Jacey Bedford
@jaceybedford.bsky.social
Too many books, not enough time.
Writes F&SF - www.jaceybedford.co.uk
Hon. sec. Milford Writers - www.milfordSF.co.uk
Sings a bit - www.artisan-harmony.com
Writes F&SF - www.jaceybedford.co.uk
Hon. sec. Milford Writers - www.milfordSF.co.uk
Sings a bit - www.artisan-harmony.com
Saw The Choral, set in Yorkshire in 1916. It's WW1, the Choral Society struggles for male voices. A beautifully layered piece, written by Alan Bennett. Terrific performances. Fabulous singing, especially from Jacob Dudman and Amara Okereke. It's about art, history, & humanity. Highly recommended.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Saw The Choral, set in Yorkshire in 1916. It's WW1, the Choral Society struggles for male voices. A beautifully layered piece, written by Alan Bennett. Terrific performances. Fabulous singing, especially from Jacob Dudman and Amara Okereke. It's about art, history, & humanity. Highly recommended.
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is GIRL.
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is GIRL.
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is COLOUR.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is COLOUR.
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is SELF
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is SELF
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is HARD.
September 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is HARD.
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is POUR.
September 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is POUR.
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is FLESH.
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is FLESH.
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is ZIP.
August 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is ZIP.
It's Book Quote Wednesday again. This week's word is TURN.
August 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It's Book Quote Wednesday again. This week's word is TURN.
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is TINGLE.
August 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is TINGLE.
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is SHIVER.
August 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is SHIVER.
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is RAIN.
July 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is RAIN.
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(plus more if it does REALLY WELL). In the last couple of days it's been announced that Meta have been using authors' books to train their AI without permission, essentially stealing their work.
So, if you want to support books and the people who write them, buy their books.
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So, if you want to support books and the people who write them, buy their books.
2/3
March 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
(plus more if it does REALLY WELL). In the last couple of days it's been announced that Meta have been using authors' books to train their AI without permission, essentially stealing their work.
So, if you want to support books and the people who write them, buy their books.
2/3
So, if you want to support books and the people who write them, buy their books.
2/3
There's one space left on the Milford SF Writers' retreat to be held at Gladstone's Library in North Wales (near Chester). Dates 10th - 17th May 2025. Cost £740 for a full week of bed, breakfast and evening meal, full access to the library. Details - www.milfordSF.co.uk
Milford SF Writers
www.milfordSF.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
There's one space left on the Milford SF Writers' retreat to be held at Gladstone's Library in North Wales (near Chester). Dates 10th - 17th May 2025. Cost £740 for a full week of bed, breakfast and evening meal, full access to the library. Details - www.milfordSF.co.uk
New blog post over on wordpress. jaceybedford.wordpress.com
Jacey Bedford
A Blog About Writing
jaceybedford.wordpress.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
New blog post over on wordpress. jaceybedford.wordpress.com
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Looking for a standalone fantasy novel to while away the weekend hours? The Amber Crown by @jaceybedford.bsky.social follows three societal outcasts must work together to fulfill the orders of a dead king's ghost or risk their nation falling to a tyrant.
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October 11, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Looking for a standalone fantasy novel to while away the weekend hours? The Amber Crown by @jaceybedford.bsky.social follows three societal outcasts must work together to fulfill the orders of a dead king's ghost or risk their nation falling to a tyrant.
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Milford SF Writers have a few places left for their September Milford Conference/Critique week in the UK. Residential. Open to all writers of SF/F who have at least one story or book sale. Held at the fabulous Gladstone's Library in beautiful North Wales. Full details... www.milfordsf.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Milford SF Writers have a few places left for their September Milford Conference/Critique week in the UK. Residential. Open to all writers of SF/F who have at least one story or book sale. Held at the fabulous Gladstone's Library in beautiful North Wales. Full details... www.milfordsf.co.uk
Milford SF Writers ring-fences five places for published SF/F writers who have never attended a Milford critique week before. Only one story sale to qualify. Held at Gladstone's Library in North Wales in September each year. Apply now. www.milfordsf.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Milford SF Writers ring-fences five places for published SF/F writers who have never attended a Milford critique week before. Only one story sale to qualify. Held at Gladstone's Library in North Wales in September each year. Apply now. www.milfordsf.co.uk
Empire of Dust. 2014. First Psi-Tech book.
November 24, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Empire of Dust. 2014. First Psi-Tech book.
Slow progress with the WIP this week because I got wrapped up in family history research, looking for my paternal grandfather's secret love child, Michael Lockyer (1935-2005). Found traces, but need to fill in missing details and find out whether I have long-lost cousins. Love a good mystery.
November 15, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Slow progress with the WIP this week because I got wrapped up in family history research, looking for my paternal grandfather's secret love child, Michael Lockyer (1935-2005). Found traces, but need to fill in missing details and find out whether I have long-lost cousins. Love a good mystery.
SF writers of colour. Applications open now for 2 funded places at Milford's critique week in September 2025. Details here - www.milfordsf.co.uk/bursaries.htm
Please re-post far and wide.
Please re-post far and wide.
Milford Bursaries for Writers of Colour
www.milfordsf.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 2:29 PM
SF writers of colour. Applications open now for 2 funded places at Milford's critique week in September 2025. Details here - www.milfordsf.co.uk/bursaries.htm
Please re-post far and wide.
Please re-post far and wide.
Am writing. New SF novel in the works. 17k words and counting. Set in my Psi-Tech universe. Is it going to be YA? Not sure yet.
November 14, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Am writing. New SF novel in the works. 17k words and counting. Set in my Psi-Tech universe. Is it going to be YA? Not sure yet.
So the recent election (you know which one) is like Star Wars - the first (best) trilogy. Lets call the parts 45, 46, and 47. So in 45 it was pretty grim, but the good guys won in the end, and that led to 46, which was going pretty well until the Han Solo in Carbonite election, leading to 47.
November 9, 2024 at 2:41 AM
So the recent election (you know which one) is like Star Wars - the first (best) trilogy. Lets call the parts 45, 46, and 47. So in 45 it was pretty grim, but the good guys won in the end, and that led to 46, which was going pretty well until the Han Solo in Carbonite election, leading to 47.
I made a pact with a friend to write every day in November. I missed Day 1 and barely got going on day 2, but I'm keeping up with it, now. I started at 8k words, now (6th November) I'm at 13,751 words, so today has been 1,835 words. (Not doing NaNoWriMo because of their take on generative AI.)
November 7, 2024 at 2:55 AM
I made a pact with a friend to write every day in November. I missed Day 1 and barely got going on day 2, but I'm keeping up with it, now. I started at 8k words, now (6th November) I'm at 13,751 words, so today has been 1,835 words. (Not doing NaNoWriMo because of their take on generative AI.)