Mary Robinette Kowal

I have a split reaction to this. On the one hand, lots and lots of giggles because people falling in low gravity are funny. On the other hand, sheer terror that something will go horribly wrong because they are on the moon. Granted, I know nothing did go wrong, so that frees me up to not

Well…. since most of you are interested in this, I’m going to post my homework for the erotica class in password protected pages. This assignment was due on Saturday, and our instructions were: Your assignment this week is to write a piece of flash fiction, less than 300 words, with a beginning, middle and end.

Spoiler alert! We’re going to talk in depth about The Emperor’s Soul, which just came out, and if you haven’t yet read it but want to, we’d rather not spoil it for you. The e-book is available here. So… ready? Brandon talks to us about the origin of the magic system, and why he decided

Last week, I asked people if they would be interested in reading my homework from an erotica class I’m taking. More specifically, if I wrote the “fade to black” scenes between Jane and Vincent would people like to read them. (It’s not too late to answer the poll by the way.) Here I’m going to

John Joseph Adams has a new anthology out, Epic: Legends of Fantasy, which includes works by George R. R. Martin, Brandon Sanderson, Patrick Rothfuss, Robin Hobb, Tad Williams, Ursula K. Le Guin and… me This week, Wired.com is featureing an exclusive excerpt from the anthology — my short story “Bound Man.” Here’s a teaser: Light dappled

I hope I’ll get to see you at Windycon this weekend. One of the panels that I’m excited about is a session with Seanan McGuire and me talking about her October Daye audio books. I’m the narrator for those and you’ll get to see us discuss the process of making something into audio and the

I am taking an erotica class, because I think it’s a good idea to understand the tools available for writing. Even if I don’t write erotica, there are times when I want a scene to be sensual before the fade to black. For instance in Shades of Milk and Honey there’s almost a kiss. In

I’m on my way home from the World Fantasy Convention in Toronto. A lot of authors and editors could not make it because they live in New York. Many of those who did make it headed straight for their rooms and had their first hot shower in a week. A lot of them said that

It’s microcasting time! This week we take a crack at the following listener questions: What percentage of a rough draft makes it into print? What are the pitfalls of jumping from novels to short fiction, and vice versa? Do you need to start with short fiction first? Should a novice writer fix glaring story problems

My agent, Jennifer Jackson, is auctioning a critique of a partial manuscript for Hurricane Sandy relief. In support of those people, I’m going to auction a critique of a partial manuscript of a novel. A partial manuscript will consist of up to 50 pages in standard manuscript format (approximately 12,500 words). In order to maximize