Category Archives: Links

Link Round-up for a Cold Weekend

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Cora

First of all, the news of the day: Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak has finally resigned. Let’s hope that this marks the beginning of a true democracy for Egypt and not the changeover to the next multi-decade dictatorship. And yes, I … Continue reading →

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The many different ways of getting inspiration

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Cora

Today I came across two very interesting posts about writers and inspiration: Here is a post on visual inspiration and character specific colour palettes from Paperback Writer. And here SF writer writer Adam Israel describes how he uses tarot cards … Continue reading →

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While I was away – Link Roud-Up

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Cora

Since the Internet didn’t stop, while I couldn’t access my site, here is a link round-up: Steampunk as viewed from a romance perspective at All About Romance. Star Wars tie-in novels viewed from a romance perspective at Smart Bitches, Trashy … Continue reading →

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Link Roundup for a Busy Day

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy today, so have some links: From All About Romance: Sentences you won’t find in romance novels. Some of those are just funny, but I’d actually like to see some of those in romance novels at least once in … Continue reading →

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A Hustle moment and some links

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Cora

At school today, I was practicing asking for and giving directions with the kids. First we used a practice map of a made-up town stuffed full with all sorts of interesting places to go and then the London tube map. … Continue reading →

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Films and why they largely suck these days

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Cora

So this year’s Oscar nominations have been announced and once again the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to nominate a whole bunch of films that I have neither seen nor have even the slightest desire to … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous Links

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Cora

Busy tonight preparing schoolwork for tomorrow, so here is a bunch of miscellaneous links: Here is an interesting article in the New York Times exploring why little girls feel the need to dress up as princesses. I particularly like the … Continue reading →

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Visual Inspiration

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Cora

I don’t have a whole lot to say today, so here are three writing links: Lilith Saintcrow has a good post on planning fight scenes. Lynn Viehl writes about style, mood and visual inspiration at Paperback Writer. Some good ideas … Continue reading →

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Links, mainly tech related

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Cora

Estara has been kind enough to create a Livejournal feed for this blog. So if anybody else needs one, here it is. John Scalzi has a rant about Facebook and why he doesn’t like it. He gets quite a bit … Continue reading →

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Two neat links

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Cora

If the long statistics post below is too much for you, have two quick links: Janice Hardy has a good post about setting the tone for a story. At Damien Walter’s blog, Jim Worrad explores the Stapledon Woolf space in … Continue reading →

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