@adrianakantcheva.com considers how to "keep the spark alive" when you're in a relationship with a new writing project: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/p...

Preserving the initial spark of motivation when writing long projects – by Adriana Kantcheva

The occasions when we experience something for the first time are precious. Do you remember, for example, how it is to listen to a new album by a favorite musician? It’s just not the same (though i…

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RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, ever. (Or Claude and certainly not Grok)

Andrew S. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️@parallax2112.bsky.social · 3d ago

AIn't no AI here.

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Fiction Submissions Open October 1

Strange Horizons will open to general fiction submissions on October 1, 2026, at 3 p.m. UTC! This window will remain open until we hit our submission cap of 1,000 stories. Our maximum word count fo…

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The full programme for this year's Fantasycon is now available! Join us in Glasgow next month for 3 days of talks, workshops, live podcasts, panel discussions, readings, and more - plus, of course, to find out who's won the British Fantasy Awards! Head to: britishfantasysociety.org/events-2/fan...

With book 9 of her Green Man series coming soon (The Green Man’s Debt, 10 Sept!), let's revisit @julietemckenna.bsky.social's musing on where myths (modern and not) come from: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/06/16/m...

Myth Making Has Never Stopped – by Juliet E McKenna

A guest post first published on Sarah Ash’s blog, October 2023 I’ve described The Green Man’s Heir and subsequent books as modern fantasy rooted in the ancient myths and folklore of the Briti…

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In Writing About Writing About Writing, Pete Sutton starts an examination of books containing exercises and prompts with What If? by Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/06/09/w...

Let's take a moment to look at the trees (and wonder at how trees are like writing) with @karisperring.bsky.social: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/l...

Looking at Trees – by Kari Sperring

From where I’m sitting right now, I can see the tops of a line of trees. I’m not sure what species they are: deciduous, certainly, and rounded in outline, but they’re too far away to make out more …

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In a time when people are using LLMs for 'research' (believe us when we warn you away from that route!), we revisit a post from @julietemckenna.bsky.social about how doing real (and fun!) research into history will help you build your fantasy world: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/t...

The Uses of History in Fantasy – by Juliet E McKenna

Originally published on Juliet’s own blog in 2011. “But don’t you just make it all up?” That’s a frequent comment when I mention my research for the book I’m working on. I’m an epic fantasy n…

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We're back with Pete Sutton for a look at screenwriting books in his continuing series of Writing About Writing About Writing. milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/w...

@jaceybedford.bsky.social talks about what happens when your publisher gets bought out and your books go out of print (eek!). Do you go the self-publishing route, or are there other options? milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/p...

Publishing: Second Time Around – by Jacey Bedford

When I got my first book deal with DAW back in 2013 I thought all my troubles were over. My editor, Sheila Gilbert, phoned me and said ‘I want to buy your book.’ And then said those words every wri…

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It's nearly September, which means the Milford Writers' Conference is nearly here. But there is *still time* to get one of the last available slots at this year's workshop from 12-19 Sept at @gladlib.bsky.social! www.milfordsf.co.uk/about.htm

@julietemckenna.bsky.social considers how our modern lives influence how we sometimes look at history: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/t...

Join Pete Sutton for his second Writing About Writing About Writing look at books about writing comics: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/w...

Want to write comics? Pete Sutton is back with another Writing About Writing About Writing post looking at books proposing to help you do just that! milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/w...

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

When you're writing historical fantasy or even secondary-world fantasy (and even some SF!), the fabrics that surround your character are more than just fabrics: they represent wealth, labour, and innovation, among other things. milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/f...

Fashion in Fiction and What Those Wall Hangings in Your Fantasy Book Really Represent – by Juliet E McKenna

This is an amalgamation of two related posts previously on Juliet’s own blog in 2023 and 2013. Among the photos of fashions at the Met Gala, this is what caught my eye. In 2022 singer/musicia…

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Pete Sutton is back with more Writing About Writing About Writing, this time looking at books about editing and revision: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/w...

Ah, marketing, the bane of a writer's existences (we mostly want to be left alone to write, right?). M. Luke McDonnell shares what she learned at a marketing workshop clue: newsletters are vital!): milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/t...

