Category Archives: Books

Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for June 2016

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some May … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged dark fantasy, Demons, dragons, dystopia, epic fantasy, fairies, horror, indie speculative fiction of the month, LGBT, military science fiction, other people's books, paranormal romance, post-apocalyptic SF, space opera, superheroes, urban fantasy, vampires, wizards, YA fantasy, zombies | Leave a comment

New Shattered Empire novella available: Conspirators

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Cora

First of all, I crossed the threshold of 2000 lifetime booksales two days ago. Hop over to the Pegasus Pulp blog for a detailed breakdown of sales channels, titles as well as musings on indie publishing and the e-book market. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged e-books, my books, novella, Pegasus Pulp, science fiction, shameless self-promo, Shattered Empire, space opera | 3 Comments

Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for May 2016

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Cora

Posted in Books | Tagged alien invasion, Asian fantasy, dragons, epic fantasy, fairytales, ghosts, hard science fiction, horror, indie speculative fiction of the month, LGBT, military science fiction, my books, other people's books, paranormal romance, science fiction, short fiction collection, space opera, superheroes, urban fantasy, werewolves, YA fantasy | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Books, Links, Writing | Tagged characterisation, crime fiction, dialogue, gender, guest posts, Helen Shepherd Mysteries, international writer, mystery, Shattered Empire, space opera, writing craft | 1 Comment

The 2015 Nebula Awards, the Bram Stoker Awards, the Eurovision Song Contest… and a bit about football

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Cora

So the Eurovision Song Contest was last night. I was watching something else and occasionally switched over, only to decide that I really could not bring myself to care. I finally tuned for the voting only to realise that a) … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Film, TV | Tagged awards geekery, Bram Stoker Awards, Europe, Eurovision, fantasy, football, gender, German TV, Hollywood, horror, LGBT, Nebula Awards, politics, race, science fiction, short fiction, sports, Werder | Leave a comment

New Story Available: The Death of the American Dream

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Cora

I have a new release to announce. It’s called The Death of the American Dream and it’s basically Mad Men meets the apocalypse, complete with giant mutant crabs and other monsters. This is another story that was inspired by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged e-books, kaiju, Mad Men, monsters, mutants, my books, Pegasus Pulp, post-apocalyptic SF, science fiction, shameless self-promo, short fiction, short story, suburbia | Leave a comment

And even more Hugo links – and the Locus Awards

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Cora

The 2016 Hugo debate is still going on, which isn’t surprising, since last year it lasted all the way until the winners were announced in August, whereupon it morphed into a debate of the winning works. What is more, we’re … Continue reading →