Monthly Archives: January 2011

Tech Stuff

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Cora

I am generally happy with my comment spam catcher, but can anyone tell me why the spam catcher always automatically dumps pingbacks and trackbacks, including pingbacks to my own posts, into the spam folder? I’m obviously not spamming my own … Continue reading →

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Vampires and Supervillains

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Cora

Here are two posts on vampires from Theodora Goss and Nathan Ballingrud. What unites both of them as well as many others in the speculative fiction community is that they see the romanticization of the vampire in decent years as … Continue reading →

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Historical Fatigue Redux – and I find myself agreeing with Bertolt Brecht

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Cora

I’ve been thinking a bit more about my current historical fatigue. It seems to me as if way too many historicals, whether written or filmed, are focussed mainly on the absolute upper echelons of society. Downton Abbey – the much … Continue reading →

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Historical Fatigue

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Cora

In the past few days, I’ve seen several Americans go all crazy about Downton Abbey on the Internet. Here’s an example from Smart Bitches, Trashy Book. There are similar posts elsewhere. Reading the Smart Bitches and similar posts reminded me … Continue reading →

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Linkdump for a busy day

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Cora

I finished up that big translation job, but I’m pretty done for. So here’s a couple of neat links: Damien G. Walter has a neat post about what a writer has to do in order to write. For the linguistically … Continue reading →

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Wah – Evil Foreigners are ruining Hollywood – Again!

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Cora

The Atlantic has an article about how international audiences are killing off the comedy and western genres* in Hollywood by refusing to watch American comedies and westerns. Screeds like this one show up almost as regularly as pronouncements of the … Continue reading →

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Quick Post and a Link

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Cora

I’m still not feeling well and spending three hours grocery shopping in crowded supermarkets yesterday afternoon didn’t help either. So in lieu of a proper post, here’s an interview with Patricia Briggs. Housekeeping: I’ve IP-banned a really annoying and persistent … Continue reading →

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Fire, Pulp and Romance

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Cora

First the good news, the Moerdijk fire I mentioned in my post yesterday is under control. Locals are still warned to keep their doors and windows closed and not to eat vegetables grown in the open. Shipping on the Hollandse … Continue reading →

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A Blaze from the Past

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Cora

I had a busy day today. First, I visited my aunt in the hospital, then I attended the monthly translators meet-up at Leo’s Restaurant in Bremen. While rushing from the hospital to the restaurant, I passed through the central station. … Continue reading →

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A Bouquet of Writing Links

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Cora

I don’t really have anything of interest to say, too busy with translating and writing to do much else, so have a couple of writing links instead: Theodora Goss has a great post on the importance of writing every day. … Continue reading →

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