Monthly Archives: November 2011

A Birthday and a Funeral

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday was one of those really awful days which leave you utterly tired without having accomplished anything. Because I had to go to both a birthday and a funeral.

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Teen drama, some housekeeping and ruminations on Mad Men

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Cora

My afternoon class today descended into a mess of teen drama complete with kids sulking, running from the classroom, swearing to hate each other forever and so on. No tears at least – thank heavens for small mercies. The initiating … Continue reading →

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No Post Today

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Cora

Sorry, but there is no new blogpost here today. I probably would have posted something, but since my writing time will be cut short due to family obligations this weekend, I’d rather get some writing done now. However, I have … Continue reading →

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Two announcements and two links

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Cora

First the announcements: All Pegasus Pulp e-books are now available in various formats at DriveThruFiction. Check them out, particularly if you’re into RPGs. Pegasus Pulp fantasy books are now also listed at Paranormal Indies. And now the links: At Bryan … Continue reading →

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Pegasus Pulp e-books now available DriveThruFiction

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Cora

Nope, I’m not going to get into the whole indie versus traditional publishing debate going on right now, complete with namecalling on both sides. It’s an ugly discussion and utterly unnecessary, because no one ever said that it had to … Continue reading →

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Celebrities being arseholes about Occupy Wall Street

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Cora

Legendary comic writer/artist Frank Miller is proving himself to be an arsehole over the Occupy movement. Well, I never liked his work as much as many others, even in my comic reading days – overrated and way too much problematic … Continue reading →

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The link between the Occupy movement and V for Vendetta or Downton Abbey respectively – and some other stuff

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Cora

I have come across a lot of interesting links of late, so here is a linkdump:

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Plagiarism is not Art – Q.R. Markham, Helene Hegemann and the Excuses of Cheaters

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Cora

There is more information on the Q.R. Markham plagiarism case: Thriller author Jeremy Duns, who was duped into blurbing the novel and running an interview with Q.R. Markham on his website, speaks out about discovering the plagiarism on his blog. … Continue reading →

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Misfits Season 3: Episode 1 and Vegas Baby

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Cora

Misfits, my favourite TV show of recent times, is back for its third season. For those who haven’t encountered this wonderful show yet, Misfits is about a bunch of juvenile delinquents from a London council estate (Thamesmead, where part of … Continue reading →

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Yet another plagiarism case

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Cora

We have a new plagiarism case and this time it’s not a politician but a thriller author named Q.R. Markham whose debut novel Assassin of Secrets was found to be so heavily plagiarized that the publisher withdrew it from sale. … Continue reading →

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