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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Random House is set to release fourteen unpublished shorts by Vonnegut as serial e-books starting end of August this year.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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Pogue Posts

by VÐGriesdoorn on July 6, 2009 - 0 comments

David Pogue, author, New York Times columnist and CBS news reporter, is on a mission to get to know his followers. Yes… doesn’t that sounds creepy ? Twitter is often thought-of as a unidirectional communication channel. Mostly by people who …

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The story of StoryCorps

by VÐGriesdoorn on April 10, 2009 - 0 comments

The BBC has a wonderful article on the joys of oral histories and a project called StoryCorps, which collects them.

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Fifty-Two Stories

by VÐGriesdoorn on February 25, 2009 - 0 comments

There are many wonderful literary initiatives out there in the world. This time I would like to draw your attention to Fifty-Two Stories, an outlet created by Harper Perennial to give established and new talent a chance to spread their …

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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.

  • Dark Fiction Magazine

    Dark Fiction Magazine

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  • Clarion Write-a-Thon 2011

    Clarion Write-a-Thon 2011

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

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