Tag Archives: pulp

Best Book Trailer Ever – and a Pulp Plug

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Cora

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books post the best book trailer ever. The trailer was made by historical romance writer Tessa Dare for Maya Banks’ new series of Scotland set historical romances and features Barbies, GI Joes, the Red Skull, My Little … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Silencer

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Cora

Please excuse this commercial break, but I have another Pegasus Pulp e-book to announce. This time around it’s even proper neo-pulp fiction, because Countdown to Death is the first installment in a series of novelettes starring the Silencer, a masked … Continue reading →

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Another Political Plagiarist, Bestsellers and Pulp Surrealism

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Cora

We have another case of suspected plagiarism involving a German politician. This time the suspected plagiarist is Bernd Althusmann, secretary of culture and education in Lower Saxony and president of the conference of German state secretaries of education. Since I … Continue reading →

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Linkdump for a Crappy Weekend

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Cora

Since this weekend has turned out to be so bad, here are some links, mostly writing and language related, to take your mind of the bad stuff for a while: Here is a very informative site, created by a professor … Continue reading →

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Return of the Silencer?

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Cora

Lately, I’ve been thinking about doing something more with The Silencer, a pulp-style masked vigilante hero I created in the early 2000s, when I became interested in the pulp magazines and their writers. I have a great deal of respect … Continue reading →

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Fire, Pulp and Romance

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Cora

First the good news, the Moerdijk fire I mentioned in my post yesterday is under control. Locals are still warned to keep their doors and windows closed and not to eat vegetables grown in the open. Shipping on the Hollandse … Continue reading →

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Update on the “fire” and some writing links

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Cora

That flickering flame thing in the neighbours’ garden really is a storm lantern of some kind. The flame is pretty big, though, for a candle. I wouldn’t be surprised if some nighttime or early morning passer-by calls the fire brigade … Continue reading →

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Fire and Pulp

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Cora

There was some excitement at school today. When I walked into the building some fifteen minutes before the beginning of the afternoon classes, I was struck by how empty the place was. There were barely any students about. I could … Continue reading →

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