Monthly Archives: February 2012

Genre Trouble: Loose Baggy Monsters, or the Lasagna Theory

Posted on February 28, 2012 by epbeaumont

The overture: two epigraphs A good play, like a good lasagna, should be overstuffed: It has a pomposity, and an overreach: Its ambitions extend in the direction of not-missing-a-trick, it has a bursting omnipotence up its sleeve, or rather, under … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 26 February 2012 (The Reincarnations of Miss Anne)

Posted on February 26, 2012 by epbeaumont

The harbor at Utopia is shaped like a crescent.  Twin arms of white-and-gold headland wrap tenderly around the bay like the horns of the moon, like a mother holding a beloved child.  Favilla Vogel looks out over the water, as … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction: Had a bad day

Posted on February 24, 2012 by epbeaumont

Author’s note: In preparation for NaNoWriMo 2009, someone put up daily prompts on one of the forums. I did them in the spirit of warm-ups, but some of them turned into stories. Here is one such. Prompt (and title): Had … Continue reading →

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Genre trouble: By any means necessary, or novels on the edge

Posted on February 22, 2012 by epbeaumont

The novel is the shape-shifter of the literary world, which is one of the reasons I love it so much. It can look like a diary, a bundle of letters, a collection of theatrical monologues, a cycle of tersely told … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 19 February 2012 (The Necromancer and the Barbarian: a Love Story)

Posted on February 19, 2012 by epbeaumont

Albert approached Kirsten now, under the watchful eye of Petra.  Yes, she granted, he might have a dance. Kirsten matched him figure for figure.  Somewhere in the middle of the set, another player joined  with drums. The rhythm grew insistent, … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction: There’s only so much I can do

Posted on February 17, 2012 by epbeaumont

Author’s note: In preparation for NaNoWriMo 2009, someone put up daily prompts on one of the forums. I did them in the spirit of warm-ups, but some of them turned into stories. Here is one such, from 10/3/2009. This scene … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 12 February 2012 (The Necromancer and the Barbarian: a Love Story)

Posted on February 12, 2012 by epbeaumont

From the west came word of shape-shifters and forest witches, who changed shape and sex and even species, turning into rock or wind at will. In North America, the resurgent timberwolf population had to contend with competition from werewolves, and … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction: Claustrophobia and Coffee

Posted on February 10, 2012 by epbeaumont

Author’s note: In preparation for NaNoWriMo 2009, someone put up daily prompts on one of the forums. I did them in the spirit of warm-ups, but some of them turned into stories. Here is one such, from 10/7/2009. Prompt:  Write … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: NaNo 2011 is finished, and now a backward look

Posted on February 8, 2012 by epbeaumont

Last night around 9:30pm I finished writing the endgame of my 2011 National Novel Writing Month project, The Necromancer and the Barbarian: A Love Story. I promptly sent the revised full manuscript and the replacement final chapters to my beta readers. … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 5 February 2012 (The Necromancer and the Barbarian: a Love Story)

Posted on February 5, 2012 by epbeaumont

In the second decade of the twenty-first century, as the earth began to warm and the seas to rise, something woke from sleep. At first it was odd incidents here and there, but by the time that Elsa was a … Continue reading →

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