Monthly Archives: April 2015

Genre Trouble: All Art is Interactive (or Why There Are Many Ways to Review)

Posted on April 30, 2015 by epbeaumont

As I have been reading and reviewing, I’ve listened to a lot of conversations about the “right” way to review. Part of the current backlash against People Who Are Not Our Demographic Producing Things We Produce (be that video games, … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 26 April 2015 (WIP: Ship’s Heart, character interview)

Posted on April 26, 2015 by epbeaumont

Downbelow, the Inhabitants make music in the infrared, and I bathe my own inhabitants (those lower-case, the Humans) in subtle movements of warmth. I wear my history, in the constant circulation of signals, in the minute dents in the hull; … Continue reading →

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Ship’s Heart: Naime the Shipwright (character interview)

Posted on April 23, 2015 by epbeaumont

My day, or rather, my Day, is counted differently now that I am no longer mortal, or rather, embodied in a mortal frame.

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Goals: Sick Days

Posted on April 23, 2015 by epbeaumont

In Kris Rusch’s Freelancer’s Survival Guide, there’s a great guideline for when to take sick days. If your Toughest Boss Ever would have said, “Go home, you’re sick,” then take the day. Well, my Toughest Boss Ever is me. I … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 19 April 2015 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Posted on April 19, 2015 by epbeaumont

Mavra turned to Ferenc. “It’s a story, but yes, on Karis they did once cut throats on the altar of the Queen of the Snows. For treason and for disobeying clan-affiliation rules, but they haven’t done that in recent times, … Continue reading →

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Ship’s Heart: Naime the Shipwright (character interview)

Posted on April 16, 2015 by epbeaumont

Sick with a spring cold and/or allergies, and still struggling with nonfiction writing. So instead, another fictional excerpt which is more than a propos to some of our current questions. *** Love is atmosphere, it’s safety, it’s the circle within … Continue reading →

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Ship’s Heart: Naime the Shipwright (character interview)

Posted on April 15, 2015 by epbeaumont

I am Naime-Martisset yr Astok. My parents and their marriage-patron are long dead, as am I. I persist now as a memory, one of the Ship’s-Hearts, though it’s no longer a ship, really, but … that’s another story. Too long … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 12 April 2015 (WIP: Ship’s Heart)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by epbeaumont

Ferenc and the little ones darted between them, imitating the dancers who fell when the light stabbed across them. The song rose to a despairing shriek; the scene changed, without warning, to a dais on which the sole survivor stood, … Continue reading →

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The Not Really SF Short Story Challenge, or Hard SF Invades Literatania

Posted on April 11, 2015 by epbeaumont

It’s a bright and sunny day, excellent for a constitutional stroll, but Your Humble Author has been noodling around on Twitter, aka the Devil’s Workshop. Back in the halcyon Leaden Age of SF, mad scientists explained things at length and … Continue reading →

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Writer Tech (Technique): Lev Mirov on self-care, artistic practice, music, and the writerly zone

Posted on April 9, 2015 by epbeaumont

Edited version of chat interview on Friday, March 20, 2015 9:45 PM EPB: The first question, which I struggle with: what is the balance, for you, between artistic production and self-care? How has it changed over the years? LM: Well … Continue reading →

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