Tag Archives: linkdump

Awards, Writing and E-Books

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Cora

I’m tired and busy, so here is a linkdump, mostly writing and e-book related: The Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair, one of Germany’s three most important literary awards, has been won by the 28-year-old Austrian writer Clemens J. Setz … Continue reading →

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Midweek Writing Links

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Cora

I’m working on a longer post, but meanwhile there has been a lot of interesting writing discussion going on the internet. So here are some writing links.

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Writing, Spaghetti Sauce, Sex, Gender Relations, Anti-Semitic Bees and Hollywood Woes

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Cora

I’m inexplicably tired today, so here’s a Sunday linkdump: Here is Dan Kois about why writers abandon novels at the New York Times. The short answer is, because they aren’t working, are broken beyond repair and have become a sprawling … Continue reading →

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Not Feeling So Hot Linkdump

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Cora

I’m not feeling too hot today. Schools are hotbeds for all sorts of bugs, unfortunately, but usually I manage to avoid them. Yesterday, however, one of my students came back after several days sick at home with what looked like … Continue reading →

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Two Quick Writing Links

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy and tired, plus I have an important meeting early tomorrow, so here are two writing links in lieu of a proper post: Stacia Kane explains what lies behind that annoying writing advice “Write what you know” Lynn Viehl … Continue reading →

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Quick Link Round-up on the Usual Suspects – err, Subjects

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Cora

I’m still busy, so here’s a quick link roundup: The doctorate of Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg has been revoked by the university of Bayreuth because of academic malfeasance. Eric Rosenfield weighs in on the nihilism in epic fantasy issue at … Continue reading →

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Awards, writing links and yet more plagiarism in politics and nihilism in fantasy

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy with school prep work and a big translation project, one of those 100 plus page operation manuals, that just came in. So here is a link round-up: Today, my local paper published an insightful interview with Andreas Fischer-Lescarno, … Continue reading →

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More Plagiarism, More Nihilism, Some Romance and Some Metrics

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Cora

There is a definite upside to blogging about hot potato subjects like I did in yesterday’s post. Because February 17th, 2011, was the busiest day since the relaunch of the site with 85 visitors altogether according to the WordPress Stats … Continue reading →

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Plagiarism, Vampires, Nihilist Fantasy and the latest Genre Dust-up

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy with work, but lots of other interesting things happened online and off. Hence, I have lots of links for you today under the cut:

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Link Round-up for a Cold and Grey Sunday

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Cora

The snow is gone by now, but it was cold and grey all day long and turned foggy by night. I even started up the fireplace, which I don’t do all that often. And now for some links, mainly writing … Continue reading →

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