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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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Copying is Free

by VÐGriesdoorn on June 24, 2009 - 0 comments

Author and Wired editor, Chris Anderson got himself in a bit a pinch when the Virginia Quarterly Review analysed his new book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price, for review and found that Anderson had lifted a number of …

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Irish writers band together

by VÐGriesdoorn on January 31, 2009 - 0 comments

A host of Irish writers are protesting the termination of funding to the Irish Writers’ Centre. As the Guardian writes, closure of the centre would mean the loss of a focal point for events, discussions, conferences and holding archives. The …

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  • About

    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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    Progress bar courtesy of Honorless.

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    I'm a Clarion Write-a-Thon survivor.

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