Category Archives: Books

Awards, Writing and E-Books

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Cora

I’m tired and busy, so here is a linkdump, mostly writing and e-book related: The Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair, one of Germany’s three most important literary awards, has been won by the 28-year-old Austrian writer Clemens J. Setz … Continue reading →

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A quick e-book post

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Cora

Regarding this whole e-book thing, I have pretty much decided on the first piece I will put up and what I want on the cover, so now it was only a matter of finding the right image and the right … Continue reading →

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Let us now kick someone else’s genre

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Cora

Yes, it’s definitely that time of year again, at least in the UK. Yesterday, we had Stephen Hunt complaining about anti-speculative fiction bias on The Culture Show and today we have M. John Harrison complaining about an admittedly stupid Guardian … Continue reading →

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Deadly car crashes, the neverending death match of genre versus literary fiction, some e-books and some sex

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Cora

It’s that time of the year (or month?) again. The great literary vs. genre fiction death match enters round 316. This time around the initiating event was a BBC program entitled The books we really read, broadcast in honour of … Continue reading →

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Some more on the whole e-book thing

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Cora

Regarding Sunday’s e-book post, now that I’ve mentioned the possibility of putting out some of my stuff in e-book form, I might as well say some more: So first of all, what would you put out? Like I mentioned in … Continue reading →

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Midweek Writing Links

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Cora

I’m working on a longer post, but meanwhile there has been a lot of interesting writing discussion going on the internet. So here are some writing links.

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The debate that would not die

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Cora

I’m still terribly tired. It’s probably spring coming, either that or I’ve caught some kind of bug and my body is fighting it off. Meanwhile, the “nihilism in epic fantasy” debate just refuses to die. Which is actually a good … Continue reading →

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Writing, Spaghetti Sauce, Sex, Gender Relations, Anti-Semitic Bees and Hollywood Woes

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Cora

I’m inexplicably tired today, so here’s a Sunday linkdump: Here is Dan Kois about why writers abandon novels at the New York Times. The short answer is, because they aren’t working, are broken beyond repair and have become a sprawling … Continue reading →

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My Mom discovers self-publishing and e-books

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Cora

Today, my Mom called me and asked me if I’d heard of this Amanda Hocking person (she actually got the name wrong, but I knew whom she meant) who is selling a million ebooks and making seventy percent on every … Continue reading →

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Sex versus Death

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Cora

Only a short post today, cause I’m tired. Yesterday evening, I was at the monthly translators’ meet-up, had some crawfish pasta and red wine and a nice chat with some colleagues. Unsurprisingly, there was much griping about zu Guttenberg. Talking … Continue reading →

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