Among the things I didn’t think about when entering into the writing business was the sheer amount of travel that I’d be doing. Now, it is possible to be a writer without going to a bajillion conventions, but if you are going to travel do yourself a favor and sign up for a frequent flyer
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Yay! Thanks to the nice airline attendent, Rob is now next to me in the extended legroom seats. Have a drink! #marygoround # They are closing the boarding door for an on-time departure to Portland. Have a drink! #marygoround # Welcome to Portland. Ontime! Have a drink. #marygoround # We are home. With luggage! This
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This evening I’ll be having a reading at the Powell’s in Beaverton at 7pm. In addition to showing off the trade paperback of Shades of Milk and Honey — which has some changes from the hardcover — I’ll be joined by members of the Oregon Regency Society, who will be in costume from the early
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Welcome to another day of #marygoround Rob, his parents and I are all piling into the car to drive to the airport in Minneapolis. # We've arrived at the airport and dropped off the rental car. Have a drink! #marygoround # We've just noticed that Rob's been given a seat assignment but my ticket is
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The new Writing Excuses episode is up, wherein we talk about giving your characters internal motivation. If you have to ask yourself “what’s my motivation?” when you’re sitting down to write, this isn’t the podcast for you. We’re talking about character motivation in this cast. You can listen to the episode at Writing Excuses 6.2: Internal
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Sunset on the lake with Rob. http://lockerz.com/s/109894228 # Is the sunset this pretty where you are? http://lockerz.com/s/109900031 # Ooo! Rob jus caught some weeds. He threw them back. Too small. # The news from Lake Wobegon: Matt and Michelle's wedding. http://is.gd/5XYurx #
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It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon. The weather has cooled off after the heat wave of the week before and killed off a lot of the mosquitos. It’s a good thing, too, what with the wedding and all. Matt and Michele have been an item for the past ten years and finally decided
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My short story, “For Want of a Nail” is up at Escape Pod as part of their Hugo Month. It is read by the awesome Mur Lafferty. You can listen to the whole story at EP296: For Want of a Nail : Escape Pod.
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No, really. Rob’s family lives in one of the towns that Garrison Keilor based Lake Woebegon on. So, I’m sure you are wondering how this installment of #marygoround went. Our flight out of Portland was mostly on time and made up the loss on the way to Denver. The REALLY AWESOME thing though was that
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Note: Giving blood makes the hill in front of our apartment steeper. Perhaps biking was a bad plan. # A thoughtful reader review of Shades of Milk and Honey. From a guy! Love it when I trick them into reading a regency. http://is.gd/RTbk2f # Another day, another adventure with #marygoround Rob and I are waiting
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Note: Giving blood makes the hill in front of our apartment steeper. Perhaps biking was a bad plan. # A thoughtful reader review of Shades of Milk and Honey. From a guy! Love it when I trick them into reading a regency. http://is.gd/RTbk2f # Another day, another adventure with #marygoround Rob and I are waiting
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Rob and I are at the Portland airport on our way to Minnesota. Our nephew on his side is getting married this weekend. It will be good to see his family. We got to spend time with them when we moved to NYC but the route we took back didn’t take us through their town.
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Yay! Our hometime independent paper, The Portland Mercury not only reviewed Shades of Milk and Honey but also liked it! Wish Jane Austen’s subtle novels had a little more action, but fewer zombies? Well, Portlander Mary Robinette Kowal’s debut novel Shades of Milk and Honey is your new manna. In this age of Regency spinning,
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I'll be reading at Uncle Hugo's SF bookstore in Minneapolis this Sunday from 1-2. See you there? http://is.gd/MYSLES # On my way to the Kennedy School with Ted Chiang for the #sfwa NW reading series. We're meeting @nancykress and Ursula K. Le Guin. 7pm! #
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We have made the odd discovery that if you pet Harriet in 2/4 time, she’s happy. I mean, you can really pound on her and she just presses into your hand. 5/8 time is right out and results in being bitten no matter how gentle you are. She gets this pained look anytime Rob has
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