Category Archives: Writing

More Hugos, Selkie romances, Star Wars, the sexual doublestandard and some bad news

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Cora

It’s another of those awfully hot and humid days, so here is a linkdump for your pleasure: At File 770, there is a detailed breakdown of the Hugo voting stats. Dan Wells also does some detailed analysis. James Scott Bell … Continue reading →

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Secret Menus and more on Charlotte Roche

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Cora

Chuck Wendig offers the secret menu of writing advice. This is a great post, though I wonder whether secret menus in restaurants are primarily a US thing. Because I don’t know of any secret menus at German restaurants. That is, … Continue reading →

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A new sales venue, emotional writing, plagiarism, women in epic fantasy and awesome feminist cartoons

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Cora

First of all, I have an announcement: Pegasus Pulp e-books are now available at OmniLit/AllRomance ebooks. If you need one of the more exotic e-book formats (Palm, Microsoft Reader, Rocket) or are an international reader who wants to avoid the … Continue reading →

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Linkdump for a Wet Weekend

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Cora

There are new posts over at the Pegasus Pulp and ABC Buhlert blogs, so today’s a linkdump day for this blog:

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More Mary Sue and an e-book post

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday’s Mary Sue post seems to have struck a chord, judging by the amount of traffic and Twitter links. There also was a trackback spam from an obvious porn site, which just baffled me. Foz Meadows also offers a great … Continue reading →

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The Mary Sue Conundrum

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Cora

Zoe Marriott, Holly Black and Elizabeth Bear all point out how problematic not to mention misogynist the term “Mary Sue” has become of late. I completely agree, because the term “Mary Sue” has become completely overused of late. Partly this … Continue reading →

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Too Hot To Post

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Cora

We’ve had really unpleasant hot and humid weather these past few days. So far, we’ve been lucky with a summer that was not very hot at all, but today and yesterday really reminded me why summer is not my favourite … Continue reading →

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Two touchstones of a 1970s childhood die – and some writing links

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy with translation work, so here’s a linkdump: Lilith Saintcrow discusses her writing process and her decompression process once she has finished something. The Clarion people have a great interview with Jim Butcher. I particularly like this bit: One … Continue reading →

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Busy with something else linkdump

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Cora

I’ve been hard at work preparing the next Pegasus Pulp e-book for publication. This time around, it’s the first of several stories and novellas I wrote about the Silencer, a masked vigilante in the tradition of the pulp mags of … Continue reading →

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Women writers, international writers, marginalized writers

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Cora

Today, for the first time since the whole Strunk and White madness erupted (chronicled here for anybody who hasn’t read it yet), my top search string for the day is something other than some combination of Strunk, White and fanfiction. … Continue reading →

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