Tag Archives: international writer

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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German perspectives on SFF, a Hugo Survey and the best “Age of Ultron” review you’ll read today

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Cora

The 2015 Hugo Awards debate is still dragging on and to those of us outside the US, it is very clear that the Hugos and Worldcon have been dragged into the increasingly toxic US culture war between the beleaguered nutty … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the 2014 Nebula Nominees

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Cora

So the 2014 Nebula Award nominees have been announced and I could basically just recycle my Nebula reactions post from last year and switch out the names, because my thoughts are largely similar. All in all, this year’s Nebula shortlist … Continue reading →

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More reactions to the 2014 Hugo Award winners

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Cora

It’s getting really difficult to find new titles for all of these Hugo related posts. Besides, I forgot to mention that the 1939 Retro Hugos have been awarded as well. Now I have to confess I don’t quite get the … Continue reading →

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The 2014 Hugo Awards Post

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Cora

The 2014 Hugo Awards have been given out and the slate of winners is highly diverse and overall very good (detailed voting and nomination breakdown here), which is even more remarkable considering that the 2014 Hugo shortlist was probably the … Continue reading →

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The latest on diversity in genre fiction and other mixed links

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Cora

The monster winter storm Xaver has retreated to more easterly shores and is currently annoying Finland, Sweden and the three Baltic States. However, Xaver or rather the snow and hail he brought us thoroughly messed up St. Nicholas Day before … Continue reading →

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Yet more Worldcon and Hugo Reactions

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Cora

The discussion about Paul Cook’s attempts to define SF for the rest of us seems to have died down, but it seems we’re still talking about Worldcon and the Hugos and if/how they should change. My last round-up of Hugo … Continue reading →

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Interview with Writer K.S. Augustin a.k.a. Cara d’Bastian

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Cora

Today, I continue my irregular series of interviews with international indie writers and welcome K.S. Augustin a.k.a. Cara d’Bastian to my blog. K.S. Augustin’s indie publishing venture Sandal Press celebrates its second anniversary in August. 1.      Tell us a little … Continue reading →

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Quick Thunderstorm Linkdump

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Cora

The heatwave of the past few days is in the process of giving way to cooler air, to pretty much everybody’s relief. Unfortunately, hot and cool air colliding means thunderstorms and rather a lot of them. We’ve already had three … Continue reading →

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Interview with Writer Nathalie Hamidi a.k.a. Irma Geddon

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Cora

Today I welcome Nathalie Hamidi a.k.a. Poison Godiva a.k.a. Irma Geddon to my blog. Irma is a French writer of dark fantasy and has been nice enough to answer some questions for me. Hi Cora! Thanks for having me! ^^ … Continue reading →

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