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Historical Language Can Be Electrifying at Tor/Forge’s Blog
I have an article in today’s Tor/Forge newsletter about the use of historical language in fiction. And I’ve already annoyed one reader — go me! — who thinks that the way I paid attention to the language is “the writer playing head games with him/herself.” Which I have to say is true. And it’s not
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Review: Glamour in Glass in Portland Monthly
Ooo! There’s a lovely review of Glamour in Glass in the current issue of Portland Monthly. FEMALE EMPOWERMENT is a difficult enough subject to tackle in the context of Regency England, but add in the Napoleonic Wars and a level of magical realism, and you have the setting for an epic Jane Austen could hardly
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Glamour in Glass: curling hair
In the Regency, curls were the fashion. It started as an effort to mimic the hair on statues from Greece and then transformed into its own thing. By 1815, when Glamour in Glass takes place, the hair styles had become fairly elaborate. If you had straight hair, like Jane, there were a number of things
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Without a Summer has been turned in.
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have just turned in Without a Summer, book three in The Glamourist Histories. It is a full three days early. La! Seriously, this thrills me, what with the move and everything, to have this completed and turned in. Please join me in saying, “Whew.” It’s just a brief respite before I
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Glamour in Glass: Jane’s primrose dress
We are two weeks away from release day for Glamour in Glass, so today I have a fairly large excerpt for you. Also, because I know how much you like clothes. The pretty, pretty clothes. This dress is from the 1813 La Belle Assemblee “Frock of plain jacconet muslin, with a demi train; body of
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Another stop on the Moving Book Tour
As part of our Moving Book Tour, I’m very pleased to announce that the Broadway Book Mall has invited us to stop on our way through Denver. If you can make it, this will be an event, instead of just a drive-by signing. At 7:30pm on Thursday, April 26, Rob and I will be at
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What a curious thing I found on the writing desk
In the world of strange coincidences, I bought a writing slope that reminded me of the one that Vincent uses in Glamour in Glass. The leather writing surface needed to be replaced so I stripped it off, exposing the wood underneath. Carved in the wood are the initials V. H. Those are Vincent’s initials…
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Glamour in Glass: The town of Binché
One of the things I had fun with in Glamour in Glass was sending Jane out of England. See, Shades of Milk and Honey took place in 1814, which is when Napoleon was defeated and went into exile on Elba. In 1815, people flocked to the Continent which was safe for the first time in years. Jane
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Protected: Draft: Wary of Iguanas
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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Letters from Jane OR Why writing letters from your character’s POV is useful
One of the things I enjoyed during the Month of Letters Challenge was sending letters from Jane. One of them has arrived and the recipient posted a photo online. As you can see, I sometimes had a good deal of fun as in this case where Jane included a costume sketch. That is written with an
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Shades of Milk and Honey on sale!
The Shades of Milk and Honey ebook is currently on sale for only $2.99! The sale ends on April 6th, but until then, whee!
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RT Reviews GLAMOUR IN GLASS – Top Pick with 4.5 stars
Yay! Look at the nice things that RT Review says about Glamour in Glass. GLAMOUR IN GLASS by Mary Robinette Kowal Genre: Fantasy, General Fantasy RT Rating This is a wonderful book. Kowal has taken such care grounding her story in the time and place in which it’s set that the addition of magic is truly seamless. Jane
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One of my alpha-readers posts an excellent how-to
I was talking with Laura Christensen, who is one of my alpha-readers, about how useful I find her commentary. She does writes a fabulous stream of conciousness reaction, which helps me know if the story is playing the way I want it to. Laura, being the handy person she is, has written an excellent blog
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Sending letters as Jane
One of the things I have most enjoyed about the Month of Letters Challenge is the mail that my character Jane gets. It has been not only fun, but actively helpful to write letters in her voice. One of my readers just posted about receiving the response to her letter. Check out this awesome thing
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