Mary Robinette Kowal

I have three doctor’s appointments within the space of a week. Not because I am drastically ill, but because my insurance will not allow my doctor to bill for more than one thing at a time. All of this could have been done at one appointment, but I can’t even book them on the same day. […]

So this is what it’s like tour when Marie Brennan and I tour together.

Several years ago, I was talking with a puppeteer friend of mine who had helped me land an audition. I thanked him for that. He said, “But you helped me get the part on Avenue Q. That’s what we do. You gave me a boost up the ladder. Now I’m in a better place to pull you

This is a difficult video to watch, because it frankly discusses living with multiple severe mental illnesses. And it’s important, because it is difficult. We hope to raise awareness: not only for Robison’s problems, but to use his example as a basis for storytelling, for raising awareness. Not all of the symptoms of mental illness

I had these good intentions of blogging while on booktour and that totally didn’t happen. For the first three or four days, I was sick and no one wanted to hear me talk about how many handkerchiefs I went through in an hour. So, instead, I have for you a random collection of photographs from

I have been waiting for the movie Belle to come to the US since last year. It finally has, but with a limited release. Sunday, May 11, when I’m in San Francisco for book tour, I can actually go see the film. What is it and why am I so excited? Belle is inspired by the

If you are interested in process, I have a short SF story that I could use some beta readers on. The story is only 2800 words BUT the turnaround is fairly tight and I would need responses today. I’m writing on the planes, so in order to get this turned in, I have to dive

How do you go about writing a character showing their emotions without them sounding whiny (or whatever the “too-much” version of the appropriate emotion might be)? Adding to the difficulty of the exercise, how do you know where that “too much” line is for your book, your genre, and your audience? We talk about how

This happened on the Steampunk Cruise and really, explaining why is not possible. While I am wearing this dress on the book tour with Marie Brennan, I will not be singing Roxanne for you. video by Melissa Wartenberg