A typical cosmic soap-opera: an Disney animated spoof of ’50s Pulp Science Fiction
(hattip to Jennifer Pelland for spotting this beauty.)
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September 2010
Debut Author Lessons: 10 things about signing books
One of the ways that an author connects to the reader is by signing books. Here are some of the things that I’ve learned about signing things — not having a signing event, but the actual act of autographing. Pick a pen color other than black. Collectors and book sellers tell me that when a
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The Jane Austen Centre reviews and likes Shades of Milk and Honey!
I am all astonished. The Jane Austen Centre in Bath has a review of Shades of Milk and Honey on their website AND wrote to let me know that they were planning on sending the review out with their newsletter. Let me repeat that: The Jane Austen Centre. Likes. My. Novel. John Ottinger writes about the
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RT’s August Seal Of Excellence for Shades of Milk and Honey
August 2010’s RT Seal of Excellence was Shades of Milk and Honey! I’m seriously delighted by this. Here are some comments from one of the editors on why my debut novel won the honor. “So often in a fantasy novel, the magic of the world is hastily wound around the characters and plot. However, Kowal’s glamours
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What is today’s password protected easter egg?
I just posted a new Easter Egg for Shades of Milk and Honey. This is a deleted scene from Chapter 2 of the novel. To read it, you simply need to know the name of the mare that Jane rides in Chapter 10.
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Shades of Milk and Honey extra: Deleted scene from Chapter 2
This short scene originally completed Chapter 2. It would begin on page 35 if it were still extant. The reason I cut the scene was that it placed too much emphasis on the Dunkirk’s visit. Since I needed the ball to be Chapter Three, one would have gone into the scene wondering about the Dunkirk’s
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Back in Portland from Dragon*Con and Tennessee
Once again, my body is on random time. I’ve just returned from the trip to Atlanta and Tennessee and wasn’t there quite long enough — or rather — I didn’t have quite enough of a regular sleep cycle to have truly gotten on East Coast time but neither am I acclimated to West Coast at
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Shades of Milk and Honey was the bestselling hardcover at Borderlands Books!
Woot! Shades of Milk and Honey was the best-selling hardcover at Borderlands for the month of August. It even beat out Kraken which will be the only time that happens. Hardcovers Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal Kraken by China Mieville The Technician by Neal Asher Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton
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Happy Birthday Dad!
My dad’s birthday was yesterday but we are throwing a party for him today. One of the lures of Dragon*Con, actually, was that it made it easy to be home for the festivities. Last night I took Mom and Dad out to Mikado, his current favorite restaurant, for dinner. Today is the big shindig which
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The original Shades of Milk and Honey cover
For the curious types, the Australian branch of MacMillan’s still shows the original cover art for Shades of Milk and Honey.
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There’s an audio interview with me at The Bat Segundo Show
While I was in New York, I sat down with Edward Champion for an interview for The Bat Segundo Show. I will tell you this right now: This is the hardest interview I have ever done. He had read the book more thoroughly than anyone I’ve met and asked me questions about things I had
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This is my grandma
(I should mention that her birthday was February 5th but the DAR’s directory doesn’t come out until August.)
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Various car trouble.
Today was largely relaxing. I slept in, did laundry, then went with Dad to retrieve the car that had broken down Monday. I took advantage of being out to visit Grandma, who is doing well. The plan was that Dad would limp that car to the mechanic and retrieve the 240D (their backup car), which
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What is the password protected post about the automaton of a monkey?
If you are curious about the password-protected post, it’s an easter egg from Shades of Milk and Honey. I’m posting them periodically for folks who are interested in some of the behind the scenes information or jokes from writing the book. To access it and any others I post, you just need to know the
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Shades of Milk and Honey extra: Automaton of a monkey…
In Chapter 12, Mr. Dunkirk is talking about his sister Beth. Mr. Dunkirk paused for a moment of reflection. Sighing a bit, he continued. “I was away at school, as was my brother, Richard. I like to think that I might have noticed if I had been home. She was always a dreamy child, given to romantic fantasies. Once,
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