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Author Archives: Cora
Bear on Grimdark, Burroughs on Writing and some Pretty Covers
I was going to post some photos of my daytrip to Celle on May 1st, but something’s come up, so have some links instead: Elizabeth Bear remarks upon the relentless darkness of the SFF genre and of its inability to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Links, Writing
Tagged Edgar Rice Burroughs, epic fantasy, fandom wank, grimdark, judge a book by its cover, linkdump, romance, writing advice
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It’s plagiarism season again
It seemed as if the political plagiarism frenzy had come to an end after the last of the politicians found to have plagiarized their doctoral thesis lost her degree in a revision of a decision from the 1980s. Now, however, … Continue reading
May Day Links with Bonus Cover
Today was May Day a.k.a. Labour Day, which is a public holiday practically everywhere except for the US. We took the opportunity for a day trip to Celle, a town some 120 kilometers southeast of Bremen. So expect photos of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Links, Writing
Tagged Doctor Who, international writer, judge a book by its cover, Misfits, politics, sports, writing craft, YA fiction
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A new release just in time for May Day: Muse & Crisis
As I hinted yesterday, I have a new e-book available. It’s called Muse & Crisis and is a bumper edition of two fantasy short stories, which both deal with the themes of creativity, inspiration and artistic demons. The upload issues … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged fantasy, my books, Pegasus Pulp, shameless self-promo, short fiction
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Walpurgis Night Linkdump
Well, it was either Walpurgis Night or Koninginnedag. I’d actually hoped to announce a new release today, but OmniLit/AllRomance is having upload issues today, so have a linkdump instead: Ellen DeGeneres attempts to record the audio book edition of Fifty … Continue reading
Posted in Links
Tagged epic fantasy, erotica, funny, Game of Thrones, gender, gothic novel, historical fantasy, historical fiction, linkdump, relentless darkness, short fiction, Star Wars
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Birthday Photos Redux
Today, I finally got to have that birthday lunch with my parents and aunt and uncle that was scheduled for last week, but had to be postponed due to my aunt having a doctor appointment. In fact, I lucked out … Continue reading
Grunge – Dead and Undead
Today at school, the term “Grunge” came up in a text my 9th graders were reading. The girl who was reading at the time stumbled over the word and mispronounced it, which isn’t exactly uncommon. I had another student from … Continue reading
Another Fifty Shades of Grey Discussion
The Guardian reports that the enormous success of Fifty Shades of Grey has pushed erotic fiction into the mainstream and is making even big publishers take notice. Well, I for one thought the success of the early erotic romance e-publishers … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged erotica, genre wank, romance, you say porn as if that's a bad thing
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Yet another interview and a few links
First of all, I’m interviewed by Debra L. Martin and David W. Small at Two Ends of the Pen today. Otherwise, I’ve been very busy these past few days, so there hasn’t been a whole lot of blogging going on … Continue reading
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Tagged children's books, Game of Thrones, interviews, Star Wars, US TV
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Another Interview with Cora
Today, I am interviewed by Scarlett Rugers at 1001 First Lines, so come on over and say hello. I also interviewed Scarlett on my blog last month, just in case you didn’t see it.
