commit to writing 50,000 words in a month. There are various incentives. For starters, just having someone acknowledge … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, books, children's books, NaNoWriMo, Silverwolf, Winterwood, writing
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Winterwood Page Proofs
I’ve been concentrating on the first draft of Silverwolf, the second novel in the Rowankind sequence, which will follow on from Winterwood, due to be published in February 2016. Now I have to break off because my final obligation to … Continue reading
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Tagged book three, book two, page proofs, proofreading, publishing, rowankind, Winterwood
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Publishing progress
DAW is a lovely publishing house to be a part of, even a small part. My first three-book deal is coming to an end and I have a two-book deal just beginning. I am now under contract to write Nimbus … Continue reading
New Two-Book Deal
With Crossways less than 2 weeks away from publication I just got the go-ahead from my lovely agent (Amy Boggs of Donald Maass Literary) to announce this. I have a new contract with DAW for another two books to follow … Continue reading
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Tagged agent, ben benjamin, book deal, book three, book two, Cara Carlinni, crossways, empire of dust, Nimbus, psi-tech, Silverwolf, Winterwood, writing
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Re-reading my own book: Winterwood.
Having delivered Crossways, due for publication in August, I’ve stepped sideways straight into the edits for Winterwood, my third book – and a very different one from the first two space operas. Set in an alternate 1800 with magic, Winterwood … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, agent, book, book deal, book three, cover, editing, fantasy, historical fantasy, Ross Tremayne, Rossalinde Tremayne, Winterwood, writing
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