Tag Archives: Excerpt

Meanwhile, in another part of the cosmos (Live from the Tuesday write-in: Ship’s Heart)

Posted on May 6, 2014 by epbeaumont

One of the delights of being an independent writer is that you can write in whatever order you like. My friends and I caught the trilogy bug, but I decided to write book 2 first. Now I am writing book … Continue reading →

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Bricklaying: slow start to a new novel (Ship’s Heart)

Posted on May 6, 2014 by epbeaumont

Some writing is like flying: an exhilarating natural process that nonetheless feels like pure magic. Some writing proceeds at walking pace, like a conversation. And some writing is work: writing down one sentence after another, like laying bricks. It’s not … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 4 May 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on May 4, 2014 by epbeaumont

I am still absorbing the shock of seeing Jehen again after fifteen years, as long as Martisset yr Astok the Elder served as a starship captain. He retired to pursue clan-politics, which are the politics of Karis and the Inhabited … Continue reading →

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May Day post: Citizen of Utopia (from The Reincarnations of Miss Anne)

Posted on May 1, 2014 by epbeaumont

It’s a dream, of course: the Customs stop where you declare your goods, your self, your intentions, your history, your citizenship, your blood and bone.  What are your intentions, what you seek, where you seek it, whence you come and … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 27 April 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on April 27, 2014 by epbeaumont

Once I would have said I wanted “freedom” — the freedom to range, to explore, to soar as high as I liked — but I wouldn’t have said that, because freedom was the atmosphere in which I swam. Once I … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 20 April 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on April 19, 2014 by epbeaumont

I never explained our ways to anyone else until I went away to the Academy (“the Academy at Karis” as it is known in the Inhabited Worlds). Then I met Jehen and her half-sister Yasmin and half-brother Ferenc, which changed … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 13 April 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on April 13, 2014 by epbeaumont

My best friend — what a childish notion. I am very much older and wiser than anyone who would ask such a thing. I am one of a court; I remember those soirees and airship-parties when I was a student … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 6 April 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on April 6, 2014 by epbeaumont

It’s said that life Aboard-Ships is monotonous, and I only wish that it were so. When Martisset yr Astok and Karisalay whose clan-name I don’t know refused to sit at table with myself and the Immortal — a diplomatic incident … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 30 March 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on March 29, 2014 by epbeaumont

Temn’s airship was piloted by AIs keyed to his nervous system; should anyone assassinate him, the ship would self-destruct. The food was delicious, and the fittings gorgeous. I didn’t want to live like a grubber. So Ship’s fare does not excite nostalgia, … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Warriors: Sunday 23 March 2014 (Character Interview: Inside the Jump)

Posted on March 23, 2014 by epbeaumont

Temn’s niece Martisset will be extended the offer once more;  I think that he has an odd partiality to her, in spite of her past refusal of his projects. Clever, if she meant to take power. Each time he offers … Continue reading →

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