Glamour in Glass

SOLD! The Glamourist Histories are heading for Hungarian translation.

We’ve — and by we, I mean my wonderful agent — have just sold Hungarian translation rights on SHADES OF MILK AND HONEY, GLAMOUR IN GLASS, and WITHOUT A SUMMER to publisher NOUVION Trade Sociedad anonima under the imprint of IPC Books Kft. According to Google translate, which is so reliable, the first book would …

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The audiobook of Glamour in Glass is out at Audible.com!

I am absolutely delighted that Audible.com is producing the audio books for my Glamourist Histories. The audiobook of Glamour in Glass is out today and you can listen to a preview of it on audible.com — well, and you can buy it there, too, but the preview is the bit I want to talk about now. …

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2012’s Best Books | Portland Monthly

Well! This is a nice way to close out the year. Portland Monthly has named Glamour in Glass one of the best books of 2012. What we said: “A sequel to her widely acclaimed Shades of Milk and Honey, this historical fantasy from Portland author Mary Robinette Kowal—winner of science fiction’s John W. Campbell Award for Best New …

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Glamour in Glass coming in audio!

Know what I’m doing next week? I’m recording the audio book for Glamour in Glass. La! Audible.com has purchased the rights for Glamour in Glass, Without a Summer, and Valour and Vanity. I’ll be narrating all three books though we have made the decision to revert to my natural speaking voice for the narration and reserve the British for dialogue. …

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The Writer Librarian: GLAMOUR IN GLASS, by Mary Robinette Kowal

I’ve been interviewed over at The Writer Librarian. Here’s a sample question. Your website states that you are a both an award-winning author and an award-winning puppeteer. How do you divide time between both professions and has puppeteering played an active influence on your writing life (or vice-versa)? Read my answer to this and other …

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Glamour in Glass: Anachronism in dining

Would you like to know about the giant anachronism that spans two chapters in Glamour in Glass? I thought you would. While I was researching Without a Summer, the next book in the series, I discovered an interesting thing. I’d done the seating arrangements wrong in Glamour in Glass. And not just a little wrong. Completely, …

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Writing Excuses 7.28: Project in Depth– Glamour in Glass

If you are interested in what went into Glamour in Glass we talk about it at great length in the new episode of Writing Excuses. In fact, the only time you’ll hear me go into this much detail is when I’m addressing bookgroups or in one-on-one conversation where I know the other person has read the …

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The Glamour in Glass temporary tattoo

I said that I would offer a temporary tattoo of the missing first line of Glamour in Glass, and some of you thought I was joking. Oh no… No, I was not. Catch me at a reading or send me a SASE and you, too, can have the first line imprinted on your body.

New beginnings – or – What happened to my novel’s first sentence?

We talk a lot about how important the first line in a novel is. Everyone knows the famous ones, like “Call me Ishmael.” Imagine what would happen if the unthinkable occurred. What if the first line were accidentally omitted by the typesetter? Would Moby Dick have been the same if it started,  “Some years ago …

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