Category Archives: Books

New Book Trailer for El Carnicero

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Cora

I had so much fun using xtranormal to make a book trailer for the Silencer series that I went and made another trailer for El Carnicero, my regency adventure romance. Xtranormal offers cartoon versions of historical figures, so the trailer … Continue reading →

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Dinosaurs, Bestsellers and Nebula Awards

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Cora

First of all, Outlaw Love is a top three e-book bestseller and a top ten book (i.e. print and e-book combined) bestseller in the western category at Amazon Germany. For more, read this post at the Pegasus Pulp blog. Because … Continue reading →

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New Book Trailer for the Silencer series

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Cora

I made a book trailer for my Silencer stories via xtranormal, a cool site where you can make movies using CGI characters. Check it out below the cut:

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A Rather Romance-Heavy Linkdump

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Cora

I had a dreadful day at school today with some of my fifth-graders acting up so badly that I had to get the headmaster involved. The class was always okay before, but we got new students and two of them … Continue reading →

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Book pimpage, a bold student and Cora is out of touch with romance reader tastes

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Cora

First of all, happy book release day to Elke Marion Weiß whose debut crime novel Triangel is published today. Elke was one of my teachers at university. In other news, today I had an eighth-grader ask me whether I had … Continue reading →

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Who is afraid of the sparkly vampire?

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Cora

At the Guardian, Stuart Heritage complains that vampires, werewolves and zombies just plain aren’t scary anymore and blames Twilight. The list of complaints are things we’ve all heard a thousand times before. Vampires and werewolves are no longer scary these … Continue reading →

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Gloom and Doom post over at Pegasus Pulp

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Cora

I don’t have a post here today, but I just wanted to make a quick shout out to my latest post over at the Pegasus Pulp blog with links to and analysis of several gloom and doom “Wah, the book … Continue reading →

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Site redesign and a new story: The Apocalypse Protocol

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Cora

You may have noticed some changes to the site, because with my growing backlist (13 e-books and counting), the old books page was getting crowded. Hence, I now have a new books page with links to genre pages, which in … Continue reading →

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Report Day Links

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Cora

Today is report day, i.e. the students get their report cards, which also means a long weekend, because school doesn’t start up again until next Wednesday. And since today was the last day before the reports and the last session … Continue reading →

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Yet More on the Review Uproar

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Cora

There is yet more on the current review controversy. So here is a whole lot of links on all sides of the issue:

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