Mary Robinette Kowal

Jane Austen has clearly had an enormous influence on my writing career. But beyond the obvious connections that Shades of Milk and Honey has, Jane Austen’s attention to detail has taught me more, as an author, about writing than pretty much anyone else. She recognized that often what is unsaid is more telling than what is said.

I have safely made it to NYC after spending fourteen hours at home. I’m now on “random time” rather than EST, CST, or HT.  Strangely, I enjoy this sort of moving around, which I think is a hold over from the days when I was touring with puppet theater. Even for me, though, I’ll admit

We had a lovely time visiting Rob’s parents. It was a very productive writing time for me, along with the nine hour plane ride, so I’m now up to Chapter 24 in the Kiss Me Twice draft. I’ve posted 14-18 for those reading along. I’ll get the other new chapters up tomorrow in between loads of laundry.

Strangely, people in Hawaii have no trouble telling that I’m from the mainland. Some of it is the way I move, talk, and dress. Most of it is my complexion. I’m a redhead, right? When I go outside, I tend to burn — well, assuming that I go outside during sunlight at all which isn’t that