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Notes on the Virtual Bloody Scotland Festival and the Differences Between SFF and Crime Fiction Cons

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Cora

Bloody Scotland is a crime fiction festival that normally takes place in Stirling, Scotland. But like pretty much every other con or literary festival this year, Bloody Scotland has gone virtual for obvious reasons. Now Bloody Scotland is somewhat more … Continue reading →

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The 2020 July Short Story Challenge Postmortem – 31 Stories in 31 Days

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Cora

With everything that happened regarding Worldcon, the 2020 Hugo Awards and the Retro Hugos, I didn’t really get around to doing the usual postmortem post for this year’s July Short Story Challenge yet. To recap, in July 2015, Dean Wesley … Continue reading →

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The 2020 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Cora

For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices or for free, including several of mine. Also Camestros Felapton is currently running his Hugo Fan Writer Finalist Week and … Continue reading →

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The 2019 July Short Story Challenge Post-Mortem – 31 Stories in 31 Days

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Cora

You may have noticed that blogging was light this past month, because I was doing the July Short Story Challenge again for the fifth consecutive year. What is the July Short Story Challenge, you ask? Well, in July 2015, Dean … Continue reading →

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The 2019 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Cora

For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices, including several of mine. In other news, blogging will be light for the next month, because I’m currently doing the … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Writing, How to Lose It and How to Get It Back

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Cora

First of all, I’d like to share a couple of promotions, because who doesn’t love free or cheap books? The first of those promotion is the Mirth & Mischief sale at Double-Cross Lit, where you can get fifteen e-books, including … Continue reading →

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The July Short Story Challenge 2018 – 31 Short Stories in 31 Days

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Cora

You may have noticed that there was very little blogging in July apart from links to stuff posted elsewhere. This is because for the fourth year running, I did the July short story challenge, where the objective is to write … Continue reading →

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The July Short Story Challenge 2017 – 32 Short Stories in 31 Days

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Cora

Yes, you read that correctly. I wrote a bonus story for this year’s July short story challenge, so there’s actually 32 stories to come out of the challenge this year. But let’s backtrack a bit. In 2015, Dean Wesley Smith … Continue reading →

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Cora guest-blogs elsewhere – and some thoughts on dialogue as characterisation

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Cora

First of all, I have a guest post in the “Nobody Knew She Was There” series about female SFF writers over on Sarah Ash’s blog today. I talk about the challenges of being a woman from a non-anglophone country who … Continue reading →

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An Interview with Cora, a German cinema scandal, vintage German pulp fiction, writing tips and more

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Cora

First of all, I’ve been interviewed once again and answer 5 questions for authors and talk a bit about Murder in the Family at Randomize Me. You can also find links to other interviews I have done around the web … Continue reading →

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