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Go, little book…

Posted on September 1, 2011 by epbeaumont

… 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 →

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Lessons from National Novel Writing Month: a charter for your novel

Posted on August 25, 2011 by epbeaumont

One of the really valuable lessons of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is thinking out what you love and what you hate in a novel. In Chris Baty’s classic manual for the event, No Plot? No Problem!, this is called … Continue reading →

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Novel soup, or how to cook a superhero romance

Posted on August 22, 2011 by epbeaumont

Novel pre-writing is a lot like making soup. Here’s the stuff I threw in the cookpot for my Superhero Romance project, currently in raw draft and being beta-read: Superhero romance. OK, for some reason I liked the setup. I read … Continue reading →

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Goals check-in (September 1 goal): we have a draft!

Posted on August 20, 2011 by epbeaumont

Well, I’ve met part of my goal for September 1 (see last post): the superhero romance is in raw draft, at 33,000 words. I took off some vacation days from Ye Olde Day Jobbe to do that (what better use … Continue reading →

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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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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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