Monthly Archives: May 2012

A New Book Trailer for Ascension Day

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Cora

Today was Ascension Day, which is a public holiday in Germany. And because the weather was fine, we took the opportunity to drive up to the North Sea coast near Wilhelmshaven. There’ll be some photos tomorrow, but for today I … Continue reading →

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Two quick links

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Cora

I’m a bit tired today, so here are two quick links instead of a full post: First of all, I am interviewed by fantasy and horror author Ty Johnston at his blog today. Of all the interviews I’ve done so … Continue reading →

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How to dispose of German politicians, the craziest football match of the year and some writing and genre links

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Cora

This is how we dispose of politicians in Lower Saxony: David McAllister, minister president of Lower Saxony (in case anybody is wondering about the name, McAllister’s parents are Scottish), and much of his cabinet went for a ride in a … Continue reading →

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Are Mother’s and Father’s Day outdated?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Cora

This year, Germans are experiencing the fairly unusual constellation that Mother’s Day (May 13) and Father’s Day (a.k.a. Ascension Day, which is on May 17) take place in the same week. Now I’ve never been a big fan of Mother’s … Continue reading →

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Short Weekend Linkdump

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Cora

Over at the Pegasus Pulp blog, I offer my take on the current discussion whether e-books will kill off genre fiction. USA Today has a surprisingly good article about Fifty Shades of Grey and its implications for sexuality in America. … Continue reading →

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The Dumb and the Dead: Watching The Walking Dead

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Cora

The Walking Dead had its somewhat belated German TV premiere tonight. I’m not a zombie fan, so I wasn’t interested enough to seek the show out. But since I had to stay up fairly late anyway to pick up my … Continue reading →

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Two writing links, two Fifty Shades articles, two awards, two celebrity deaths and the impending death of genre

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Cora

The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin weighs in on the current debate on the impending death of genre due to the rise of e-books that was kicked off by Charles Stross. I think anybody who believes that e-books will destroy … Continue reading →

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Election Day Linkdump

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Cora

Don’t worry, I’m not going to comment on this Sunday’s elections in Schleswig-Holstein, France, Greece and Serbia – I just needed a post title. Meanwhile, it seems we are still discussing the same topics we were discussing last week: At … Continue reading →

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Celle Photos

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Cora

As mentioned before, we went on a daytrip to the historical town of Celle on May 1st. For more information on why I have a troubled relationship with Celle, read the previous post. Nonetheless, Celle is a lovely town, as … Continue reading →

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A Blast from the Past: Celle and the Schooltrip from Hell

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Cora

On May 1, which is a public holiday in Germany, we went on a daytrip to Celle, a town some 140 kilometres southeast of Bremen. I hadn’t been in Celle for more than twenty years now, ever since in schooltrip … Continue reading →

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