Category Archives: Current

there be monsters ahead

Posted on November 25, 2012 by anna cowan

This is just a quick note to let you know that the next time I post, things are going to look a bit different around here. (Sneak peek on the left!) The redesign has been in the works for a … Continue reading →

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the cross-dressing duke lives!

Posted on November 13, 2012 by anna cowan

So the big news this week is that I sold My Lady Untamed! After three years of writing and rewriting, 150,000 words scrapped and then more writing and rewriting, I’ve found a publisher who loves it just as much as I … Continue reading →

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the romance genre is way ahead of the Australian government on this one

Posted on September 20, 2012 by anna cowan

Yesterday the Australian Parliament voted against the Marriage Amendment Bill. It’s times like this when I think, “Thanks for maintaining the roads. I like the roads. But you do not represent me at all.” But Penny Wong put it much … Continue reading →

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the genre debate is never done

Posted on July 5, 2012 by anna cowan

Last week Ursula Le Guin posted a great piece on genre vs literary fiction in response to Krystal’s article ‘Easy Writers‘ in the New Yorker in May. I don’t know that this debate will ever be done, so I see … Continue reading →

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the piracy question

Posted on June 21, 2012 by anna cowan

Illegal downloading is a subject I’ve been wanting to write about for ages. It’s very murky – it’s emotional and ethical/unethical and no one has a clue how to start untangling it (or rather, everyone has an opinion about how … Continue reading →

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