Category Archives: Writing

NaNoFeed: this year’s challenge (Writing for the Beloved Reader)

Posted on October 9, 2017 by epbeaumont

National Novel Writing Month is a fresh challenge for me every year because I use it for an opportunity to try something new. Last year’s challenge, which has become this year’s practice, was Small Writing. This year, I’m going back … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: Beginning again (2017 project)

Posted on October 8, 2017 by epbeaumont

It’s been nearly a year since I posted here, so I’m beginning again with my tenth National Novel Writing project, Night Shift Variations. NIght Shift Variations: Tales from the Hidden Hours On either side of the story-gate between here and there, … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: on sorting through the debris field, and the art of explosition

Posted on November 2, 2016 by epbeaumont

So in my NaNoFeed post about not being the pope of the non-existent One True NaNo, I wrote this piece of deathless wisdom: Some of the best mysteries are about sorting through the debris field to figure out what happened. … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors (Sunday 30 October) character interview #2, The Clone’s Complaint

Posted on October 30, 2016 by epbeaumont

​Each week, Weekend Writing Warriors presents a selection of excerpts from writers in a variety of genres. Check out the other offerings here. *** A Ship is huge by the standards of a shuttle, but by the standards of a planet, … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors (Sunday 23 October 2016): The Clone’s Complaint (character interview)

Posted on October 23, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each week, Weekend Writing Warriors presents a selection of excerpts from writers in a variety of genres. Check out the other offerings here. *** Who was Phila, anyway? What a question to ask, after I’ve spent two decades working my way … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: There is no One True NaNo and I am Not the Pope of It

Posted on October 19, 2016 by epbeaumont

Two years ago, I got recruited as a Municipal Liaison for National Novel Writing Month. One of my less visible duties alongside my colleagues is to moderate threads on our regional forum. So of course my first question was “What’s … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: banner reveal

Posted on October 19, 2016 by epbeaumont
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NaNoFeed: 2016 project is official!

Posted on October 18, 2016 by epbeaumont

This year’s NaNoWriMo project will be The Clone’s Complaint – read all about it here! We’ve been building up to this one for some time, with character interview excerpts. And here’s the cover reveal! If you think you’d like to … Continue reading →

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Publication: “Their Song”

Posted on October 18, 2016 by epbeaumont

This week my second published poem, Their Song, appears in Strange Horizons.

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Weekend Writing Warriors (Sunday 16 October 2016): The Clone’s Complaint (character interview)

Posted on October 16, 2016 by epbeaumont

Each week, Weekend Writing Warriors presents a selection of excerpts from writers in a variety of genres. Check out the other offerings here. *** I know who she was. I’m bigger, I’m stronger, I’m faster. If Naime were to come back … Continue reading →

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