Mary Robinette Kowal

I’m hopping on a plane today and flying to Houston, TX where I will read at Murder by the Book. I’ll be reading from Without a Summer and maybe, possibly, have a sneak preview of the fourth book. Oh, and party favours! And a puppet show! And I’ll be in a Regency costume. 6:30 tonight. Where:

I went to Launch Pad in 2008 and it was an amazing experience. Basically, they cram a college level astronomy course into a week, and gear it specifically for improving science literacy in the arts. Launch Pad is an education/public outreach effort supplementing Mike Brotherton’s space-based astronomical research.  Our primary goal is to teach writers,

As if he needs the help, Brandon challenges Mary, Howard, and Dan to help him brainstorm an A.I. short story. Brandon hands them some setup, and off they go. The ground may have been well-tread in the past, but this particular brainstorming session is full of great ideas that incorporate religion, cargo cults, puzzles, and

I love this book. Love. LOVE this book. So the fact that the BBC is adapting it into a seven-hour mini-series is a beautiful thing. The BBC said its “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” mini-series would be presented in seven hourlong installments, adapted by Peter Harness (a screenwriter and playwright whose credits include “Wallander” and

I don’t remember what I was looking for when I found this, but I found the original 1800 art that was used in the cover for Shades of Milk and Honey. I like being able to see a little more of the gown and that it is definitely a wrap around. I’m seriously tempted to

Yesterday, Rob and I headed up to the Music Box which is having a silent film festival, On the second Saturday of each month, they are showing a classic silent film complete with live organ accompaniment. It’s a wonderful space and the live music pushes it into exceptional. Now, I’ve long been a silent film fan.

There are times when writing a historical fantasy that you need a place name. Sometimes it’s a village, sometimes it’s a manor, sometimes it’s a street. When you can’t use a real place for reasons, then there’s a handy Regency Place name generator There are at present nearly 764,000 combinations of place names. I can’t

I mentioned earlier that I have some familiarity with people who don’t want presents. My husband is a minimalist and finding a gift that he will appreciate is tricky because he specifically doesn’t want things. I try think of other ways that I can make my love tangible. This year, I deep cleaned the apartment while he

Exhibit A: Discuss, paying particular attention to his use of the word “Frak.”

You might have noticed that I dedicated Without a Summer to Rob. There are parts of Vincent that are based on my husband. I won’t tell you which parts, but if you ever meet him you’ll nod knowingly at certain moments. Meanwhile, you can watch Rob in an interview about his work at City Winery.

On Tuesday, I went up to Hopleaf bar to read at Tuesday Funk. It was a fun way to launch  Without a Summer. It was a packed room for this past Tuesday night’s edition of Tuesday Funk at Hopleaf, which means the chances are pretty good you were there enjoying it all with a cold

When I was GoH at ConFusion, they had a number of really fun events. One of them was to do live radio theater.  Behold. Cast Zaphod Matt Arnold Vogon Captain / Marvin / Eddie Scott Ford Prefect / Narrator Nuri Arthur Dent / Patrick Rothfuss Trillian / Door Mary Gag Halfrunt Audience