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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling! Read March 2012: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K....

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Vonnegut serial

by VÐGriesdoorn on July 22, 2009 - 0 comments

Random House is set to release fourteen unpublished shorts by Vonnegut as serial e-books starting end of August this year. As Dave Itzkoff poignantly describes; “In a twist that Kurt Vonnegut, the master satirist, would have appreciated, he continues his …

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How to insult people – Lesson 1

by VÐGriesdoorn on July 17, 2009 - 0 comments

Imagine having thought you bought a book and finding it missing. Scatterbrained ? Lended ? Delusional ? Paranoid ? Not if you bought the book in e-version off of Amazon. Apparently, e-book sales are reversible according to Amazon. Apparently, although …

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'Agent Argo' Hemingway

by VÐGriesdoorn on July 9, 2009 - 0 comments

The publication of Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America marks the day that Hemingway is revealed to have been a spy for the KGB. But did he fail at it because Hemingway wanted unidirectional information or …

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No, thank you

by VÐGriesdoorn on July 9, 2009 - 0 comments

If you collected all the books that were ever recommended to be read, one would end up with more books than could ever be read in one life-time. So isn’t it nice then that The Second Pass makes an effort …

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    Victoria is a full-time scientist by day and part-time writer by night. She writes Magical Realism, Dystopian Fiction and Horror, and sometimes a 'Novel In A Day'.

    When she finds time away from her PhD, she features photo blogging on Mondays, writing-related topics on Wednesdays, science-related posts on Fridays and whatever she feels like writing about on the days between.

  • My First Novel

    The Clarion Write-a-Thon 2011 has ended. During the challenge I have written 20,749 words on my first novel.

    I have learnt a lot. One of those things is that I need to change my point of view and restruc- ture the plot.

    This project is currently on hold, but I am very confident I will one day finish what I started.
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    My current progress

    20,749 / 60,000 (34.58%)

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