Monthly Archives: November 2010

The last word on genre wars

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Cora

Kelly McCullough has the last word on the various genre and subgenre wars. What he said.

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Kids and Creativity

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Cora

My class went very well today. Several kids were ill or just plain didn’t show up, plus one had to leave early because of a family party or some such thing. So we were a very small group. And – … 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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Urban Fantasy and Fandom Hate

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Cora

No, I’m not talking about SFF fandom’s hate for urban fantasy, though that would be a whole post in itself. Checking my stats today, I discovered a couple of referrals from a site I did not know, all linking to … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Header

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Cora

I added another header image to the rotation. For those keeping count, there are now 13 different header images available. This latest header shows old man Bismarck in his natural habitat, that is the Bismarck monument in the Alter Elbpark … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Linkdump

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Cora

I’m very busy with all sorts of work-related things today, so here’s yet another linkdump post, mainly writing related. From the Book View Cafe: How to write a romance novel by Marissa Day Jim van Pelt detects some unexpected parallels … Continue reading →

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Backlashery

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Cora

In case you’ve been living somewhere without regular internet access, it seems backlash season is in full swing. Exhibit 1: Steampunk With the steadily growing popularity of Steampunk, it was only a matter of time before the inevitable backlash appeared. … Continue reading →

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Yet more fiddling with the blog

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Cora

I’ve been fiddling with the appearance of the site again and also added two more header images: a detail of a gable of a medieval townhouse in Lüneburg and a panaroma view of Edinburgh. This is the plugin I use … Continue reading →

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Links – mainly TV-related

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Cora

I’m still playing around with the appearance of the site and added a few plugins. Hereby, I have found the plugins developed by fellow German Nicolas Kuttler very useful and easy to customise. What is more, I have also added … Continue reading →

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Quick Drive-By Posting

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Cora

I’m currently suffering from fatigue and a really nasty headache, both of which I suspect were brought on by the really nasty weather we’ve been experiencing of late. And talking of the weather, why exactly did the drizzle we’d been … Continue reading →

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