Mary Robinette Kowal

Here we are nearly a week into the New Year and I haven’t posted a thing. You might wonder why. That would be a little thing called Stomach Flu. Now, I don’t want you to think that I’ve been sick for the last two weeks. No, no… It’s a plague that swept through my family,

Every year, Rob makes eggnog. It is an amazing, amazing eggnog.  This year, he was checking it as he added ingredients and got a funny look on his face. A moment later, he picked up the carton of half and half he’d just added and the look changed to disbelief. “The half-and-half is sweetened.” I

Wednesday, December 21st: They say great things come in threes, so stop by Klindts from 1:00 – 3:00pm to visit with three authors: Inara Scott: will be signing her latest title Radiant Desire, as well as The Candidates. Katie Kacvinsky: will be debuting her novel Awaken. And I will be there to discuss and sign Shades of

Let’s talk about character foils, and how to use them. We begin with a definition of character foils, expertly read by Mary. Then we talk about some archetypes, like the straight-man and the funny-guy, the hero and the sidekick, and offer some examples. And then it’s nuts-and-bolts time: we talk about how and why to

For the past several years, Paul Cornell has written a series called The Twelve Blogs of Christmas and he’s doing so again this year. They are always a delight to read as he covers a gamut of year end thoughts.  This year, he’s including a note from different creators about what their holiday plans are.

If you are in the Seattle area, at 2:00 today I’ll be doing a short presentation, plus a puppet play, at the JASNA of Puget Sound’s annual Jane Austen celebration. You don’t have to be a member to attend. At the Jane Austen Society of North America — Puget Sound chapter’s annual celebration of Jane