Top Tips from the 2025 Dazzling All-Star Book Marketing Retreat – by M. Luke McDonell

As I prepare to publish my debut sci fi novel with a small indie press, the burden of marketing will fall firmly on my shoulders. Do I look forward to this challenge? I don’t. I’m a writer, not a p…

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@milfordsff.bsky.social has 2 spaces available for its critique week at @gladlib.bsky.social from 12-19th Sept. There's plenty of time to sign up and join in (materials for feedback are usually traded in August). You can find more info and a sign-up sheet here: www.milfordsf.co.uk/about.htm

We have a last-minute space available (2 in fact!) for our critique week at @gladlib.bsky.social from 12-19th Sept. There's plenty of time to sign up and join in (materials for feedback are usually traded in August). You can find more info and a sign-up sheet here: www.milfordsf.co.uk/about.htm

There's been so much news about how creatives have been fighting back against AI that sometimes it gets lost in all the noise, so let's revisit a post from the end of last year on why the fight is a marathon and not a sprint: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/w...

Why can’t we sue the techbros for stealing our work? – by Juliet E McKenna

Reposted from Juliet’s blog July 2025 I’m often asked, since I’m on the board of the Society of Authors, why legal action isn’t underway in the UK to hold the big tech companies to account fo…

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Pete Sutton is back with his Writing About Writing About Writing posts, this time a look at books on writing SFF/H that include advice as well as essays. milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/w...

@tiffaniangus.bsky.social has thoughts over on the Milford blog about time management for writers: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/t...

Time Management for Writers? It’s ME Management – by Tiffani Angus

I like to be organized, but no matter what I can’t seem to expand the practice of having a day planner/phone/computer calendars that contain all my deadlines and birthdays and random events to the …

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@adrianakantcheva.com considers whether using little pockets of time is worth it for time-strapped writers. milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/i... #writing

Is it worth it to write only 15 minutes a day? – By Adriana Katcheva

A while ago, I had a conversation with a friend of mine about time management. Like so many others, she too was struggling to carve out time for her creative work. She was wondering if she would ma…

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Pete Sutton is back with another look at writing books, this time on ones that look at the negative--or, well, less fun--parts of writing. milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/w...

Writing about writing about writing #17 – by Pete W. Sutton

Part 17 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here Returning from the diversion I took last week I’m bac…

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Or me having fun geeking out over Andor. Really enjoyed writing this, and there’s loads of great writing and publishing advice on this blog.

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@skateellis.bsky.social takes us on a walk from George Saunders's writing-craft book A Swim in the Pond in the Rain to J.F. Martel's Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice & then to the Star Wars series Andor in her exploration of echoes and oppositions. milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/t...

One of the saddest things to happen to any writer is a tech kablooie. Georgina Kamsika provides some solid advice on backing up your work: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/d...

Don’t Lose The Plot: Back Up Your Work – by Georgina Kamsika

My computer’s main hard drive died. The one where I’d saved my work. All of my current projects, my published works: gone. For an author, few things are more terrifying than the loss of your work. …

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@skateellis.bsky.social takes us on a walk from George Saunders's writing-craft book A Swim in the Pond in the Rain to J.F. Martel's Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice & then to the Star Wars series Andor in her exploration of echoes and oppositions. milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/t...

Two Trees in a Galaxy Far, Far Away – by Sara K Ellis

I’ve been working my way through a backlog of craft books in the mornings. I’ll read for half an hour, sometimes just fifteen minutes, taking notes before I start writing in earnest. It’s a great w…

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Some people (people who obviously have more time on their hands than the majority of us!) say that to even BE a writer you have to write every day. @adrianakantcheva.com muses on daily word-count goals and whether they're even helpful: milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/o...

Oh, that elusive word count goal – By Adriana Kantcheva

To me it seems that every writing advice out there homes in on the following mantra: write every day, no matter what. Stephen King states in On Writing  that he writes 2000 words a day. I…

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Let's join Pete Sutton in his continuing list of Books about Writing. This time, 3 books he says you really don't need (they're all classics in the genre, but they're maybe not exactly full of gold) but one he is definitely keeping! milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/w...

Writing about writing about writing #16 – by Pete W. Sutton

Part 16 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here I’ve re-read a few classics, books that you’ll see ov…

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