We bought an office chair for me, which is much more comfortable than the dining room chair that I’d been using. It does introduce an element of excitement to sitting at my desk which I was not expecting. You might remember how my shelves tilted because the floors were severely sloped? My new chair has […]
Ye sly whiskered dog, ye can pre-order yer copy o’ Shimmer today. What better way to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day? I’ll tell you what’s better: It’s a double-issue. 136 pages of piratical fiction. — I also have to say that I loved working with Sean Markey on making this trailer. He created
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I be preparing fer International Talk Like a Pirate Day tomorrow. Ye should be prepared to, or I’ll see that yer keelhauled.
When I was in high school on the debate team, and then again in college, my coaches emphasized the importance of finding primary sources. My debate partner and I had that particular lesson hammered home when we lost a round because we had relied on a secondary source, a newspaper article. It was reliable, the
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Michele Lee at Tangent Online reviews Talebones, #35, Summer 2007. About my story, she says: “Death Comes But Twice†by Mary Robinette Kowal is a style of horror (with a spike of science fiction) not seen often today. Obviously rooted in classics like Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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“Human invented language to satisfy the need to complain.” Discuss.
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I’m trying to figure out what percentage of eligible writers belong to SFWA and what lies behind the percentage. If you are genre writer, could I ask you to answer the following questions: [poll=3] [poll=4] (In comments, would you please let me know if you’re eligible, why do you belong or not belong? Anonymous comments
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Today I auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Madama Butterfly. Their production uses a bunraku-style puppet for Madame Butterfly’s child. This style of puppet normally takes three performers and they were casting understudies; the principals were pre-cast. First of all, receiving an email which says, “go to the back of the Met to the
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Jodi came over this afternoon and we spent a while with one of my rehearsal puppets practicing some overt manipulation. We’ve got an audition tomorrow and figured it would be a good idea to brush up. The thing is, that we’ve performed for so long together that we got back into the groove really fast,
It’s been a while since I’ve managed to have all my submissions actually, you know, submitted at the same time. There are no stories waiting for me to write a cover letter at the moment. It feels good. It also means that I need to finish a new story, like say, the 12,000 word monstrosity
We knew when we moved out that I would probably find work faster than Rob. The advantage of the whole jack-of-all-trades thing is that I don’t have to look for work in just one field. Rob has a more specialized area. So, for the last several weeks, Rob has been my house husband. I must
I just got the final art for Charles Stross’s book, Toast, coming out from Wyrm. I’d already done a preliminary layout using the rough draft of the art, so it was easy to drop the final art in place, make a few tweaks and send it over to Neil. The art is by the talented
Layout Shimmer Lunch with Tempest: Mmm. Best risotto in the world More layout Shimmer Dinner with Dean: Watched Taxi Driver for the first time. I know. Should have seen it earlier, but didn’t. Good film. Wow. First time someone’s cooked a meal at their home for me since arriving and then two meals in one
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I often listen to Escape Pod as I’m working, but it goes in fits and starts depending on if I’m working on language based things or not. Lately, I’ve had a lot of work that doesn’t use the verbal part of my brain and the short fiction at Escape Pod is perfect. I’ve just finished
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Last week I spent an enjoyable hour being interviewedby Susan Marie Groppi for Strange Horizons‘ podcast. Susan was my editor for “Bound Man,” in Twenty Epics and also “Portrait of Ari” for Strange Horizons. In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Susan Marie Groppi spoke with Mary Robinette Kowal. Mary is a puppeteer
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