Category Archives: Books

A new release just in time for May Day: Muse & Crisis

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Cora

As I hinted yesterday, I have a new e-book available. It’s called Muse & Crisis and is a bumper edition of two fantasy short stories, which both deal with the themes of creativity, inspiration and artistic demons. The upload issues … Continue reading →

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Birthday Photos Redux

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Cora

Today, I finally got to have that birthday lunch with my parents and aunt and uncle that was scheduled for last week, but had to be postponed due to my aunt having a doctor appointment. In fact, I lucked out … Continue reading →

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Another Fifty Shades of Grey Discussion

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Cora

The Guardian reports that the enormous success of Fifty Shades of Grey has pushed erotic fiction into the mainstream and is making even big publishers take notice. Well, I for one thought the success of the early erotic romance e-publishers … Continue reading →

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Dracula, urban fantasy clichés, vampiric Playboy bunnies and some birthday photos

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Cora

April 20, 2012 is the centenary of Bram Stoker’s death, so the culture pages and programs are filled with a lot of discussions of vampires in general and Dracula in particular – because most people have never heard of Stoker’s … Continue reading →

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Birthday Linkdump

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday was my birthday. I didn’t really celebrate a whole lot, since I had school until the afternoon, though I did buy some rhubarb cake for my parents and myself at the bakery next to the school. I also got … Continue reading →

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Not a New Story but a New Cover and Title: Courier Duty

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Cora

I’ve revamped the short story formerly known as Shape No. 8, because it steadfastly refused to sell even a single copy in six months in its previous form. I strongly suspect that the original cover (which you can see here) … Continue reading →

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Easter Monday Link Round-up

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Cora

Here in Germany, today was a public holiday and rather slow. Nonetheless, Easter Monday is a work day in the US. Besides, there were at least two big conventions this weekend, so the internet didn’t go into holiday mode. The … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the 2012 Hugo Awards Nominations

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Cora

The nominations for the 2012 Hugo Awards have been announced just in time for Easter with lots of “What the fuck?” nominations mixed in with the good choices. First of all, the good thing is that there are women nominees … Continue reading →

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Good Friday Links

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Cora

I’m taking a day off from the photo posts, because I just spent quite a bit of time finishing the first draft of a short story. So instead of Yorkshire photos, you get a bunch of (hopefully interesting) links:

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More Christopher Priest, more Fifty Shades of Grey and some writing links

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Cora

Yorkshire photos will follow later this week, but for now I have a couple of links on the current discussions of the day:

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