Category Archives: Writing

Reconsidering my place in the local literary scene

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Cora

After two days of concentrated teen drama (two fifth-graders hitting each other with fallen branches found in the schoolyard and a crying fourteen-year-old lamenting that nobody likes her), I spent last night at the bilingual Brückenschläge reading at the Café … Continue reading →

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Eiswette and some Weekend Writing Links

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday, the river Weser once again ran rather than stood, i.e. it wasn’t frozen, which is only to be expected considering that we had temperatures of around 7 degrees Celsius. Still, according to the traditional Bremer Eiswette (Bremen ice bet), … Continue reading →

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Gender Roles and Gender Role Reversal in Fiction and Television

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Cora

YA writer Mette Ivie Harrison discusses gender masquerades and gender role reversal using the TV show The Mentalist as an example. I’ve been watching the show, but I have to confess that I never noticed the gender role reversal between … Continue reading →

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Writing Links for the New Year

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Cora

I took down the Christmas decorations today and dropped by at my parents to testdrive the output of their brand-new fancy Italian coffeemaker. The latte macchiato was good. So was the cappuccino. And now for some writing links: On Jay … Continue reading →

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Christmas reading, writing and selling

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Cora

Boxing Day was largely uneventful. My Mom made something tasty with tiger prawns, tomato, olives and feta cheese for lunch. My parents went for a walk this afternoon, but I stayed in. The weather didn’t really inspire me to go … Continue reading →

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A Surfeit of Salmon – and some links

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Cora

There are two things we’ve really had enough of this December. One is storms and rain. Here in Northern Germany, December is always a stormy month. I don’t even put any outdoors Christmas decorations up anymore, because in past years … Continue reading →

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Short Stories versus Novels

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Cora

Writer Richard Parks shares his thoughts on the short stories versus novels issue, based on a panel at the 2002 World Fantasy Con. Jay Lake responds here. I agree with Richard Parks and Jay Lake that it’s useless for a … Continue reading →

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Stormy December Linkdump

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Cora

At SF Signal, Daniel Abraham has written a letter from genre to mainstream. Quite amusing, even if it does read like a letter from a stalkerish ex-boyfriend. On a related note, at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books there is an interesting … Continue reading →

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St Nicholas Day Linkdump

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday was St. Nicholas Day in Germany (for an explanation, see last year’s post). I got thirteen St. Nicholas Day trick-or-treaters at my door this year and handed out Kinder Surprise Eggs. One of the kids was a toddler who … Continue reading →

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Cora is feeling contrarian

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Cora

It’s manifesto time again, for Scott Nicolay has posted his Dogme 2011 for Weird Fiction at Weird Fiction Review. I don’t agree with him, but then I never agree with manifestos. They make me feel contrarian. Besides, I have issues … Continue reading →

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