Category Archives: Research

Judging Books by their Covers

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Cora

It’s still snowing, though no longer quite as cold as before. And of course my heater had to have a failure in the middle of the night (I have a nifty system that sends me a fax to inform me … Continue reading →

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Steampunk viewed from the other side of the genre fence

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Cora

Just in case anyone was wondering what readers from outside the SFF community are thinking about the currently Steampunk boom, romance reviewer Mrs Giggles is wondering what generic Steampunk romance will look like. The comments are well worth reading, too. … Continue reading →

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Superhero Soap

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Cora

As a longtime X-Men reader, I found this amusing: The many graves of Jean Grey. Though I would have thought there would have been even more graves. After all, I remember Jean experiencing a fairly brief “death” around 1991/92. Though … Continue reading →

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A Day on the Town

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Cora

Since I didn’t have any classes today, I finally got around to picking up my certified translator diploma. I already passed the exam in late September, but since I work at a school and the office where I had to … Continue reading →

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Urban Fantasy and Fandom Hate

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Cora

No, I’m not talking about SFF fandom’s hate for urban fantasy, though that would be a whole post in itself. Checking my stats today, I discovered a couple of referrals from a site I did not know, all linking to … Continue reading →

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Backlashery

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Cora

In case you’ve been living somewhere without regular internet access, it seems backlash season is in full swing. Exhibit 1: Steampunk With the steadily growing popularity of Steampunk, it was only a matter of time before the inevitable backlash appeared. … Continue reading →

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Quick Drive-By Posting

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Cora

I’m currently suffering from fatigue and a really nasty headache, both of which I suspect were brought on by the really nasty weather we’ve been experiencing of late. And talking of the weather, why exactly did the drizzle we’d been … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Urban Fantasy

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Cora

Fantasy author Daniel Abraham a.k.a. MLN Hanover has some interesting observations on rape in urban fantasy. I don’t fully agree with him, because there is a lot of rape in urban fantasy. Aside from Mercy Thompson, there’s also Charlaine Harris’ … Continue reading →

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Just some writing metrics

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Cora

In October, I wrote 31385 words altogether. That’s about par for me, I write approximately 1000 words a day and have for quite some time. I count fiction (the novel plus some short stories), poetry (one new poem written in … Continue reading →

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Recently Read Books

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Cora

One of the things I used to do a lot on the old blog was talk about books I’d read, films and TV shows I’ve seen. I already had one TV post (well, sort of), so here’s a book post. … Continue reading →

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