Last year, I participated in the audio anthology Metatropolis: Cascadia from Audible.com. It was a shared world anthology, built on a story by Jay Lake about what might happen to the Pacific Northwest in the future. Because the stories in the anthology were written specifically for audio, it shaped many of the choices I made […]
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Publisher’s Weekly has reviewed Scenting the Dark and Other Stories. Whee! Scenting the Dark and Other Stories Mary Robinette Kowal. Subterranean (<http://www.subterraneanpress.com>www.subterraneanpress.com), $25 (80p) ISBN 978-1-59606-267-2 Campbell Award–winner Kowal presents a broad spectrum of stories in her chapbook-slim first collection. The heartbreaking “Just Right,” in which a family struggles with a child’s strange behavior, isn’t
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Subterranean is running a 50% off sale and one of the titles is my collection “Scenting the Dark and Other Stories.” We’ve been receiving a ton of requests that we run one of our 50% off sales, which we haven’t done in quite some time. Tim and I have carved a little time out of
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Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to my first collection, Scenting the Dark and Other Stories. I’ve loved Subterranean Press for a long time now and can’t describe how ecstatic I am about this little book. The cover art is an original by Sandro Castelli and the book design is by Gail Cross.
In the interview that I did with Alethea Kontis for Subterranean Press, she asks me about the funny story that goes with “Waiting for Rain.” The short form of my answer is that I initially sent the wrong file. After we had a good laugh (thank God) he suggested that when he ran the story
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Subterranean Press has an online magazine which is one of my favorites, so I was thrilled when I sold them a story. It’s up now, if you’d like to read “Waiting for Rain” Mundari Vineyard 2045, Nashik (India), Shiraz Black cherry, plum, and currant flavors mingle with aromas of sweet tobacco and sage in this
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I love, love, love Subterranean Press and am so delighted to have finally landed a sale there. This actually happened a couple of weeks ago, right before Launchpad, but I was sitting on the news until I finished revisions. ((There’s a funny story here, which I’ll tell later.)) Which I just did and had accepted
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Cory Doctorow just received the Locus Award for his novella “After the Siege”. By lucky chance, Subterranean Press had asked me to record “After the Siege” for them. They’ve just put it up live on their website. Congratulations, Cory! It was a pleasure to read.
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Well, my three lovely ladies are leaving home tomorrow. I’m shipping the Coraline puppets to Bill Shaffer at Subterranean Press. He in turn will send one to Neil Gaiman, one to Dave McKean and one to someone who pre-ordered the special edition of Coraline. I wanted to make certain that I had good photos of
Early next year, Subterranean Press will give birth to a new imprint, Far Territories, one that focuses on popularly priced trade paperbacks and hardcovers, with distribution in the chain and independent bookstories. See that logo? I made that.
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I’ve had a couple of people ask me if I’m going to make a Coraline for myself. No. I will keep the dud head that I made, but since Subterranean asked me to make only three, I’m making only three. One for Neil Gaiman, one for Dave McKean and one for… you? To learn more
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I spent most of today running errands, although I did take time out to have lunch with Ken Scholes. Such a sweetheart. Today was really gorgeous, so I did all of my errands via bike. Lovely day. We also recorded the last of the pickup lines for Subterranean Press. I’m uploading the audio book now,
When Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press asked me to read Kage Baker’s Rude Mechanicals, I was delighted, because I love the Company stories. I was delighted until I started reading the manuscript and realized that the point of view character was male. I skimmed forward, just looking at dialogue. Most of the characters were male.
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