Tag Archives: NaNoWriMo

Finishing the darn thing…

Posted on December 6, 2011 by epbeaumont

… isn’t easy, but neither is landing a plane. In stories as in chess, the opening and the endgame open up abysses under our feet. Desperate to stuff all of the important parts into Necromancer and Barbarian before National Novel … Continue reading →

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Writing Goals check-in

Posted on December 5, 2011 by epbeaumont

It’s a snowy Monday night, and I’m still recovering from National Novel Writing Month. I wrote 85K words of novel draft alongside an estimated 10-15K words of blog posts (posting every day adds up fast). So we’re looking at a … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary endgame, or some thoughts about Happy Ending

Posted on December 3, 2011 by epbeaumont

I’ve been thinking about the whole question of the Happily Ever Ending as I’ve been thinking out the ending of my NaNo novels, The Shape-shifter’s Tale (2010) and The Reincarnations of Miss Anne (2009, unfinished).  The 2010 NaNo was the first … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed, the Sequel: What makes it all worth while

Posted on December 1, 2011 by epbeaumont

Exhausted and speedy all at once, after two days away from the novel. As my buddy Devin Harnois puts it, “I want to take a nap and conquer the world.” But tonight I went to our region’s TGIO (Thank God/Goodness … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: Genre Trouble, part 1

Posted on November 30, 2011 by epbeaumont

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’m taking a little time off from my novel … well, at this point, a one-day break. Tomorrow, December 1, I start work again. Last night I came home late and did what I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: a backward glance o’er traveled roads, or Quitting While Ahead

Posted on November 29, 2011 by epbeaumont

It’s November 29, and I’m done. The story is not finished; in fact, the story has developed not only legs but a few other appendages (tentacles, perhaps?) and is wildly propagating in unanticipated directions. I’m not sure if the things … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: Necromancer and Barbarian (six-sentence excerpt: the midsummer party)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by epbeaumont

She dozed in the starlight with his head on her shoulder and his soft hair on her neck and breast; the scintillating sky stretched overhead and the year to come lay open at this hinge of the year, a book … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: The Necromancer and the Barbarian: A Love Story (six sentences)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by epbeaumont

I counted, and this is six sentences (of mine) but I didn’t feel like waiting for the next Six Sentence Sunday (I’m scheduled out through New Year’s) so here it is. The setting is Berlin, c. 2025, following the Great … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: accidental flash fiction (“For once, there was no chaos”)

Posted on November 25, 2011 by epbeaumont

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 (and title): For … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: taking it as it comes (Thanksgiving Day)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by epbeaumont

A quiet day, which is my usual observance of this holiday. We had dinner with my mentor, a simple meal of baked fish and potatoes and salad, with cherry pie for dessert. No over-eating, no football, and no shopping. We … Continue reading →

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