On Friday April 5th, Free Book Friday will give away five signed copies of Without a Summer. That’s tomorrow. You have until midnight Eastern, to enter. They also have an interview with me with questions such as… 1) When you got that first phone call announcing you had sold a novel, how did you react? How did
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If you are curious about what happens when I write horror, this is one of the stories. This is, in fact, the story that I won’t let my parent read. It’s on Escape Pod, if you want to listen, read by Veronica Giguere. They also have it in text form. Here’s a teaser: Grete snipped
EP390: Cerbo un Vitra ujo : Escape Pod Read More »
What does it mean to “fake it till you make it?” For this episode we talk about the things that we do, or that we have done, that help us (or helped us) feel professional. Howard explains the origin of his legendary online buffer, and how eight years later he changed his wardrobe. Mary tells
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Well, this is a lovely way to start off the novel’s life cycle, don’t you think? “Kowal has always had a talent for integrating historical fact into her series, but her use of the cold summer of 1816 coupled with the original creation of the “coldmongers union” transforms a simple weather phenomenon into a fascinating
Without a Summer was nominated for RT Book Reviews’ April Seal Of Excellence Read More »
When I was starting out in puppetry, I went to my very first puppetry festival in Talequah, OK. I was bewildered by how many puppeteers were there. So many people, who all loved the same art form and loved it in all its varied forms. I was standing in line in the cafeteria, a little
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If you are in the Chicago area, come out and hear some fiction while enjoying a nice, cold, beer. I’m reading at Tuesday Funk with five other authors. We’ve put together an April lineup for Tuesday Funk fit to melt your cold heart at the end of this long winter. The roster will feature Mary
Reading in Chicago at Tuesday Funk #56: tonight, April 2, 2013 Read More »
Over at John Scalzi’s blog, I have a post in his series The Big Idea. This is where authors talk about some aspect of their work that is at the core of the story. Here’s a little bit of it as a teaser. “Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can
The Big Idea: Mary Robinette Kowal – Whatever Read More »
And look! I have a whole new website design, by Jeremiah Tolbert of Clockpunk Studios. Shiny, eh? To celebrate, I’m having a little contest. What does the winner receive? A letter. Not just any letter though. I’ll mail you the letter that Jane and Vincent receive in Chapter Two of Without a Summer. After they
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One of the questions I get asked most often is “How does Glamour work?” Since Without a Summer is launching tomorrow, I thought it probably made sense to answer that question in more detail than in my FAQ. The definition of glamour, according to the OED, is “Magic, enchantment, spell” and it was a word strongly associated
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I recorded the audio book for Without a Summer and asked my engineer to save mistakes so I could make a blooper reel. I made a lot, but he only saved three. Still! It gives you an idea of what it’s like in the recording booth when you are recording your own work.
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I am delighted to announce that Writing Excuses Season 7 is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Related work. We are all excited and honored to be in this list of fellow nominees. • The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature Edited by Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn (Cambridge UP) • Chicks Dig Comics:
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The next month will be busy, starting off with a reading here in Chicago, at Tuesday Funk, on the day that Without a Summer launches. [ai1ec tag_name=”without-a-summer-2″ view=”agenda”]
My upcoming appearances, including the Without a Summer tour schedule Read More »
Last year, during the Month of Letters Challenge, Laura Christensen did some envelope art, including this picture of Jane in her work dress, which you might recall from yesterday’s post. I so love this. The original is at: Lettermo Envelope Art – Jane Vincent by ~dremelf on deviantART.
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There is a surprising amount of science in Without a Summer, considering that it’s a fantasy novel set in the Regency. Strangely, the scientific history was one of the hardest things to convey in the story. 1816 is often called The Year Without a Summer. In the U.S., it was also Eighteen Hundred and Froze
Without a Summer: The science behind the title and the year 1816 Read More »