(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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I had not planned to get a P.O. box. Truly, I just hadn’t thought about how I wanted to handle folks who wanted to have things signed. My plan, if I had one, was that if someone needed to mail me things that I would just give them my home address. Since I’m not comfortable
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Daily Science Fiction is an interesting new SF magazine that works differently than the other online magazines. Basically, you sign up and once a day you get an SF story in your inbox. A week later it goes up live on the site. I find that I’m actually reading most of the short SF stories
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If you are curious about my favorite scene in Shades of Milk and Honey, it’s posted at RT Reviews. They also asked me to tell them a bit about what went into writing the scene. Curious? Head over to read my Favorite Scene From Shades of Milk and Honey at RT Book Reviews. If you
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If you are a LibraryThing member you can come plague me with difficult questions. The folks there are asking some good questions but I know you can come up with even more difficult ones. Drop by LibraryThing to chat with me.
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On Sunday, as part of a nationwide celebration of Strange Horizons‘ 10th anniversary, six Pacific Northwest authors gather to read selected shorts from the magazine at Case Study Coffee. Case Study was a great host and we had a full house at the reading. Some of the folks came out to see a specific author, others
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Avast me hearties! I completely fergot that today be Talk Like a Pirate Day. I be havin’ a readin’ at Case Study Coffee with nary a pirate in it. Though we do be havin’ Strange Horizons. Fear not! If ye landlubbers want ta see somethin’ which amuses me, arrr, then click over ta read the
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Yeah… that puts things into perspective. And the interstellar travel in your SF story works… how? Powered by handwavium! Oh, well that’s all right then. (spotted on EpicFTW)
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A Study of Reading Habits has a nice review of Shades of Milk and Honey Dirty, Sexy Books gives Shades of Milk and Honey 4 stars “Brain Candy for a Lazy Afternoon.” Bookshelves of Doom says “Mary Robinette Kowal’s writing is both descriptive and tight — again and again, a few lines would give me a
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This month, Strange Horizons is celebrating their 10th anniversary. The magazine has a special place in my heart because I made my first professional sale there. As part of a nationwide celebration, six Pacific Northwest authors will read selected shorts from the magazine at Case Study Coffee. Ken Brady Tina Connolly Brenda Cooper Mary Robinette
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Jeff Vandermeer interviewed me for Amazon.com’s Omnivoracious blog. He asked only three questions about Shades of Milk and Honey and I can guarantee that you haven’t heard me answer them before. The questions? If your novel were a meal, what would it be? If your novel were a piece of music, who would have composed
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One of the ways that an author connects to the reader is by signing books. Here are some of the things that I’ve learned about signing things — not having a signing event, but the actual act of autographing. Pick a pen color other than black. Collectors and book sellers tell me that when a
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I am all astonished. The Jane Austen Centre in Bath has a review of Shades of Milk and Honey on their website AND wrote to let me know that they were planning on sending the review out with their newsletter. Let me repeat that: The Jane Austen Centre. Likes. My. Novel. John Ottinger writes about the
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August 2010’s RT Seal of Excellence was Shades of Milk and Honey! I’m seriously delighted by this. Here are some comments from one of the editors on why my debut novel won the honor. “So often in a fantasy novel, the magic of the world is hastily wound around the characters and plot. However, Kowal’s glamours
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This short scene originally completed Chapter 2. It would begin on page 35 if it were still extant. The reason I cut the scene was that it placed too much emphasis on the Dunkirk’s visit. Since I needed the ball to be Chapter Three, one would have gone into the scene wondering about the Dunkirk’s
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