From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 9:52:29 AM UTC+1, Jacey Bedford wrote:   
   > On 17/08/2014 22:28, Nicky wrote:   
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   > > I just met up with a lot of old friends who used to frequent this space.   
   It is some years since I was a regular but I am enormously grateful for the   
   many conversations here which gave me a language to discuss writing and helped   
   me to teach it at a    
   couple of UK unis.   
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   > >   So I wanted to ask what are people working on and where are they?   
   Published? Self published? Seeking representation or just writing for pleasure?   
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   > It was great to meet up with you again on Sunday, Nicky. (And everyone    
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   > else, of course.) I think we all realised just how much r.a.sf.c    
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   > conversations had taught us about writing over the years.   
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   I teach CW now at a couple of universities and my main training came from   
   here. ( Don't worry I'm not as dreadful as you probably expected - my students   
   usually respond well once they stop reeling.)   
      
   > I've name checked r.a.sf.c in the acknowledgements in the upcoming book.    
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   > I don't post here as much as I used to (though I aim to change that and    
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   > become more regular here as soon as I get back from the September    
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   > Milford) however I picked up an enormous amount of useful information    
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   > from yourself, Patricia Wrede and many others when I was just a baby    
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   > writer with no clue.   
      
   I printed out so much stuff from here - of course it's all gone. I wonder if   
   Patricia could be coaxed back She blogs a lot doesn't she which probably uses   
   up her chat time.   
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   > So... me...   
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   > A three book deal with DAW. The first book, Empire of Dust, a space    
      
   So excited about this.   
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   > opera, is out on 4th November. I'm 100k into writing the second book, a    
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   > sequel, Crossways for October 2015, and the third book (the magic pirate    
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   > one, Winterwood, which is fantasy) will likely be out in 2016. It's    
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   > complete, but hasn't yet gone through the editing process.   
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   > It's my first book deal, though I've sold a fair few short stories, and    
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   > I'm still bright eyed and bushy tailed about it, even though I've just    
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   > been landed with the page proofs and a deadline.   
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   It's brilliant news so bushy tailedness is mandatory.   
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   > Speaking of which... I'm off to work on it. See you all after I emerge    
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   > from the other end.   
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   > Jacey   
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   > jaceybedford@nospam.btinternet.com   
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   > Remove the obvious to contact me direct.   
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   > My new book is due from DAW on 4th November 2014.   
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   > Empire of Dust, A Psi-tech Novel   
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   > by Jacey Bedford   
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