Category Archives: Books

New Charity Anthology available: Something to Take on the Trip

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Cora

I’ve mentioned before that I have a story in an upcoming charity anthology. The anthology Something to Take on the Trip, edited by Stella Wilkinson, is now available. It contains stories from 42 authors, including Kevin J. Anderson, David Gerrold … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: March 2014

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors (plus one small press book) newly published … Continue reading →

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Too tired to blog, so here’s something pretty

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Cora

Proper blogging will resume soon, but last week was really crazy. This week started out quieter, but then something really unpleasant happened, which pretty much ruined my sleep last night and left me rather zombified today. So instead, here is … Continue reading →

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An Interview and a Plug

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Cora

I have a story in an upcoming charity anthology called Something To Take On The Trip, edited by Stella Wilkinson. Like everybody else involved in the anthology, I donated the story to raise funds for Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, … Continue reading →

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Look what the mailman bought

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Cora

I’ve mentioned before that I’ve got a story in a charity anthology called Something for the Journey, edited by Stella Wilkinson. Now of course I already have an e-book version of the anthology, but I wanted a physical edition as … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Scandals

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Cora

March 8 is International Women’s Day. Time to talk about awesome women, even though at least the SFF community is still stuck talking about a man. International Women’s Day has never been a big deal in Germany, even though the … Continue reading →

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New Romantic Suspense Novelette Available: New York City’s Finest

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Cora

It’s new release time again. This time around, I have a new crime novelette to announce, first in a possible romantic suspense series. I’m a big fan of using online generator for story ideas and writing prompts. One of my … Continue reading →

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The media spin machine at full power or This is totally not what happened

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Cora

We’re still talking about the eight hour stint of Jonathan Ross as Hugo host and indeed the debate about the whole issue has now lasted much longer than Jonathan Ross ever was the official Hugo host (for my previous posts … Continue reading →

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The eight-hour Hugo host

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Cora

It’s certainly hard to be an SFF fan these days, since the genre can’t seem to go two weeks without a major uproar. This latest go-around started around noon on Saturday. I’d just had lunch and went onto the Internet … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: February 2014

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors (plus one small press book) newly published … Continue reading →

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