Tag Archives: gender

Culture, Representation and Diversity

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Cora

Apparently, there is something in the air regarding the US cultural dominance and how can marginalize or outright erase other viewpoints. Joyce Chng wrote about it, Aliette de Bodard wrote about it, I wrote about it (here and here). Now … Continue reading →

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A weird coincidence and some links about women and writing

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Cora

Today I did my grocery shopping and ran into a girl (well, woman by now, but I have known her since we were four) I had been friends with in kindergarten and primary school. We later went to different secondary … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Online Harrassment

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Cora

John Scalzi, bless him, addresses the subject that women blogger often get a lot more abusive comments and e-mails than male bloggers of a similar visibility, based on this post by food blogger Shauna James Ahern, in which she discusses … Continue reading →

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More feminist Game of Thrones hate and a remake that should never have happened

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Cora

First of all, I have two new posts up at my sister sites, namely an indie publishing link round-up at Pegasus Pulp and a post on Gorleben (which has nothing to do with John Norman’s infamous Gor novels, though that … Continue reading →

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Urban fantasy, our genre’s discomfort with emotion and the cultural issues of translation

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Cora

My latest e-book is still missing in action at the Kindle store. I contacted Amazon support today, but haven’t heard back from them yet. This is pretty frustrating. So the book announcement is postponed for another day. In the meantime, … Continue reading →

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It’s never just one thing

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Cora

By now Amazon’s Kindle Direct bookshelf actually lists my latest e-book as “live”, but it still doesn’t exist in the store. Apparently, Amazon is tinkering with the publishing platform, because a lot of people are reporting problems. For a while, … Continue reading →

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Some trends in the SFF genre that I don’t enjoy at all

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Cora

Library Journal has an extensive article on new trends and new books in fantasy and science fiction. The article actually does a good job of highlighting new work both in established subgenres as well as new developments. But it is … Continue reading →

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A new sales venue, emotional writing, plagiarism, women in epic fantasy and awesome feminist cartoons

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Cora

First of all, I have an announcement: Pegasus Pulp e-books are now available at OmniLit/AllRomance ebooks. If you need one of the more exotic e-book formats (Palm, Microsoft Reader, Rocket) or are an international reader who wants to avoid the … Continue reading →

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Linkdump for a Wet Weekend

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Cora

There are new posts over at the Pegasus Pulp and ABC Buhlert blogs, so today’s a linkdump day for this blog:

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A Poll with Predictable Results

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Cora

National Public Radio has released its publicly voted upon list of the 100 best SF and fantasy novels. Very unsurprisingly, the list is heavily weighed towards “the classics” (Lord of the Rings at No. 1, Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy … Continue reading →

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