Tag Archives: Writing

NaNoFeed: The Great Desert of the Interior

Posted on November 19, 2011 by epbeaumont

Most of a novel is middle. That’s where I am right now, and it’s both slow and terrifying. Slow, because it’s the middle, and I’m no longer propelled by the manic joy of the Beginning, where we set up all … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: The line between dedication and workaholism…

Posted on November 18, 2011 by epbeaumont

… shifts location, depending upon whom you ask. Once upon a time, Your Humble Author had a day job that ate her life, to the point where garlic and crosses availed naught, and the beast would not back down when … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: My Wicked Grandma, or encouragement from literary ancestors

Posted on November 16, 2011 by epbeaumont

In “real life,” which is to say in my biological family tree, I have a grandma and a great-aunt who ran off to Hollywood in the 1930s to be chorus girls. In my literary family tree, I have a wicked … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: Sex, Violence and Other Tests of Character

Posted on November 15, 2011 by epbeaumont

So tonight I made the experiment of coming home and writing for a bit before I turned in for the night. I ended up doing a variety of things, including starting a Twitter account, and exchanging tweets with a buddy… … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: Not Feeling It (but writing anyway)

Posted on November 15, 2011 by epbeaumont

Tuesday and I just finished another 10.5-hour day (well 9.5 hours if you subtract lunch) at Ye Olde Day Jobbe. I work what the feds call a compressed schedule, which is to say the whole week in four days. And … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: Dispatches from the Tour (#3) – full circle

Posted on November 12, 2011 by epbeaumont

It was an unseasonably warm November day today, which is to say in the sixties (F) by the afternoon, with watery sunshine even though the trees are bare. At the cafe, I was looking out onto the terrace with the … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: World-building by making stuff up

Posted on November 10, 2011 by epbeaumont

Some people plan out their worlds, and some people make them up. I like a mix of the two, because it sets up a neat tension. Right now, I’m working on my fifth piece of fiction set in the Shape-shifter universe, … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: The Stopwatch and the Word of Honor

Posted on November 9, 2011 by epbeaumont

The whole secret of being a professional writer is showing up to work. Whether you call it BIC (Butt in Chair) or daily practice, it consists of two simple components: the stopwatch and the word of honor. You make an … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: A picture worth a thousand words

Posted on November 8, 2011 by epbeaumont

Talked last night with Writing Buddy Devin Harnois about the cover design I have in mind for her opus Emma and the Air Pirates and it grows more real the more I talk about it. I decided a while ago … Continue reading →

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NaNoFeed: And here’s the excerpt! (link)

Posted on November 5, 2011 by epbeaumont

So (until October 2012, when they clear the NaNoWriMo site for the re-launch) here is the link to some excerpts from The Necromancer and the Barbarian: A Love Story. Feel free to comment here!

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