Category Archives: Writing

Writing goals for the next six months

Posted on August 16, 2011 by epbeaumont

It’s better to start small than to promise big things and fall short. I’ve been modest in updating this blog, doing Six Sentence Sunday and the occasional during-the-week update. Nonetheless, I know myself for a “real writer” now (you know, … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 14 August 2011 (The Shape-shifter’s Tale)

Posted on August 14, 2011 by epbeaumont

I walk the colonnade of the vast stadium, its staircases rising past the locked gates. Along the top runs a frieze in which the counties are carved, all ninety-eight of them, geography in alphabetical order. The colonnade curves, outsize, all … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 7 August 2011 (Erika and the Vampire)

Posted on August 7, 2011 by epbeaumont

Erika knew who they were, Zack’s band, as if they weren’t totally blatant about it, with a name like Vlad and the Impalers. Vampire rock, with a lead singer named Drakul aka Drake, who used to be Zack. The drummer, … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 31 July 2011 (The Shape-shifter’s Tale)

Posted on July 31, 2011 by epbeaumont

My job was not a bad job, as my parents reminded me. It was quite a good job, actually, for someone who was not in college (could not be in college), and through one connection or another I had gotten … Continue reading →

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More Lessons from Six Sentence Sunday: Of Sizzle and Slush

Posted on July 29, 2011 by epbeaumont

I signed up for Six Sentence Sunday again this week, so I know what I’m going to be doing this Sunday: reading other people’s posts. Thank heaven for browsers with tabs. I go through the list of links for the … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday, 24 July 2011 (The Shape-shifter’s Tale)

Posted on July 24, 2011 by epbeaumont

I walked across the bridge, watching the wind ruffle the leaves and bits of disused trash blow across the sidewalk: a playbill from a cabaret evening, a lottery ticket, a torn bit of newspaper no longer legible. It didn’t matter. … Continue reading →

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What I am learning from Six Sentence Sunday

Posted on July 21, 2011 by epbeaumont

Well, I just signed up for Six Sentence Sunday, yet again, and I’m thinking about what I find so compelling about this exercise. The opportunity to see the work of other writers. Most of the folks writing it are doing … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday: 17 July 2011 (The Shape-shifter’s Tale)

Posted on July 17, 2011 by epbeaumont

On my way out, I stopped at the restroom. There are two of them, two little rooms side by side, decorated with photographs in frames and chandeliers with dangling lusters overhead. As I washed my hands, I looked at the … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday: 10 July 2011 (The Shape-shifter’s Tale)

Posted on July 10, 2011 by epbeaumont

“Babushka tells me lots of stories. How the forest witches came to Petersburg after the deforestation.” “Why not go further east?” “That was already taken.” I thought of the fox I’d seen that morning, trotting through the imitation English cloister … Continue reading →

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Writing with friends, or the fine art of getting it done

Posted on July 9, 2011 by epbeaumont

One of the mysteries of writing, or indeed any art form, is the gravitation of audience. If somebody’s paying attention in a friendly way, sometimes even if they’re just in the same room, it works. I’m musing on this Eternal … Continue reading →

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