Category Archives: Books

New Release: Seraglio

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Cora

No, this is not an April’s Fool joke, I really have a new novelette available. I actually planned to announce it yesterday, but Amazon was slow to make it available. This story is called Seraglio and it’s another of the … Continue reading →

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More Christopher Priest versus the Clarke Award

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday’s post about the latest genre dust-up involving Christopher Priest’s very vocal criticism of this year’s Clarke Award shortlist has been linked by John Scalzi at Whatever, which has sent my stats shooting up since Scalzi gets as many visitors … Continue reading →

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The latest Genre Dust-up: Christopher Priest versus the Clarke Awards

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Cora

While I was away, the nominations for the Clarke Award have been announced. I’m very pleased to see Jane Rogers, whom I ferried around in my ancient Volkswagen Jetta during a visit to Bremen a couple of year ago, on … Continue reading →

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Another Interview with Cora

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Cora

I’m still in Yorkshire, but in the meantime you can read an interview I gave Andy Rane at The Same Six Questions. Come on over and say hello.

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Interview with Writer and Cover Designer Scarlett Rugers a.k.a. Scarlett Archer

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Cora

Today, I welcome writer and cover designer Scarlett Rugers writing as Scarlett Archer to my blog. Scarlett has been kind enough to answer a few questions for me. 1.      First of all, why don’t you tell us a little about … Continue reading →

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Away for a few days – and a video from the Leipzig Book Fair

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Cora

Today was the last day of school. Luckily, it wasn’t too exhausting – though many of my 9th-graders still didn’t practice the vocabulary they’ve been supposed to practice for two weeks now. From tomorrow on I’ll be in Yorkshire for … Continue reading →

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An interview, John Carter and what is wrong with Hollywood these days

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Cora

First of all, I am interviewed by John Warner at the Indie Book Spot today. Come on over and say hello. Furthermore, I am also quoted in this Huffington Post article by Jim Kukral about the pros and cons of … Continue reading →

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Some good discussions about romance and erotica and a bit of politics

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Cora

At Tor.com, Jo Walton discusses her conflicted relationship with the romance genre and Georgette Heyer. It’s a good post and even the discussion in comments is surprisingly good, given the population of regular commenters at Tor.com, and goes into how … Continue reading →

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John Carter of Mars and why Edgar Rice Burroughs is so difficult to adapt

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Cora

The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy has an extensive interview with Michael Chabon in which he talks about Edgar Rice Burroughs and John Carter of Mars (he wrote the screenplay for the upcoming movie), about anti-genre prejudice and about selling … Continue reading →

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Women Writers, Women Characters and International Wom

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Cora

March 8 is international women’s day and also the birthday of a very dear friend of mine (scroll down past the flowers). Tonight I attended the book launch for Triangel by Elke Marion Weiß. I know Elke from her time … Continue reading →

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