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Tag Archives: e-books
Still Frosty Linkdump
We’re still stuck with frost, though the weather is less extreme than it has been these past two weeks. Tonight we’re experiencing “only” five degrees below zero. I haven’t blogged a lot at this place of late, but I blogged … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Writing
Tagged ABC Buhlert, e-books, frost, grammar, judge a book by its cover, linguistics, linkdump, Pegasus Pulp, romance, steampunk, urban fantasy, weather
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Worldbuilding, speculative noir and a public service announcement
If you’re a self-publisher, please consider taking part in the Taleist 2012 self-publishing survey. For more information, visit the Taleist or David Gaughran’s blog. Julie Ann Dawson of Bards and Sages has a great post on worldbuilding and plausibility in … Continue reading
No blog tonight, dear – I’ve got a headache
Yes, I’ve really got a headache, thanks to the continuing high air pressure, which does not agree with me at all. And the very noisy and very energetic fifth-graders I had to teach yesterday afternoon didn’t help either. One of … Continue reading
Gloom and Doom post over at Pegasus Pulp
I don’t have a post here today, but I just wanted to make a quick shout out to my latest post over at the Pegasus Pulp blog with links to and analysis of several gloom and doom “Wah, the book … Continue reading
Site redesign and a new story: The Apocalypse Protocol
You may have noticed some changes to the site, because with my growing backlist (13 e-books and counting), the old books page was getting crowded. Hence, I now have a new books page with links to genre pages, which in … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged e-books, housekeeping, my books, Pegasus Pulp, shameless self-promo
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Report Day Links
Today is report day, i.e. the students get their report cards, which also means a long weekend, because school doesn’t start up again until next Wednesday. And since today was the last day before the reports and the last session … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Links, Writing
Tagged comics, Doctor Who, e-books, epic fantasy, inspiration, Pegasus Pulp, romance, school, snow, superheroes, weather, writing craft
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More on the Reviews Dust-up
Yesterday’s post on genders and reviews got quite a bit of attention. So here are a couple of addenda to the Strange Horizons/A Theft of Swords part of the discussion:
Posted in Books, Links
Tagged e-books, epic fantasy, fandom wank, genre vs. literary, genre wank, reviews, some people are arseholes, sports
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Gender and Review Bias – 2012 Edition
Jennifer Weiner retackles the subject of major newspapers such as the New York Times ignoring women writers in their review sections, offering up plenty of data. There’s a shout-out to the New York Times‘s weirdly condescending portrait of Amanda Hocking … Continue reading
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Tagged e-books, epic fantasy, fandom wank, gender, genre wank, indie versus traditional, reviews
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Reconsidering my place in the local literary scene
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
Internet Blackout Day and an event
Upon arriving at this blog, you will probably have noticed a strange splash page, because this blog is participating in the internet strike against the American SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act). Don’t worry, the site will continue to be accessible … Continue reading
