Mary Robinette Kowal

I had written about my vintage desk fan perishing in the night and on G+ Jim Richardson and Brooks Moses suggested that it might be FOD* or a seized bearing. So… I decided to open Westie up and take a look. Gunk, everywhere. I cleaned the interior thoroughly, gave it a little of my silicone […]

Microcasting! Again!! Now with exclamation points!!! You’ll have to have a listen for our answers, but here are the questions: How do you deal with bad reviews? How do you apply Brandon’s magic system rules to science fiction? Dan, will you do the marshmallow voice for us again? How do you keep tension high without

An adorable vintage desk fan, that is. The poor thing… I took in this Westinghouse Whirlwind and gave it a home even though it had a scuffed paint job, some rust and a broken strut on its grill. Other people said it wasn’t worth restoring. I knew though, that Westie was a fan that still

Thursday I went to a writing group here in Chicago. It made me feel so much more grounded to sit in on a critique session.  Seriously, all of the travel has made it difficult to feel connected to our new town. I was so excited that I started writing Valour and Vanity, also known as Book

This episode of SF Squeecast includes a discussion of Glamour in Glass and Shades of Milk and Honey. If you haven’t listened to this podcast, it is great fun and a good way to get recommendations from people with some serious street cred. Welcome to the July Episode of the SF Squeecast! Episode 14 is called “Obzocky, or, Monkey

I have a story coming out in the October issue of Apex. I’m so pleased by this. Apex was one of my first real sales, and has continued to be so supportive. This is also the first story I’ve sold to Lynne Thomas, the editor there, so that makes me doubly happy. Meanwhile, here’s the teaser

While I am considering the possibility of Uber Best Selling Novels, here is another piece for you. Ensign Andrew Dahl ran his hands along the sleek, hard surface, seeking control. Under his broad, manly fingers, the thrusters throbbed in response. The shuttle groaned, quivering around him as she took him deeper into space. The thrusters

I just saw someone decline a recommendation for Shades of Milk and Honey because they didn’t like Fifty Shades of Grey . Um. Yeah… But it’s led to a conversation on Twitter and then @RobJamesMorgan said, “50 Shades of Milk and Honey! You’re sitting on a gold mine!” And who am I to turn down a gold

I’m looking for someone who is thoroughly versed in British legal proceedings of the early 1800s.I’ve been researching and reading court transcripts from the period, but I’m sure I have blind spots and want to double-check them.  Specifically, I need someone who knows how trials were run at the Old Bailey to look at two scenes

Monte Cook is issuing a simple challenge. Throughout the month of August, I pledge to only say positive things on line. I’m calling this A+, as in, “A positive force,” or just “August positive. I’m going to give this a try in August because I think it’s a good way to check my own defaults.

This animated short, Frog Chase, is by my friend, Rebecca Celsi. She animated it “on the iPAD using cut paper, shed snakeskin net, rippled glass, soil, leaves, and a bear she felted over a wire armature last week.” Oh, and she’s 12. So what were you doing when you were 12?

So… I’m not sure this sentence does what they wanted it to do. I mean, it might have seemed like a good idea to take my thesaurus search and plunk it into their ad copy, but…