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Summer NaNo: something is more than nothing
So I wrote a few words, and am waiting still for disaster to strike–because it must, or there is no plot. Tonight’s mantra: “Something is more than nothing.”
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Flash fiction: Middle management
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: A story in 200 … Continue reading
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Flash fiction: Painted smile
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: The raindrops painted a silent … Continue reading
So, what do I think about the electronic publishing game?
On break from the day job, so I have been getting caught up on my reading. No hope of that, but we do it anyway. It’s like trying to swim the Pacific Ocean. That list includes nonfiction sources for this … Continue reading
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In between times… resting
It felt odd not to write today. I read, and I rested, and that was it. The story is cooking, and I am not sure where it’s going. It’s cold outside and I spent the day dozing on the couch … Continue reading
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NaNoFeed: In the meantime, in between time, ain’t we got fun
The two things that are great about a write-in are: 1) writing, and 2) not writing. The basic theory, of course, is that we’re all getting together to place Butt in Chair with headphones on, and using the Power of … Continue reading
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NaNoFeed: Writing Friends
We all get by with a little help from our friends. One of the things that I’ve gotten from National Novel Writing Month is writing friends: a whole passel of them. The first time I did the challenge, I was … Continue reading
NaNoFeed: Day One, eyes like fried eggs
Yeah, eleven hours at the cafe (and yes, we followed the Coffee House Rules and bought stuff and tipped generously throughout)… and the teenytiny screen with the NaNoWriMo site up… OK, maybe a little bit too much. But I scored … Continue reading
Why do you read stories?
It’s actually not too different from why I write stories. I read stories… to find out what happens next. I didn’t realize how powerful a force narrative was until I was reading in my second language (French). I had the … Continue reading
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Go, little book…
… so this past weekend (about a thousand years ago) I did my internet research and wrote my query letter and my synopsis, did one last read-through of the manuscript, and sent it off. So I made my September 1 … Continue reading
E. P. Beaumont 