Author Archives: epbeaumont

Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 10 April 2016 (character interview)

Posted on April 10, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** In the land of the dead, of course, we don’t eat. But call on lore older … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 3 April 2016 (Ship’s Heart)

Posted on April 3, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** Yasmin Sure-Hand had seen a lot of mourning, back home and here at the Academy. … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 27 March 2016 (Character interview: Taryn the Outlander)

Posted on March 27, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** I thought this would be a sweet voyage, a chance to have a bit of … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 20 March 2016 (Character interview: Taryn the Outlander)

Posted on March 20, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** Our Arna, on the other hand, pretends to care only for her space-travel simulations. From … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 13 March 2016 (Character interview: Yasmin-3)

Posted on March 13, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** “The Piter mysteries are classics,” Phila’s sister said, “and you should see them some time. Iric’s … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 6 March 2016 (Character interview: Yasmin-3)

Posted on March 5, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** My clan-sister Martisset quietly turned down her Captain’s commission, after a private meeting with Temn yr … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 28 February 2016 (Character interview: Yasmin-3)

Posted on February 28, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** I miss Phila, of course, but with the years — now I am twenty-four — … Continue reading →

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In support of Mark Oshiro: my shit experience at CONQuesT 2013

Posted on February 23, 2016 by epbeaumont

This is in response to Mark Oshiro’s harassment at CONQuesT, described here *** I was unlucky enough to get tapped for a self-pub panel at CONQuest (Kansas City 2013) that consisted of me and two gatekeepers who bloviated the entire … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 21 February 2016 (Character interview: Yasmin-3)

Posted on February 20, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each Sunday, Weekend Writing Warriors offers a selection of eight-sentence excerpts from writers in multiple genres and forms. Check out the full roster here. *** Who was Phila? I don’t know, but he comes back to me in savors, like … Continue reading →

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Writer Tech(nique): the Sandwich Theory of Non-Chronological Composition

Posted on February 16, 2016 by epbeaumont

No, it is not “start at the beginning and proceed through the middle till you get to the end.” Seriously not. Especially because people hang up with “but what’s the beginning?” I now lay upon you: The Sandwich Theory. How to … Continue reading →

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