Tag Archives: awards geekery

Thoughts on the Hugo Awards

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Cora

The 2010 Hugo and Campbell Awards have been awarded. No real surprises, though I’m kind of disappointed that Blackout/All Clear took the Hugo for best novel, because I found it the least interesting book on the shortlist (though I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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A linkdump instead of an announcement

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Cora

I had planned to announce my latest e-book today, but Amazon is slow in putting the pages up, so that announcement will have to wait for tomorrow. So instead of an e-book announcement, here is a linkdump: I noted my … 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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Cora hits a bestseller list, gets a one-star review and rubs shoulders with Booker Prize nominees

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Cora

I did a bit of housekeeping around this site and the Pegasus Pulp site. In particular, I added links to my e-books from the bibliography page, since I noticed that a lot of new visitors head for the bibliography rather … Continue reading →

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Reflections on London, a spectacular mosaic and some links

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Cora

This afternoon, I picked up my neighbour and her son from the central bus station. They had just got back from a trip to London, one of those bus tours that are fairly cheap, provided you know what you’re getting … Continue reading →

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Emmy nominations, George R.R. Martin saves publishing as we know it and three German TV deaths

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Cora

The Emmy Award nominations for 2011 have been announced and as usual there are a lot of nominations for a lot of shows I don’t watch, some that I think are dreadful (The Good Wife, Glee, Law and Order Special … Continue reading →

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They all go to Walle

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Cora

Since my Mom is on her own this weekend, I picked her up this morning and we drove out to Walle, a neighbourhood in West Bremen. First we visited Walle cemetery where my grandma (and grandfather and great-grandparents, but I … Continue reading →

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Just another weekend linkdump

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Cora

The Guardian offers another article about self-publishing, digital and otherwise. Lynn Viehl of Paperback Writer wrote a thoughtful post about the spectrum of elements a novel needs and the spectrum of skills a writer needs. Worldbuilding is definitely one colour … Continue reading →

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Just a Lot of Links

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Cora

The discussion about the relative lack of women writers in the science fiction genre, particularly in the UK, is still going strong, though by now it has morphed into a discussion of how to define feminist SF. Timmi Duchamp on … Continue reading →

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Thuderstorm Linkdump

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Cora

After the very hot weather of the past few days, we had two thunderstorms today with promise of more. It’s not as if we didn’t need the rain – we did. But thunderstorms are also annoying, because while I can … Continue reading →

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