I went over to Miss V–‘s for the second fitting of the spencer. The photo does not do it justice but wait until you see the finished garment. For this fitting, she wanted to confirm that everything had lined up before she stitched together the lining and the exterior. Since she had trued the garment, […]
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One of the useful side effects of having a caffeine intolerance is that it doesn’t take very much to help me with pulling an all-nighter. As you might guess, Rob and I wound up staying up through the night to finish the trailer for Shades of Milk and Honey. He’s going to be at the
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The fellow who is doing the special effects for the Shades of Milk and Honey book trailer is a BAFTA award winning special effects supervisor who I know from Lazytown. Remo Balcells has worked on films like The Fifth Element and Final Fantasy. He’s currently doing FX for Hawaii Five-0. Tonight he emailed to say
I’ve just received word that Shades of Milk and Honey is turning up in some bookstores already. The official release date isn’t until next Tuesday. August 3rd. Five days. But since they’ve shipped, some bookstores go ahead and stock them as soon as the box arrives. Not that I’m eager to see it or anything,
Can you spot Shades of Milk and Honey in the wild? Read More »
Look! My author copies of Shades of Milk and Honey arrived today. We are also eight days away from the release day of August 3rd. Not that I’m counting. To celebrate, I’m going to give away two signed copies of Shades of Milk and Honey. How do you win? Between now and August 1st post
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For your amusement, here is one of my research tools for Shades of Milk and Honey. It’s very handy if you are doing anything set in the Regency. Also, I find it interesting how many vulgarities are just everyday speech now.
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Read More »
Lest you feel bad for me and my delayed flight yesterday, allow me to show you one of the views from my bedroom window at the lake cottage. The bedroom I was in had windows on three sides, all of which looked out on the lake. To say that it was relaxing doesn’t take into
Leaving the cottage and on my way back to PDX. Again. Read More »
Last night I went out to dinner with T– from Brilliance to this amazing restaurant in Muskegon called Mia and Grace. It’s a very small dining room that features organic, farm-to-table cooking, and pretty much everything made on site. The food was nicely balanced and interesting without being “interesting” if you know what I mean.
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During my lunch break from recording today, I checked email and had an acceptance from Daily Science Fiction for my story “American Changeling.” I’ll tell you, a short story sale makes lunch seem a whole lot tastier. There are two things about this sale that make me giggle. 1) I’m in the middle of recording
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There’s a fiction contest to celebrate the writing of H.G. Wells that offers a pretty spectacular £1,000 prize. Yet it received no entries. Perhaps because it forbid any science-fiction entries. And yet… the rules said Stories should give readers in 2110 an idea of what life is like for ordinary people, working or retired, in
No SF allowed in H.G. Wells contest? Read More »
On this trip to Grand Haven, I’m trying something new. I rented a bike instead of a car. I had talked about it when I was out here in the winter, because Brilliance is les than two miles away. It always felt silly to drive aside from the fact that it was cold and often
In Grand Haven, with bicycle + invitation to write Read More »
Hurrah! From the August issue of Romantic Times comes this really lovely review of Shades of Milk and Honey. RT Rating 4-1/2 Star Top Pick If Jane Austen had written a fantasy novel, Shades of Milk and Honey would have been the result. Written with painstaking attention to detail, Kowal’s prose is serenely evocative of
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When I got My First Hardcover of Shades of Milk and Honey, I didn’t have a working camera with me. So here, finally, are photos of the book itself.
Photos of My First Hardcover Read More »
The reception for Shades of Milk and Honey‘s debut at NASFIC will feature Regency costumes, beverages, desserts (including the legendary poundcake baked by authoress’s mother) as well as party favors, readings, music, and a shadow puppet show in miniature. If you are unable to attend, please be assured that festivities will take place in other
You are cordially invited to the Shades of Milk and Honey debut party Read More »
I have this theory about Steampunk’s appeal from a writer’s standpoint. Or at least, from my standpoint. I think there are two things working in concert. There’s the aspect of beautiful utility. Typewriters and the like used to be functional technology that was also built to be attractive. It gets me out of the black
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