What is the BCC?

I started the Bedford Creative Collective because it's the group I needed when I stopped working as a prosecutor and became a writer. 

I felt elated to finally follow my dream. But I also felt... sad and confused. 

I missed the intellectual experience of being in a classroom or around a table, figuring out how to try a case. I also missed having mentors who saw my potential more clearly than I did. Lacking support, my writing practice became heavy, and that weight showed on the page.

Six years in, I discovered a trustworthy, encouraging group of fellow creatives. With their generous witnessing, I found a top literary agent; successfully pitched a screenplay and created a platform for essays with a robust, engaged following. In just three months, all of the creative seeds I'd been planting came to fruition. 

But only because I found my collective. 

That group has since expanded to actors, writers, potters, painters, musicians and photographers all over the country. We need each other, and we need you. 

Join us. 

To read some of my work, please visit www.thenobletry.substack.com

Photo of Isabel C. Murphy by Mick Cantarella mickphoto.com