Monthly Archives: March 2012

Flash fiction: Too spicy to resist

Posted on March 30, 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: It was too … Continue reading →

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Summer NaNo: In the Good Ole Summertime (Unconventional Beach Books)

Posted on March 29, 2012 by epbeaumont

In the good ole summertime… … It’s time to write a novel. That, and to lie around in hammocks reading huge books. My notion of a beach read is somewhat different from the usual: it’s books that require large stretches … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 25 March 2012 (The Reincarnations of Miss Anne)

Posted on March 25, 2012 by epbeaumont

It was quite the rage in her parents’ circle to educate their daughters at convent school, for all that none of them were Roman Catholic.  It produced a demure, innocent and unworldly debutante, properly obedient to duly constituted authority, but … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction: The air was crisp

Posted on March 23, 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. This particular sprint gave … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 18 March 2012 (The Reincarnations of Miss Anne)

Posted on March 18, 2012 by epbeaumont

“Thank you, Araminta,” Charlotte said.  She prided herself on the good manners of her house servants, Araminta and her sister Sarah and the footmen, Scipio and Hannibal.  Thomas liked his male slaves to have names out of the classics; it … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction: Going home

Posted on March 16, 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: I want to … Continue reading →

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Genre Trouble: The MFA I don’t have

Posted on March 14, 2012 by epbeaumont

I recently launched on the project of filing all of my written work in one place, since it was scattered all over my rather overstuffed apartment. My sister suggested that I pretend that I was going to get a new … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Throwing Yourself into Editing

Posted on March 12, 2012 by epbeaumont

Today my colleague Becca Patterson and I are exchanging guest posts on the underrated adventure of editing. To see my post on editing, visit her blog, The Cat’s Mreauow.  It starts when you look up and see just how much … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 11 March 2012 (The Reincarnations of Miss Anne)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by epbeaumont

It’s that stupid Vera, on about the data again.  She wants clarification of something or other.  They met, and Vera was talking, and Anne-Marie has to confess that she started thinking about her kitchen and the remodeling she’d like to … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction: The person in the mirror

Posted on March 9, 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: I don’t know … Continue reading →

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