Thank you all for the lovely wishes. Rob and I had a delightful two days at the coast. The place we picked out was beachfront with a sauna and a giant soaking tub that looked out on the ocean. A storm was rolling in for much of yesterday and it was deeply satisfying to lounge […]
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Rob and I are off at the beach today for our 9th anniversary. Actually, we left yesterday and won’t be back until tomorrow, but I cleverly sent this message into the future so that it would be waiting for you. See you on Friday.
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WOOT! Today is release day for the audio anthology METAtropolis: Cascadia. I love audio fiction and have been waiting to get my hands– er… ears on this for months now. I’m happy on every release day, but there are some anthologies that I would anticipate and want copies of even if I didn’t have a
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Please head over to congratulate my friend, Alethea Kontis, who has sold her debut novel SUNDAY to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. I am so incredibly happy for her. Yay!
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Let me talk about amateur writers and why I think that’s a fine thing. I’ve seen the idea tossed around that people who only write once a year aren’t writers. While I do agree that it is easier to have a long-term and sustainable professional career if one writes every day, that’s not an actual
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I have been excited for a while about METAtropolis: Cascadia. First, I liked the premise of the anthology. Then the TOC of writers was awesome company. When they announced the all Star Trek cast of narrators I nearly squeed myself. Now? The website is live and it has interviews with the narrators about their process
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I recently overheard some professional writers talking about NaNoWriMo and a number of them thought it was a waste of time and that the folks who did it were wannabes. Bullshit. When you are getting your legs, writing long form is really intimidating. The internal editor kicks in and will eat your brain alive. My
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I’m not cutting and pasting the actual recipe because, as we all know, that would be a copyright violation BUT I will direct you to the recipe that I use when I make the Garbanzo Salad with Pomegranate Seeds. I make it with and without the cilantro, usually skip toasting the ground cumin, don’t peel the
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Orycon 32 is this weekend and I’m looking forward to it. Here is my schedule for the con. I hope to see you there. Friday 4:00:pm — The physics of magic Ross/Morr Writers often talk about magic systems and magic having a cost. It’s fantasy–can’t you do anything you want? Should magic hold to a law
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On Sunday, November 21st, I’m teaching a workshop called “Writing on the Fast Track” at the Hugo House in Seattle. I just heard that there are only five slots left in the workshop, so if you’ve been thinking about signing up, don’t wait too long. Here’s what the course catalog has to say about the
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I know you like shiny things. And you do, right? Shiny, shiny, shiny things. One thinks of shiny as being a visual thing but lo! it can refer to audio as well. For instance: I have the first five minutes of Kate Mulgrew reading my my audio novelette, “Water to Wine.” “Water To Wine” by
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SF Reviews has a lovely review of Shades of Milk and Honey. Here’s an excerpt. Shades of Milk and Honey is a heartfelt and sincere homage to a figure who’s influenced perhaps more writers than Tolkien. It’s never less than delightful, and is surprisingly effective in the way MaryRob’s fantasy elements convey themes consistent with
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Ellen Vandover just alerted me to some Icelandic horses that are currently in the Zillah feed pens and are in need of rescue. The ages range from 2 – 14 and are based off size, body size and tail length. They are halter broken and normally friendly but in the feedlot they seem pretty timid.
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Right after I left WFC yesterday, my wonderful publicist emailed me with some awesome news and, of course, I had no one to squee with. Shades of Milk and Honey has been nominated for an RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2010! The nominees are: The Bird of the River Kage Baker, Tor (Jul.) The
I did arrive safely at World Fantasy three hours after I’d planned to get here. The storm system that delayed our arrival in Minneapolis was an inland hurricane. The bizarre side benefit of this is that it meant that my connecting flight was also delayed so I was merely late and didn’t have to get
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