Category Archives: Books

The Shattered Empire trailer and revolutions in the fantasy genre

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Cora

First of all, Seedlings is today’s featured new release at the Speculative Fiction Showcase, so come on over to read an exclusive excerpt. The Speculative Fiction Showcase features new releases, author interviews, guest posts, a weekly link round-up and much … Continue reading →

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: September 2014

Posted on September 30, 2014 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 August … Continue reading →

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A new release and a new series: Overdose

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Cora

I’m afraid you’ll have to wait a bit longer for the Birmingham photos, because today I have a new release to announce, a short mystery called Overdose. Overdose is the result of another eight hour fiction challenge, which you may … Continue reading →

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Back from Birmingham, mixed announcements and some brief thoughts on Doctor Who

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Cora

As the title indicates, I’m back from Birmingham. That is, actually I came back on Wednesday (on a 7 AM flight – ugh), but I’ve been too tired and busy for blogging until now. There’ll be more observations and photos … Continue reading →

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In Birmingham

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Cora

I’ve arrived safely in Birmingham and am now utilizing my 30 minutes of free hotel WiFi per day. Meanwhile, Debts to Pay, the newly released fourth installment in my Shattered Empire series, is today’s featured new release at the Speculative … Continue reading →

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Realism and Revolutions in Science Fiction

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Cora

iO9 has a great article by Esther Inglis-Arkell about ten lessons that fictional dystopias and the revolutions that topple them can learn from real life revolutions. The weak worldbuilding of many modern dystopias is a well known problem. It’s particularly … Continue reading →

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Two new Shattered Empire stories available: Seedlings and Debts to Pay

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Cora

Today I’ve got a double release in the Shattered Empire series to announce, because both the long awaited novella Debts to Pay as well as a new Shattered Empire short story named Seedlings have just come out. Seedlings is another … Continue reading →

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And still more Hugo and WorldCon Analysis

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Cora

It’s been three weeks now, since the 2014 Hugos were awarded at LonCon3 and yet we’re still talking about both.

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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month: August 2014

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Cora

It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. And this month, the round-up will even be crossposted to the Speculative Fiction Showcase, a new group blog dedicated to all things speculative fiction. So … Continue reading →

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An Interview and Introducing the Speculative Fiction Showcase

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Cora

I’ve been interviewed at the Speculative Fiction Showcase and talk about writing, food, movies, recycling and speculative fiction, of course. This reminds that I haven’t actually talked about the Speculative Fiction Showcase yet. The Speculative Fiction Showcase is a group … Continue reading →

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