Protected: Of Noble Family draft: 1
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Protected: Draft: A Fire in the Heavens
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Protected: Draft: The Ghost Talkers, chapter 1
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Protected: Draft: A Dichotomy of Paradigms
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Book Review: ‘Without a Summer’ by Mary Robinette Kowal
Many of Jane Austen’s contemporary readers consider her magical. Mary Robinette Kowal went one step further and made her so. Jane Ellsworth, the Austen-inspired heroine of three Kowal novels to date, lives the kind of British Regency era life an Austen character might have, with a delightful exception: She’s a glamourist, a professional magician who
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Protected: Draft: Forest of Memory
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EP390: Cerbo un Vitra ujo : Escape Pod
If you are curious about what happens when I write horror, this is one of the stories. This is, in fact, the story that I won’t let my parent read. It’s on Escape Pod, if you want to listen, read by Veronica Giguere. They also have it in text form. Here’s a teaser: Grete snipped
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Without a Summer was nominated for RT Book Reviews’ April Seal Of Excellence
Well, this is a lovely way to start off the novel’s life cycle, don’t you think? “Kowal has always had a talent for integrating historical fact into her series, but her use of the cold summer of 1816 coupled with the original creation of the “coldmongers union” transforms a simple weather phenomenon into a fascinating
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The Big Idea: Mary Robinette Kowal – Whatever
Over at John Scalzi’s blog, I have a post in his series The Big Idea. This is where authors talk about some aspect of their work that is at the core of the story. Here’s a little bit of it as a teaser. “Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can
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Protected: Original Courtroom scene
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Protected: Weaving Dreams: revised
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What a brainstorming session looks like.
April 14, 2007, I was trying to wrap up the ending to Shades of Milk and Honey and totally stalling. Totally. I’d written myself into a corner and couldn’t find my way out, but I have this friend who is really good at action scenes, Michael Livingston. He is also the namesake of Captain Livingston.
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SOLD! The Glamourist Histories are heading for Hungarian translation.
We’ve — and by we, I mean my wonderful agent — have just sold Hungarian translation rights on SHADES OF MILK AND HONEY, GLAMOUR IN GLASS, and WITHOUT A SUMMER to publisher NOUVION Trade Sociedad anonima under the imprint of IPC Books Kft. According to Google translate, which is so reliable, the first book would
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WITHOUT A SUMMER is a RT Reviews Top Pick
RT Book Reviews has given Without a Summer four and a half stars! The review starts off by saying: The third in Kowal’s stellar fantasy series, Without a Summer, is without a doubt, the best yet in the Glamourist Histories. And it gets nicer from there If you have subscription, you can read the full review
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Protected: Kiss Me Twice draft – 36
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