Tag Archives: inspiration

More on the avalanche, science fictional childhood, dark YA and unfair e-book pricing

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Cora

The Strunk and White avalanche is slowly ebbing, though I still get about ten times as many viewers as on a good day. Interestingly, the regional distribution of website visitors hasn’t changed all that much, only that there are a … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to… – and the magic of cartoons

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Cora

First of all, I’d like to point to Shape No. 8, the newest Pegasus Pulp e-book again. Steph Swainston is one of those authors where I sometimes wonder “Whatever happened to her?” When The Year of Our War came out, … Continue reading →

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The New York Times has odd ideas about indie publishing

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Cora

While getting some wine from the cellar, I slipped and sprained my ankle (luckily before I had gotten the wine or there would have been a mess as well). Yeah, in the real world ankles aren’t sprained while being chased … Continue reading →

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Good Friday Linkdump

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Cora

The Easter weekend is almost upon us and I am busy with other stuff, so here’s a linkdump: At Grasping for the Wind, urban fantasy writer J.A. Pitts discusses the necessity of (metaphorical) blindness for writers in order to get … Continue reading →

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Midweek Writing Links

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Cora

I’m working on a longer post, but meanwhile there has been a lot of interesting writing discussion going on the internet. So here are some writing links.

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The many different ways of getting inspiration

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Cora

Today I came across two very interesting posts about writers and inspiration: Here is a post on visual inspiration and character specific colour palettes from Paperback Writer. And here SF writer writer Adam Israel describes how he uses tarot cards … Continue reading →

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Miscellaneous Links

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Cora

Busy tonight preparing schoolwork for tomorrow, so here is a bunch of miscellaneous links: Here is an interesting article in the New York Times exploring why little girls feel the need to dress up as princesses. I particularly like the … Continue reading →

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Visual Inspiration

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Cora

I don’t have a whole lot to say today, so here are three writing links: Lilith Saintcrow has a good post on planning fight scenes. Lynn Viehl writes about style, mood and visual inspiration at Paperback Writer. Some good ideas … Continue reading →

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Short shorts, flash and inspiration

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Cora

Last night, I wrote an 860 word short story tentatively entitled To Whom It May Concern. I’m pretty with happy with the result. Over the next few days, it’ll get a few tweaks and edits and then goes out on … Continue reading →

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