Mary Robinette Kowal

This week’s assignment was a difficult one and I’m not sure that I was entirely successful. The instructions were to grab an image on Pinterest that “floated our sexy boat” then base the story around that. One scene, of 750 words or less. Two characters (no more, no less) stuck in a place (bedroom, classroom,

What are the things that matter to your characters? What things matter to your readers? After we get the obligatory ambiguity out of the way, we settle into talking about the “stakes” and the escalation thereof. As authors, we want our readers to feel that something is at risk, and that action on the part

So, I’m recording Glamour in Glass right now and I’m struck by the differences in my recording times when I’m comfortable with the language and when I’m not. I narrated the first four chapters, 68 pages, in about two hours. Then we hit Chapter 5, in the book this is “Travel and a Little Napoleon.” In

Will you help a foolish author who wrote French into her book but does not speak it? Um… That would be me. I’m recording the audio book for Glamour in Glass, and am realizing that though I can use forvo.com to look up the pronunciation of the individual words, the flow is lacking. I’m looking for

I am offline and enjoying my husband’s convivial society. After eleven years, I am still deeply in love and a very fortunate woman. Our wedding day And eleven years later… See y’all later.

I’ve mentioned in this erotica class I’m taking, I’m interested in expanding my toolbox. As such I’m writing scenes that are in the Glamourist Histories world and specifically the “fade to black” scenes. It’s been very interesting thus far because I’m finding that many of the principles are not that different from writing any other scene. Shanna