Monthly Archives: November 2011

NaNoFeed: And here’s the excerpt! (link)

Posted on November 5, 2011 by epbeaumont

So (until October 2012, when they clear the NaNoWriMo site for the re-launch) here is the link to some excerpts from The Necromancer and the Barbarian: A Love Story. Feel free to comment here!

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NaNoFeed: In the meantime, in between time, ain’t we got fun

Posted on November 5, 2011 by epbeaumont

The two things that are great about a write-in are: 1) writing, and 2) not writing. The basic theory, of course, is that we’re all getting together to place Butt in Chair with headphones on, and using the Power of … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: The Gothick Muse

Posted on November 4, 2011 by epbeaumont

Some people have an Internal Editor. I have a Board of Censors, the fearsome chief of whom is a dread character whom I’ve nicknamed Pollyanna Candyass. She insists that everything be Nice. No conflict, no ugliness, no nasty people doing … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: Patron Saints

Posted on November 3, 2011 by epbeaumont

Even though I left off being Catholic a long long time ago (let’s just say: before the fall of the Berlin Wall) certain notions have stayed with me, just because they are useful. One such: patron saints, mere mortals who … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: Writing Friends

Posted on November 2, 2011 by epbeaumont

We all get by with a little help from our friends. One of the things that I’ve gotten from National Novel Writing Month is writing friends: a whole passel of them. The first time I did the challenge, I was … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: Day One, eyes like fried eggs

Posted on November 1, 2011 by epbeaumont

Yeah, eleven hours at the cafe (and yes, we followed the Coffee House Rules and bought stuff and tipped generously throughout)… and the teenytiny screen with the NaNoWriMo site up… OK, maybe a little bit too much. But I scored … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: Day one!

Posted on November 1, 2011 by epbeaumont

It’s four o’clock in the afternoon and I’ve been camping out at the cafe since 8:30am. At 2pm I was joined by good writing buddy Devin Harnois, and we’ve been alternating bouts of writing with reading to each other. I’ve … Continue reading →

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