My fortune cookie today
“Human invented language to satisfy the need to complain.” Discuss.
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Writing
Are you a SFWA eligible writer? A poll
I’m trying to figure out what percentage of eligible writers belong to SFWA and what lies behind the percentage. If you are genre writer, could I ask you to answer the following questions: [poll=3] [poll=4] (In comments, would you please let me know if you’re eligible, why do you belong or not belong? Anonymous comments
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All stories out
It’s been a while since I’ve managed to have all my submissions actually, you know, submitted at the same time. There are no stories waiting for me to write a cover letter at the moment. It feels good. It also means that I need to finish a new story, like say, the 12,000 word monstrosity
Strange Horizons Podcast interviews me
Last week I spent an enjoyable hour being interviewedby Susan Marie Groppi for Strange Horizons‘ podcast. Susan was my editor for “Bound Man,” in Twenty Epics and also “Portrait of Ari” for Strange Horizons. In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Susan Marie Groppi spoke with Mary Robinette Kowal. Mary is a puppeteer
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Review of Apex Digest #9
Michele Lee reviewed Apex Digest #9 which has my story “Locked In.” Locked In by Mary Robinette Kowal is a nasty bit of text wedged into this issue. The other stories were safe, but this one is downright dangerous. The hazard comes, not from technology spinning out of control, but people’s faith in technology being
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Madeleine L’Engle
Obituaries: Publishers Weekly today has an obituary for Madeleine L’Engle. Author Madeleine L’Engle died last night in Connecticut, at the age of 89. Best known for her 1963 Newbery Award winner A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels, L’Engle was the author of more than 60 books for adults and young readers, most of which
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Adventures in Reading reviews Horizontal Rain
Golly, it’s a banner week for reviews. Joe Sherry, at Adventures in Reading, reviewed “Horizontal Rain.” Here’s a snippet. Horizontal Rain is a reasonably short short-story, fewer than 2700 words, but Mary Robinette Kowal packs a good deal of story into those 2700 words. Confusion, fear, fairy tales, trolls, death, driving, construction, meetings, phone calls,
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SF Observer Reviews Talebones, Summer 2007 (#35)
I’ve been wanting to get into Talebones for sometime, and this review by SF Observer explains why. It’s a really good magazine. I’m pleased as punch to have “Death Comes But Twice” in its covers. About my story, SF Observer says: This story follows the main character, who takes advantage of the elixir of a
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Just 2000 more words
Gah. So, see that story over in the side bar? “The Bride Replete?” I keep thinking that I’m about 2000 words from the end of the story. And I’ve been thinking that since about word 4000. I’m at 11,664 and still think that I just need about 2000 words to wrap it up. I know,
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It’s only temporary
I did not work on Coraline at all. So there. Because we were nervous about money, I signed up with a temp agency right after we got to NYC. They sent me out on a gig last week, which was only one day long. It was very, very easy receptionist work. The company requested me
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Doctor Who: Destination Prague – Book review
Hey! It’s the firstreview of Doctor Who: Destination Prague Many contributions are merely very strange or silly, though not in a bad way. Brian Keene’s “The Dogs of War†is a kind of Planet of the Apes but with dogs, with Prague having been overrun by intelligent canines. Appropriately enough, K-9 saves the day. “Suspension
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Best of Apex Digest 2006
Look! There’s a sale on Best of Apex Digest 2006, which has a story by me in it. If you’ve been wanting to try more short fiction, but aren’t up to committing to a subscription, this should be a good sampler. Enjoy eight of the best stories published by Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest
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Dr. Who contributor copies!
Woot! Look what I got in the mail. My story “Suspension and Disbelief” is in Destination Prague and one of the only two stories I’ve written with a puppeteer as a character. It normally seems like such a dull job, but it made sense here. Hey! Until recently, almost everyone I knew was a puppeteer.
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Sold! – “Tomorrow and Tomorrow”
I turned in my story, “Tomorrow and Tomorrow,” for Apex Digest’s new anthology Gratia Placenti. Jason Sizemore, the editor says: Aegri Somnia, the first featured writer anthology was Stoker nominated. Still blows my mind. No way do I expect a repeat nomination performance (but we guy can hope, right?). What I can promise is that
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Writing on the train
Good heavens. I just realized that I wrote 1520 words today. But I only wrote while I was on the subway. I use my palm pilot and usually just get a few lines in using graffiti, but took the train to Brooklyn today. Since I knew I’d be on a long time, I unpacked the
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