Category Archives: Links

A Speculative Linkdump

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Cora

I’m pretty busy at the moment with a big translation job, so here’s yet another bunch of links, this time vaguely speculative fiction themed. Sheila Finch has a great post on fairytales, sexual taboos and animal shifters at the SFWA … Continue reading →

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Some TV Linkage

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Cora

I’m a little tired and don’t have much time today, so have some TV-related linkage instead: Salon has a terribly condescending article about half of Sweden watching a particular Disney holiday special every year on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. … Continue reading →

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Boxing Day Update and some Links

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Cora

Yesterday was Boxing Day, or the second day of Christmas as we call it in these parts*, so Christmas 2010 is officially over. Of course, inofficially the Christmas season lasts up to New Year and even to Epiphany Day, i.e. … Continue reading →

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Frosty Days, Icy Nights

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Cora

This is the coldest night of the year, the coldest night in many years in fact. According to the weather forecast plug-in in my Firefox browser and the indoor/outdoor thermometer, we minus 13 degrees Celsius outside. Here in North Germany, … Continue reading →

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Just some links

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Cora

It’s still very cold and didn’t even get any higher than minus eight degrees or so all day long. Still snowing, too. There’s perhaps been another three centimeters or so of snow over night. What is more, I was away … Continue reading →

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Watching TV with Kids and Writing Links

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Cora

No new snow today, at least in my part of the country, just enduring frost. Since this is the last week of school before the Christmas holidays, I’m watching English language films with the kids. Most of the time, I … Continue reading →

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Literary versus Genre Fiction, Round 315

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Cora

Some bloke named Edward Docx (Honestly? He’s named after a Microsoft file format?) bashes genre fiction, all genre fiction, in the Observer, because he’s caught a few glimpses of Dan Brown’s and Stieg Larsson’s work and – oh shock and … Continue reading →

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Links, Linguistics and Writing

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Cora

We’ve had more snow today. It started snowing in the morning and by the time I had to go to school for my afternoon class, I had to shovel the car free. It’s started snowing again sometime in the evening … Continue reading →

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Writing Wank

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Cora

Here are two writing links with a common theme, i.e. the importance of persistence in developing and sustaining a writing career: Brad Torgersen interviews Jay Lake for the Writers of the Future site and Catherine Schaff-Stump discusses Malcolm Gladwell’s book … Continue reading →

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Frost and a quick post

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Cora

We’re having another frosty night. According to my indoors/outdoors thermometer, it’s minus 7.9 degrees Celsius outside, which is pretty damn cold for Northern Germany in late November/early December. What is more, I’ve got a swollen eyelid, which itches and hurts … Continue reading →

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