When President Biden was elected, a lot of folks noticed that we share the same middle name — Robinette. Pretty much all Robinettes in the US are related. I’m an outlier, because I’m named after my grandmother, who is named after her father, who is named after the minister who married his parents. Basically any …
Lo! Today I have leveled up and am now a Level 52 Human. I’m celebrating by spending the day mostly offline with my family and then will do some cooking this evening. I also have a party favor for you. When The Relentless Moon came out last year, one of the things we did was …
I have two writing dates and a class on identifying the barriers to writing coming up between now and the first week of January for my Patreon Supporters. I hope to see you there!
We talked to the good folks at the Pet Placement Center and they directed us to the Naughty Cat Cafe, where a number of their cats are in residence. Everyone involved in this is looooovely. (Also, the Naughty Cat Cafe has a ton of comfie seating, jazz, good coffee, and 36 cats. It was pretty …
We’ve updated my website. Now with a working store, The Lady Astronaut Club and general prettiness.
Mary Robinette will be on virtual tour for The Relentless Moon from 14 July 20 to 08 August 20. Links to each of the events below! Here’s where to find Mary Robinette on tour: 14 JULY 20 Parnassus Books 6:30PM CT / 7:30PM ET Join Mary Robinette Kowal and special guests for a virtual book launch party …
Today, I reached Level 51 Human and am spending it at my parents’ surrounded by writers on a mini-retreat. I’m going to do some serious cooking tonight, but meanwhile, I have a party favor to share with you. I thought I’d show you the evolution of a story, from initial seed to published product. A …
I was recently at a conference and got to try on Adam Savage’s replica A7-L spacesuit. An A7-L is what they wore on the Apollo missions. This was very, very cool. A couple of actual astronauts were there and said that the fidelity of the suit was high. To begin with, Adam had me sit …
In which I try on an A7-L replica spacesuit, courtesy of Adam Savage Read More »
Calculating Stars won the Hugo! Here’s the text of my acceptance speech and some thoughts
Last night, The Calculating Stars won the Nebula Award. We can send signals to Mars and back faster than I can process this. Let’s just pause to gaze at it for a minute, all right? It’s pretty, right? Each Nebula award contains a unique selection of stones, representing planets. I love that this one …
As I write this, I know that I’m going to have to sit on this news for two weeks. TWO WEEKS. Don’t get me wrong, I deeply appreciate having time to prepare and to be ready for the formal announcement. I wrote a blog post about how to handle having secret good news, which I’m …
The Calculating Stars has been nominated for a Hugo! Read More »
Oh, hey. Robert and I are relocating to Nashville. In April. It’s like this. I go to my parents’ home in Chattanooga about once a month, which combines with my other travel schedule to mean a lot of time away from Robert. We’ve been experimenting with having him travel with me a little, but it’s …
One of the unexpected side effects of publishing a book or a story is a shift in your status. Now, I know you’re thinking, “but I’ve only published one thing, I’m not a REAL author.” I’ve talked elsewhere about imposter syndrome, so I want to talk about the unintentional side effects of ignoring the fact …
Debut Author Lessons: Status and Hierarchy shifts Read More »
I will grant that this particular thing will not happen for everyone, but it will happen for some of you and award nominations come with no instructions. Over the years, I’ve learned a few things and so here’s the stuff that I’ve told new Nebula, Hugo, and Campbell finalists. When they say confidential… What they …
Debut Author Lessons: So you’ve been nominated for an award… Read More »
New Kitten discovers her tail.