Monthly Archives: November 2010

Star Wars, Gender and Kids

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Cora

Now that my troublesome class decided to behave for once, one of my not-troublesome classes decided to act up instead. I guess just one relatively quiet week is too much to hope for. What is more, tonight was the monthly … Continue reading →

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School Ooops

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Cora

For obvious reasons (“Remember, remember, the fifth of November…”), I’m teaching the Gunpowder Plot in my classes this week. And by some odd synchronicity, Chancellor Merkel as well as some other European governments are experiencing a gunpowder plot of their … Continue reading →

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Family and Food

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Cora

Because my Tuesday class is the least troublesome and doesn’t leave me completely wiped out, I took the opportunity to visit my aunt after school. She’s temporarily in a care home while recuperating from the series of back operations. She … Continue reading →

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Links and Miscellany

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Cora

I still have some prep work to do for school, so here are some miscellaneous links in lieu of a proper post: Here is a nice post on fiction written by fictional characters from the All About Romance blog. Quite … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Urban Fantasy

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Cora

Fantasy author Daniel Abraham a.k.a. MLN Hanover has some interesting observations on rape in urban fantasy. I don’t fully agree with him, because there is a lot of rape in urban fantasy. Aside from Mercy Thompson, there’s also Charlaine Harris’ … Continue reading →

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Just some writing metrics

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Cora

In October, I wrote 31385 words altogether. That’s about par for me, I write approximately 1000 words a day and have for quite some time. I count fiction (the novel plus some short stories), poetry (one new poem written in … Continue reading →

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Better than expected

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Cora

I chanced to watch Iron Man on TV tonight and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. I missed the film back when it was in the theatres, partly because I was overly busy with my MA … Continue reading →

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