Category Archives: Writing

SFF, Romance and Abuse Narratives

Posted on January 12, 2016 by Cora

Yesterday, I came across this great post by Foz Meadows about the frequency of abusive romance narratives particularly in media aimed at teenagers. The post is a response to a post by someone named The J. Gatsby Kid, in which … Continue reading →

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A new Helen Shepherd Mystery available: Mightier than the Sword

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Cora

I had my last day of class for the year this Thursday. My students were actually disappointed that there won’t be any class until January, which is certainly a first. But that’s the difference between adults who actually want to … Continue reading →

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New science fiction collection: Bug-Eyed Monsters and the Women Who Love Them

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Cora

I have another new release to announce and once again it’s a collection of short science fiction stories written during the July Short Story Challenge, where I wrote a short story per day in July 2015. One thing I noticed … Continue reading →

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Two new e-books available: Spiked Tea and The Faulty Television Receiver

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Cora

Regular readers of this blog as well as the Pegasus Pulp blog may recall that I occasionally enjoy doing writing challenges such as the eight hour fiction challenge. I’ve been doing another writing challenge this past month, hence also the … Continue reading →

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New story available: The Four and a Half Minute Boiled Egg

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Cora

Regular readers of this blog as well as the Pegasus Pulp blog may recall that I occasionally enjoy doing writing challenges such as the eight hour fiction challenge. The story I want to announce today (which I actually should have … Continue reading →

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“Heartache” has a gorgeous new cover and Cora celebrates an anniversary

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Cora

There’ll be a few promotional posts this long holiday weekend, so I’ll just preemptively ask everybody to bear with me, especially since there will be other content as well. First of all, Heartache, my collection of three short stories of … Continue reading →

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Freak you, Clean Reader, kiss my butt and darn you to heck, you freaking bottoms

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Cora

If the title of this post sounds weird to you – well, that’s how it would look when read through Clean Reader, a new app which removes words deemed offensive by some (mostly swearwords and bodypart words) from e-books, so … Continue reading →

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Meet My Character, Richard Blakemore

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Cora

“Meet my Character” is a new blog hop similar to the speculative fiction blog hop, only that it allows a writer to introduce a particular character. I already took part in this blog hop, introducing Holly di Marco from the … Continue reading →

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The “Is my book a romance?” flowchart

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Cora

Because this question keeps popping up on writers forums and the like, here is a handy flowchart to answer the question “Is my book a romance?”

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Mixed updates and more on hard SF and messy emotions

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Cora

First of all, I’ve been interviewed by British crime fiction writer J.T. Baptiste for the 12 days of crime series on her blog. We talk about writing, reading, favourite characters, Edgar Wallace movies and Dr. Mabuse, who is one of … Continue reading →

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