Tag Archives: romance

The Strunk and White Aftermath – and a linkdump

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Cora

The Strunk and White avalanche is still continuing. July 12 got only 19 views less than July 11. Links are popping up in various places as well, including one in a Making Light open thread in this comment. Meanwhile, absolutely … Continue reading →

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A Plagalanche, toxic Westeros, responses to romance bashing, rape in fantasy, redneck bashing and Dallas remade

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Cora

Yesterday’s plagiarism post has broken the visitor record for this blog, largely due to a link from the VroniPlag press review. The VroniPlag press review also offers a link to this Spiegel Online article about the Althusmann case. Turns out … Continue reading →

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Romances are bad for women – again

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Cora

There seems to be another go-around in the eternal debate of “romance fiction is bad for women, because it might lead them to have unrealistic expectations of real life relationships”. Unrealistic expectations in this context often means “expecting to be … Continue reading →

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They all go to Walle

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Cora

Since my Mom is on her own this weekend, I picked her up this morning and we drove out to Walle, a neighbourhood in West Bremen. First we visited Walle cemetery where my grandma (and grandfather and great-grandparents, but I … Continue reading →

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The Headache from Hell – and a Linkdump

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Cora

I had a long post almost completely drafted, but then the headache from hell struck last night and effectively kept me from sleeping. I managed to make it through school and my daily translation quota, but now I’m just bloody … Continue reading →

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Thuderstorm Linkdump

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Cora

After the very hot weather of the past few days, we had two thunderstorms today with promise of more. It’s not as if we didn’t need the rain – we did. But thunderstorms are also annoying, because while I can … Continue reading →

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Ascension Day Linkdump

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Cora

Tomorrow is Ascension Day, which is a public holiday in Germany. Of course, most people call it Father’s Day these days (to be celebrated by all males, whether fathers or not, by going out to get drunk with their buddies), … Continue reading →

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Predictable Urban Fantasy Bashing – the female edition

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Cora

In the SFF community, the neverending genre versus literary debate has given way to the equally persistent but not quite so enduring slugfest of “Let’s all bash urban fantasy, because it has relationships and – gasp – sex and is … Continue reading →

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Romance, fantasy, e-books, unpatriotic superheroes and dead celebrities

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Cora

I’ve got one last photo post coming up, but in the meantime here’s a linkdump. Romance, fantasy, writing, e-books, comics, plagiarism and dead celebrities – we have it all:

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Good Sex, Bad Sex and HBO Style Sex

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Cora

While following a link to something else, I came across this neat blogpost from July 2010: Nicola Griffith wonders why good sex in fiction is often considered unrealistic.

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