Category Archives: Books

Read Like a Pirate

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Cora

September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. So if ye landlubbers be lookin’ for some piratey reads, we be havin’ what ye be lookin’ for. Cause here at Pegasus Pulp, we be havin’ two piratey tales for sale. … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Scandals and some Links

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Cora

At the Pegasus Pulp blog, I chronicle the latest developments in the sockpuppet review scandal in a series of three posts and respond to some of the more hyperbolic sockpuppeting defenses, which liken being against fake sockpuppet reviews to being … Continue reading →

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SF is dying – again – and gritty epic fantasy is gritty

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Cora

It’s the time of year for the annual “SF is dying” lament again. This time around the chorus is led by Paul Kincaid, who reviews three “Year’s Best” anthologies and finds them lacking (too many old tropes, too many space … Continue reading →

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Introducing E-Books in German – Einige meiner E-Books gibt es jetzt auch auf Deutsch

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Cora

I’ve got an announcement to make today, because I used some of the lazy hazy hot days of summer to translate two of my short stories into German. Which means that Pegasus Pulp now also has a line of German … Continue reading →

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The 2012 Hugo Awards and remembering Dr. Sommer

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Cora

Over at the Pegasus Pulp blog, I have a round-up of links about the current uproar about fake and paid for reviews. L.G. Gale has a good post about what SFF writers can learn from the romance genre. Found via … Continue reading →

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Late August Links

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Cora

I seem to have caught some kind of bug, because I haven’t been feeling well these past few days. Plus, I managed to scald myself with hot tea today, when the handle broke off my tea cup and the contents … Continue reading →

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New Collection Available: Heartache

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Cora

Yeah, these announcements are coming hard and fast at the moment (there’ll be more soon). But then I have summer holidays at the moment and the extreme heat of the past few days made it impossible to work anywhere except … Continue reading →

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Two Book Cover Links and Two Notable Deaths

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Cora

The Guardian has an interesting article about twenty different theories of book cover design, mostly of the abstract kind. I like quite a few of those, though my own covers tend more towards the concrete. More book cover talk: Shannon … Continue reading →

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Just Cool Links

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Cora

At the Guardian, Damien Walter points out that being male is not a prerequisite for writing hard SF. It’s a decent article, though IMO mentioning M. John Harrison in an article about women writing hard SF is not quite appropriate, … Continue reading →

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New Collection Available: Murder in the Family

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Cora

I have a new e-book out, a collection of nine short crime stories in the style of the “abgeschlossene Kurzkrimis” (self-contained crime shorts) that used to be found (and still are on occasion) in the backpages of German magazines. So … Continue reading →

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