We decided to let Helix go today. Our sweet boy has been struggling since last June. His appetite would falter and then he would stop eating altogether. Each time, we thought we had found out what was wrong and he would get better for a little while, then it would happen again. The longest he …
Sharon Shinn is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Shuddering City. Here’s the publisher’s description: In the city of Corcannon, everyone has a secret. Madeleine is planning her wedding to Tivol, but she’s really in love with Reese. Jayla has become the guardian of a child named Aussen, but she knows that …
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S.B. Divya is joining us today to talk about her novel, Meru. Here’s the publisher’s description: One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in an epic space opera about aspiration, compassion, and redemption by Hugo and Nebula Award finalist S. B. Divya. For five centuries, human life has …
David Sandner & Jacob Weisman are joining us today to talk about their story, Hellhounds. Here’s the publisher’s description: In this sequel to the novelette Mingus Fingers, authors David Sandner and Jacob Weisman follow Kenny, a talented musician who learned from jazz great Charles Mingus how to “play in the soul.” Kenny has always had an …
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I recently had a chance to sit down with the wonderful Wil Wheaton in an interview put together by Audible. Wil and I had a fantastic time talking about audiobook narration, writing, and acting. You may listen to the interview in its entirety here: Timestamps 0:00 – Introductions for Mary Robinette Kowal and Wil Wheaton …
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It is that time of year again in which we retrospectively look back at our productivity over the last year by posting about eligibility. I think this is the first year since I started doing this that I haven’t had a short story come out. I was feeling weird about that until a friend pointed …
Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn’t go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space. When the Mercury program was proposed, doctors were worried that people would not be able to urinate or even swallow without the aid of gravity. And yet, …
When we were in high school, my younger brother met his high school sweetheart. Korie. She was sweet and shy and if you could draw her out, wickedly funny. Their freshman year of college, I was the first person he told that they were getting married. They had three children together, my siblings, Katherine, Peter, …
Ever since I saw the Harpan Conference Center in Reykjavik, I knew that it needed to be the home of a Worldcon. It wasn’t something that I thought was possible, but in 2021 two things happened. One, I chaired a D.C. Worldcon from Tennessee. Two, I went to Icecon in Reykjavik. There, I asked the …
This is perhaps a bit belated, but I published two things in 2021 which are eligible for the 2022 Hugo Awards! Nominations are due tomorrow, March 15th, by 23:59 PM, Pacific Daylight Time (PDT, UTC-7). In defense of my tardiness in getting this post up, I was weirdly busy at the end of last year …
Over the last year, I gained some serious XP and am now a level 53 human. So far, it’s delightful. I’m at a mini-retreat with three excellent people, Alyshondra, Christine, and Jen. They have plied me with eggs, rosemary scones, and cardamom shortbread that would make Ted Lasso weep with joy and envy. For you, …
I have some exciting news to share with you all today. It’s official: I’ve accepted the role of Con Chair for Discon III, the 79th Worldcon. I’ve met with the department heads, and I can tell you now that they are a wonderful, highly competent group of people. I am thrilled to be working with …
I want to begin by saying that it has been an honor to be your president. My last months in office have predominately been spent working on the Disney Must Pay situation. While we resolved Alan Dean Foster’s original complaint, doing so brought to light more than twenty additional writers with over one hundred affected …
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 …