Tag Archives: judge a book by its cover

Not a New Story but a New Cover and Title: Courier Duty

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Cora

I’ve revamped the short story formerly known as Shape No. 8, because it steadfastly refused to sell even a single copy in six months in its previous form. I strongly suspect that the original cover (which you can see here) … Continue reading →

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Interview with Writer and Cover Designer Scarlett Rugers a.k.a. Scarlett Archer

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Cora

Today, I welcome writer and cover designer Scarlett Rugers writing as Scarlett Archer to my blog. Scarlett has been kind enough to answer a few questions for me. 1.      First of all, why don’t you tell us a little about … Continue reading →

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Still Frosty Linkdump

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Cora

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 →

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A weird coincidence and some links about women and writing

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Cora

Today I did my grocery shopping and ran into a girl (well, woman by now, but I have known her since we were four) I had been friends with in kindergarten and primary school. We later went to different secondary … Continue reading →

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The dominance of US storytelling modes, the implications for international writers and other links

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Cora

I’m surprisingly wordy today, even though I seem to have caught some kind of bug. Because after the lengthy harassment post, here are some other links too good to pass up:

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Summer Holiday Linkdump

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Cora

Bookforum has an interesting article about bestselling novels in America. The condescension dripping from parts of the article is a pity though, especially since it is so unnecessary. Never mind that the author is just plain wrong in many cases. … Continue reading →

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More Gender Bias in SFF

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Cora

io9 remembers that paranormal romance is a part of the SFF genre and runs an interview with Nalini Singh. The interview itself is good, though there is the usual anti-paranormal-romance trolling in the comments. In particular, we get people complaining … Continue reading →

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Home from Holiday Linkdump

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Cora

Even though I’m back home, I’ve been intensely busy these past few days. In retrospect, planning my holiday so that I’d be home at half past nine on the night before I had to be back at school probably wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Cover Design and Voice

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Cora

Dean Wesley Smith discusses cover design for indie publishers. Many good suggestions in the comments as well. I’ve been experimenting with creating covers for my upcoming e-books (launching soon) and I really like Photo Pos Pro which is a freeware … Continue reading →

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Judging Books by their Covers

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Cora

It’s still snowing, though no longer quite as cold as before. And of course my heater had to have a failure in the middle of the night (I have a nifty system that sends me a fax to inform me … Continue reading →

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