SF Reviews has a lovely review of Shades of Milk and Honey. Here’s an excerpt. Shades of Milk and Honey is a heartfelt and sincere homage to a figure who’s influenced perhaps more writers than Tolkien. It’s never less than delightful, and is surprisingly effective in the way MaryRob’s fantasy elements convey themes consistent with […]
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Right after I left WFC yesterday, my wonderful publicist emailed me with some awesome news and, of course, I had no one to squee with. Shades of Milk and Honey has been nominated for an RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2010! The nominees are: The Bird of the River Kage Baker, Tor (Jul.) The
I’m on my way to World Fantasy with my customary delayed flight. According to the flight attendant the weather is “a complete mess” in Minneapolis and it’s the “worst storm since 1974.” They only have one runway open, so this is causing a two-hour delay in departing Portland. Meanwhile, I thought I’d give you my
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Did you ever have to sit on a piece of news that was SO COOL and you wanted to tell everybody, but couldn’t? I knew that the METAtropolis: Cascadia project was working on an all Star Trek cast for the narrators but couldn’t say anything while they got them lined up. And then! Then this
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Only five days left in the KGB raffle. Five! If you aren’t already familiar with it, the hosts of the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series in New York City are holding a raffle to support the series. All proceeds from the raffle will help support the reading series, which has been a bright star
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Look at this shiny thing! The METAtropolis: Cascasdia anthology will come out in audio on November 16. THE BULL DANCERS by Jay Lake WATER TO WINE by Mary Robinette Kowal BYWAYS by Tobias S. Buckell CONFESSOR by Elizabeth Bear DEODAND by Karl Schroeder A SYMMETRY OF SERPENTS AND DOVES by Ken Scholes As the mid-20th
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Jon Armstrong and I got to know each other when he interviewed his fellow Campbell nominees for his podcast, If You’re Just Joining Us. We hit it off and became friends so when he asked if I’d be on his podcast again, I jumped at the chance. It’s a fun conversation. But… But. Jon knows
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Last night I went to my first Regency ball. I know, it is somewhat absurd that it has taken this long for me to attend one. Believe me, it is not for want of trying. I keep being out of town or otherwise scheduled when they occur. Last night I pulled out my white sprigged
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I headed down to Cottage Grove today to teach a writing workshop to some high school students and talk with them about puppetry. Lokiko Hall, their teacher, had talked to me about arranging this when the Wordos group hosted me in Eugene. Because she’s kind of fantastic, she also arranged for a booksigning and reading
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I’ve been sitting on this for awhile but can finally announce the details. On November 16th, Audible will release METAtropolis: Cascadia. It’s the sequel to METAtropolis, which was nominated for both the Hugo Award and the Audie Award (the top honor in the audiobook industry). The thing that’s interesting about METAtropolis is that it was
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Hurrah! The San Francisco Chronicle reviewed Shades of Milk and Honey and liked it. The review wraps up with this: Kowal sets her own mark on this kind of comedy of manners and creates a low-key and witty debut novel, one that succeeds through understated humor and sprightly prose, rather than through absurd juxtapositions of
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John Joseph Adams is hot stuff these days. Barnes & Noble.com named him “the reigning king of the anthology world” and that’s because he keeps coming up with these really keen ideas for anthologies. Like this one. The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination From Victor Frankenstein to Lex Luthor, from Dr. Moreau to Dr.
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In what may be one of my favorite reviews, the English Tea Store has been having Jackie Gamber, a lover of both tea and science fiction, suggest pairings of novels and teas. Here’s a taste of what she says… English Tea Store brand Ginger Tea is a classic tea with a twist. The high-quality black
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I started writing Shades of Milk and Honey for NaNoWriMo, in which one tries to write 50,000 words of a novel in a month. When I hit the finish line, I stopped to re-read what I’d written and decided to toss the last six chapters and rewrite, changing the plot in the process. This is
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(I actually wrote this post in August but saved it as a draft instead of publishing. Whoops!) Way back in 2005, I attended OSC’s Literary BootCamp with Rick Novy. He and I had known each other online, but this was the first time we met in person. We’ve stayed in touch over the years and
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