Monthly Archives: April 2012

Six Sentence Sunday, 29 April 2012 (The Reincarnations of Miss Anne)

Posted on April 29, 2012 by epbeaumont

Charlotte didn’t know that Araminta fancied Scipio, and the other way round as well.  She didn’t know that Araminta knew by whom Sarah was pregnant and under what conditions.  She didn’t know the whispered conversations that the two sisters had … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction: Expected

Posted on April 27, 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: “They said you’d … Continue reading →

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Doing the Beta Bop: what I get from my beta-readers

Posted on April 25, 2012 by epbeaumont

Doing the Beta Bop Since I’ve been both giving and receiving beta-reading this year, I’ve been thinking a lot about the benefits. I’m going to explore this over a series of posts, including meditations on the mutual benefit of trading … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 22 April 2012 (The Reincarnations of Miss Anne)

Posted on April 22, 2012 by epbeaumont

The womb and tomb are the only authorized entrance and exit, respectively, into the condition of a slave.  In particular, no manner of self-initiated egress is recognized.  Which in plain language means: you are not to run away, and if … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction: A birthday of sorts

Posted on April 20, 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 a … Continue reading →

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Genre Trouble: urban fantasy (the city as character)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by epbeaumont

My Brain Sister and Beta is currently reading my novella The Lost Pissarro. She had the following comments: “One of the things I thought was cool: it keeps in the spirit of urban fantasy because Minneapolis is a character. If … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 15 April 2012 (The Reincarnations of Miss Anne)

Posted on April 15, 2012 by epbeaumont

Welcome to the wonderful world of perpetual servitude.  You won’t have gotten the orientation packet at the door, because you don’t read, not if you have any sense of self-preservation.  It’s worth anybody’s life to teach you that, so don’t … Continue reading →

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Flash fiction: There were exceptions for everything but this

Posted on April 13, 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): There … Continue reading →

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Genre Trouble: Pulp and Proud

Posted on April 10, 2012 by epbeaumont

I owe a considerable debt to my writing buddy Devin Harnois, who handed me a couple of books and said, “You need to read these, because I thought you already had.” 

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Six Sentence Sunday, 8 April 2012 (The Reincarnations of Miss Anne)

Posted on April 8, 2012 by epbeaumont

The rain sluices down Hennepin Avenue and the bus to Utopia is nowhere in sight.  On the other end of that bus line, a crescent-shaped harbor looks out upon a blue sea, all the layers of color from sand-filtered emerald … Continue reading →

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