Category Archives: Writing

The Eight Hour Fiction Challenge Revisited

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Cora

You’ll probably remember the Eight Hour Fiction Challenge from my last post. Well, it seems that the eight hour fiction challenge will be an ongoing thing. Writer Scott Gordon lays down the rules in this post and also links to … Continue reading →

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Interview with Science Fiction Writer Matthew Alan Thyer

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Cora

It’s time for our irregular series “Interviews with international indie writers” again. Today I welcome science fiction author Matthew Alan Thyer to my blog. Matthew has been kind enough to answer some questions for me. 1. Tell us a bit … Continue reading →

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Why and how to write novellas

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Cora

In the past, I blogged about how the rise of e-publishing has also given the longer forms of short fiction, namely the novelette and the novella, a new lease on life after traditional print publishing had largely eliminated them. But … Continue reading →

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The Eight Hour E-Book Challenge Revisited

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Cora

A few days ago, I blogged about my experiences in taking Joe Konrath’s eight hour e-book challenge and the resulting book, Old Mommark’s Tale. Turns out that I was not the only writer to accept Joe’s challenge. In fact, more … Continue reading →

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Old Mommark and the eight hour e-book challenge

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Cora

On Thursday, Joe Konrath published a guest post by cozy mystery writer Tim Myers. At the end of the post, Joe Konrath also launched the eight hour e-book challenge. Basically, the idea is to write, edit/proof, format, create the cover … Continue reading →

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An interview and other writerly links of interest

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Cora

First of all, I have been interviewed by Brianna Lee McKenzie at The Cozy Corner Reading Room, so come on over and say hello. WNR Media interviews Nathalie Hamidi about her website Find, Read, Love which helps readers to find … Continue reading →

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Do we have a New Pulp Fiction and do we need one?

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Cora

Last year, I wrote a trio of posts about the resurgence of pulp fiction and the “anything goes” spirit of the pulp era thanks to the electronic publishing revolution. You can find them here, here and here. Now the New … 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 continue our irregular series of interviews with other indie writers and 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 … Continue reading →

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Mixed E-Book Links of Interest

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Cora

For starters, the indie versus trad publishing or maybe both debate is still going on (and will probably be for a while yet). SF writer Tobias Buckell cautions writers eager to jump into indie publishing that the big successes like … Continue reading →

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The Renaissance of Short Fiction Revisited

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Cora

Back in February, I wrote a post on this blog about how the internet and the e-book revolution have brought about a renaissance of short fiction. Since so far, all of our e-books here at Pegasus Pulp are either short … Continue reading →

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