Tag Archives: romance

Fantasy, Escapism and Truth

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Cora

It seems that after the nihilism in fantasy debate, we are now having the truth in fantasy debate, for Mark Charan Newton offers this post on fantasy, escapism and truth in response to the Guardian article by Damien G. Walter. … 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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More Plagiarism, More Nihilism, Some Romance and Some Metrics

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Cora

There is a definite upside to blogging about hot potato subjects like I did in yesterday’s post. Because February 17th, 2011, was the busiest day since the relaunch of the site with 85 visitors altogether according to the WordPress Stats … Continue reading →

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Plagiarism, Vampires, Nihilist Fantasy and the latest Genre Dust-up

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy with work, but lots of other interesting things happened online and off. Hence, I have lots of links for you today under the cut:

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Book Haul, Romanheft Woes and the Demise of the Cheque

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Cora

Today, I was at the bank to pay a cheque into my account and had an “Okay, now how does this work again” moment, because I haven’t actually handled a cheque in ages. For something that used to be nigh … Continue reading →

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Recently Read Books – Holiday Edition

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Cora

Crap, I’m really behind with the recently read books discussion, because this is what I read over Christmas and New Year. Since it was the holiday season, I decided to take a break from speculative romance and read something a … Continue reading →

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Link Roundup for a Busy Day

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy today, so have some links: From All About Romance: Sentences you won’t find in romance novels. Some of those are just funny, but I’d actually like to see some of those in romance novels at least once in … 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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Steampunk viewed from the other side of the genre fence

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Cora

Just in case anyone was wondering what readers from outside the SFF community are thinking about the currently Steampunk boom, romance reviewer Mrs Giggles is wondering what generic Steampunk romance will look like. The comments are well worth reading, too. … Continue reading →

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Meandering Randomisity

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Cora

Between translation work and school preparation, I don’t have the focus for a deep and meaningful post, so here is some random five-things type rambling instead. Except that I only have three things, not five. First of all, my stats … Continue reading →

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