Category Archives: Books

Last Linkdump of the Year

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Cora

At Locus Online, Kameron Hurley has a great post about how focussing exclusively on all the big ideas and cool worldbuilding might not be the best way to sell your SF or fantasy novel to a general audience and that … Continue reading →

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New Silencer story available: Elevator of Doom

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Cora

Yes, it’s another new release announcement, but I promise that this is the last one for 2013. Besides, this announcement marks the return of the Silencer, my 1930s style masked pulp avenger. After narrowly escaping the electric chair in Countdown … Continue reading →

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Anthology “Something for the Journey” hits bestseller lists and more from the authors

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Cora

Something for the Journey, the charity anthology in which I have a story (see this post from yesterday), has just hit the category top 100 lists at Amazon UK and Amazon Germany: Here is Amazon UK: Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #13,289 … Continue reading →

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New Anthology available: Something for the Journey

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Cora

Yes, it’s another new release announcement. But don’t worry, this blog won’t be turning into wall to wall promo and things should be back to normal after the holidays. Besides, this announcement is for a very good cause, for the … Continue reading →

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An Anthology and an Interview

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Cora

I already mentioned several times that there would be more announcements coming in the next few days and here is another, because I had a short story accepted for an upcoming charity anthology. The anthology will be called Something For … Continue reading →

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New German short story available – Neue Kurzgeschichte auf Deutsch erhältlich: Die Liebe in den Zeiten des Frischkornmüslis

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Cora

I told you that there would be more new release announcements in the time leading up to the holidays and here is another, this time for the German edition of Love in the Times of the Macrobiotic Müsli. In case … Continue reading →

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The latest on diversity in genre fiction and other mixed links

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Cora

The monster winter storm Xaver has retreated to more easterly shores and is currently annoying Finland, Sweden and the three Baltic States. However, Xaver or rather the snow and hail he brought us thoroughly messed up St. Nicholas Day before … Continue reading →

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Saint Barbara Day Linkdump

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Cora

December 4 is the feast day of Saint Barbara, a martyred virgin and Catholic saint. It’s the only saint feast day that I – not being Catholic – can name without looking it up*, partly because my Mom’s first name … Continue reading →

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Diversity, Mirrors and Narcissism

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Cora

The offensive and debate sparking post of the week comes once again courtesy of Amazing Stories, where Felicity Savage somehow manages to link the current fashion for so-called “selfies”, i.e. self-portraits usually taken with cellphone cameras, to the call for … Continue reading →

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Bundle up with Speculative Fiction Bundles at DriveThruFiction

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Cora

One thing I like about DriveThruFiction, a small speculative fiction and RPG focussed e-book retailer, is the ability to create bundles of several e-books at a reduced price. I currently have two bundles available at DriveThruFiction, the Arr, Matey! Pirate … Continue reading →

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