Monthly Archives: May 2014

Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 11 May 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on May 11, 2014 by epbeaumont

It wouldn’t be for at least a year (an eternity at seventeen and eighteen) that the rota would come round to pair us, if it ever did , so I took matters into my own hands, and invited Jehen on … Continue reading →

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Genre Trouble: The Genre Queer Manifesto (For Young Writers Who Have Contemplated the Genre Straitjacket, When the Story is Enough)

Posted on May 10, 2014 by epbeaumont

(For Stephanie, on the occasion of her MFA.)In November 2010, I finished my first ever NaNo novel, the first one that had a completed story arc, the first one that I could hand over to beta readers.  I sent it … Continue reading →

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Goals: process goals

Posted on May 7, 2014 by epbeaumont

So for the record, my idea of professional output is 7500-10,000 words a day. Right now I’m 1/10 of the way there for today.

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Getting the Groove Back (Part 2): the fine art of multi-tasking

Posted on May 7, 2014 by epbeaumont

As I’m working on getting up to my notion of pro status, there are the product goals (stuff to finish, revise, publish) and process goals (daily output, hours devoted to writing). Today I am working on getting work done on … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Headspace

Posted on May 6, 2014 by epbeaumont

Once upon a time on the Original World, there was an old man who traded one eye for wisdom. The story is ancient; it came with us on the journey-ships, and traversed the Original Jump. Scholars tell us that it … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, in another part of the cosmos (Live from the Tuesday write-in: Ship’s Heart)

Posted on May 6, 2014 by epbeaumont

One of the delights of being an independent writer is that you can write in whatever order you like. My friends and I caught the trilogy bug, but I decided to write book 2 first. Now I am writing book … Continue reading →

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Bricklaying: slow start to a new novel (Ship’s Heart)

Posted on May 6, 2014 by epbeaumont

Some writing is like flying: an exhilarating natural process that nonetheless feels like pure magic. Some writing proceeds at walking pace, like a conversation. And some writing is work: writing down one sentence after another, like laying bricks. It’s not … Continue reading →

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Spring at last!

Posted on May 5, 2014 by epbeaumont

And it’s finally acting like spring here, which means actually sweating when I run for the bus, sniffling from all the tree pollen (very romantic season if you’re a tree), and listening to the birds getting lively outside the window … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 4 May 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on May 4, 2014 by epbeaumont

I am still absorbing the shock of seeing Jehen again after fifteen years, as long as Martisset yr Astok the Elder served as a starship captain. He retired to pursue clan-politics, which are the politics of Karis and the Inhabited … Continue reading →

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Writing in Community: the mirror of friends, and the backward glance

Posted on May 3, 2014 by epbeaumont

Two weeks ago, I learned about a writing grant opportunity, with about a week to put together an application. I struggled, but I didn’t make the deadline. The project that most needed outside help was also the project that was … Continue reading →

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