I think I mentioned that Tor.com had released their nominated fiction for free on various platforms. This included my novelette, “First Flight” Apparently, it hit the #4 slot on Amazon for free downloads. Not for free SF, but for overall fiction. As you can see, three of other Tor downloads are also on there, which […]
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From the June 15th edition of Library Journal comes this really lovely review of Shades of Milk and Honey Readers will be disappointed only when they finish this enchanting story, which is suffused with genteel charm. The author’s judicious and effective changes to aspects of daily life clearly communicate how similar but different this world
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Doug Lain is teaching a six week writers workshop through the Woodstock Community Center and Portland Parks and Recreation starting on July 1st. The course will be run on the Milford Model, but will also feature presentations on aspects of writing from various local writers, including me. The full lineup of guest speakers is: Jay Lake,
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The dialect is definitely going much smoother when recording Shades of Milk and Honey. The first day I was covering about 7 pages an hour and my usual speed is 15. I’m back up to the twelve range, which is still slow but at least in the realm of reasonable. It will be interesting to
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I spent another 4 hours locked in the box last night, recording Shades of Milk and Honey. When I came out of the booth, my voice was morphing between my natural voice and my British narrator voice. It was very odd. Even odder, and frankly disconcerting is that, as I am writing this, my voice
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I think this might be my favorite review of all time. Dan Wells, author of I Am Not A Serial Killer. Apparently, Shades of Milk and Honey has left him somewhat irked. It’s a shame, because this review just makes me giggle. Here’s the problem: Mary Robinette Kowal is too good. Not only is she
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We had our first recording session for Shades of Milk and Honey last night. I’ve recorded my own short fiction before, but this feels quite different. Part of this is the length. Most of it is that I’m recording in a British accent. I have a fairly decent one according to the native speakers I’ve
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You’ll need an iPad to take advantage of this, although apparently after June 21 an iPhone will also work. This is the front page of the Apple “iBooks” store. Not, mind you, the front page of the SF-and-fantasy section, but the front page of the whole freakin’ store. The carousel rotates between THE UPSIDE OF
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I’m filling out my World Fantasy ballot and having the usual struggle to remember what was published this year. So I thought I’d list my fantasy works published in 2009. If you’d like me to send you any of the short stories for consideration, please let me know. And since I’m also trying to fill
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The current statutory liability for a company which has an oil spill is $75 million dollars, which, as Rob points out, is the cost of a modest Hollywood film. Here is a simulation of what might happen if the typical current patterns hold and the spill continues to go unchecked. To me, this is scarier
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There’s an interesting meme going around based on Sandra McDonald’s periodic table of women in science fiction. At Wiscon this weekend, an audience member asked if women weren’t writing hard SF. I said that they were, but since I hadn’t done my homework couldn’t come up with a good list. My feeling is that fairly few
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Before Wiscon I was waffling about whether or not I should take my new Regency garments. I really wanted to but I was also facing this thing in my brain which said that Serious Authors® don’t dress up as characters from their books. But the dress was so pretty! And there were parties! So I
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Last night when I was flying home and the fellow in the seat next to me was talking about how awful the situation in Iceland was with the whole country blanketed by ash. It’s not. I explained that the area affected by Eyjafjallajökul is very small and that Europe is getting most of the ash
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I’m in Minneapolis until 9:15 tonight. My flight from Madison — which I actually boarded — was delayed taking off but not badly. When we were approaching Minneapolis however, we started circling after they told us that we were ready for final descent. Eventually they explained that they were having problems with the hydraulics and
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Here’s an excerpt of the first official review of Shades of Milk and Honey from Joe Sherry of Adventures in Reading. No matter whether one comes into Shades of Milk and Honey as an unabashed fan of Jane Austen or, like me, avoids the stuff like the plague, Mary Robinette Kowal has delivered a debut novel
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