I had been told that Dragon*Con was huge and that it had a lot of fantastic costumes. This did nothing to prepare me. My flight to Atlanta had no problems, which is something of a record a this point. Arriving in Atlanta, I took MARTA into the city since it was supposed to stop less […]
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I’ve survived my first Dragon*Con. I am exhausted and will report later but since this is the first time I’ve had internet access, I wanted to report that I was alive.
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I just got an update from my airline that they’ve changed my itinerary. I will now not arrive until 2pm tomorrow which means that I will miss my autographing session. I believe that is the only thing affected by this change. Besides my blood-pressure, of course. I’m impressed that my travel karma is inserting pre-emptive
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The Strand, which is the big independent bookstore in NYC is offering a half-off sale on Shades of Milk and Honey. Note that they only have four copies actually in stock. Their staff also offered the following review of the book. ‘Shades of Milk and Honey’ is a captivating debut novel from Mary Robinette Kowal
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In the antithesis of the planet in “Salt of the Earth,” there are several places in Bolivia where you can stay in hotels made entirely from blocks of salt. That’s right, the structure in the photo to the right is made from blocks of salt. Blocks. I know salt isn’t a particularly rare commodity on
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One of my favorite book review blogs, In Bed With Books, is running a contest for a $10 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble. One of the things you can send her to enter is proof of purchase of Shades of Milk and Honey.
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Tee-hee! There’s a hilarious review of First Flight over at Tales of a Newbie Writer. It’s written as if it’s a transcript for a movie trailer and cracks me up. Five out of Five stars for being imaginative. (Said with the movie intro voice) “In a world where people time travel, there is a woman.” (Sounds of
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Over on the Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia, there’s a chance to win two copies of Shades of Milk and Honey, thanks to celi.a who seems to have fallen in love with my novel. Here’s how her review starts off: I found myself proclaiming to my friends that I’d found ‘the perfect book’ yesterday. I didn’t
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The new online magazine Redstone Science Fiction has my short story “Salt of the Earth” up on their website today. Here’s the teaser! Melia adjusted Dora’s salt-suit, feeling as if it were futile because the two-year old would have the sweatband off her head the instant Melia’s back was turned. She caught her daughter’s hand reaching
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