Category Archives: Writing

Introducing the “In Love and War” trailer

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Cora

Yeah, it’s NaNoWriMo and all that and I really should be writing. But instead, I found myself creating a trailer for my In Love and War space opera romance series, using a bunch of stock photos and public domain space … Continue reading →

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“Bullet Holes” and the Creativity Pressure Cooker

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Cora

Lately, I’ve been writing quite a bit about the 2016 July short story challenge, a writing challenge where the objective was to write a short story every day in July 2016. I’ve written a bit more about the July short … Continue reading →

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New Release: Courting Trouble, an In Love and War story

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Cora

Two weeks ago, I announced the start of a new space opera series and also that there would be more books coming soon. Then, three days ago, I announced the second novelette in the In Love and War series, again … Continue reading →

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New Release: Graveyard Shift, an In Love and War novelette

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Cora

Two weeks ago, I announced the start of a new series and also that there would be more stories coming soon. So today, I’m happy to announce the second In Love and War story, a novelette called Graveyard Shift. Like … Continue reading →

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A new release and a new series: Dreaming of the Stars

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Cora

As mentioned before, there will be quite a few new release announcements coming up (well, I can’t blog about SFF awards all the time). And today, I have a special new release to announce, because I not only launch a … Continue reading →

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The Silencer returns in “Fact or Fiction”

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Cora

I’ve been somewhat quiet on this blog of late, because I spent the whole of July doing a writing challenge, which involved writing a short story per day. I pulled it off, too, and blogged about my experiences over at … Continue reading →

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Alarm für Cobra 11 and the Lester Dent Pulp Fiction master plot

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Cora

I quite like Alarm für Cobra 11, a German TV show of about two highway cops (Turkish-German cop Semir Gerkan, played by Erdogan Atalay, and a succession of partners) and their cases, that has some of the best vehicle stunts … Continue reading →

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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 →

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New Release: Valentine’s Day on Iago Prime

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Cora

One of the 31 stories I wrote during the July short story challenge last year was a science fiction short called “Valentine’s Day on Iago Prime”. It was a story about a young couple celebrating their first Valentine’s Day on … Continue reading →

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New release: Our Lady of the Burning Heart

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Cora

I have a new release to announce for today. Though it’s not quite that new anymore, I just forgot to announce it and only remembered, because I have another new release to announce in the next few days. It’s a … Continue reading →

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