Rob and I biked down down to the coffee shop. Jay Lake was there for all of five minutes after we got there. Karen recounted a little of her Vegas adventures before I settled in to write. David Levine and Kate came in about half an hour before Rob and I headed for home. It […]
You can read the full review of Apex Digest #9 at the Whispers of Wickedness website. Here’s what they say about my story. “Locked In” by Mary Robinette Kowal is a good short story. I like the premise and the flow of the story a lot, but for me the ending was a little weak.
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Why stop for research, when all I need is to throw in some brackets to remind myself to come back to the spot in the story? Here, I don’t actually need to understand astronomy, since my POV character doesn’t, but I do need some jargon for my young over-excited astronomy student to toss around as
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This font emporium that I love, sent out a coupon as part of a celebration of World Book and Copyright Day. That’s today. Did anyone else know this? The connection between 23 April and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Catalonia as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes who
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Before I unveil my contribution to International Pixel-stained Technopeasant Day, I’d like to make an important and relevant announcement. I’ve been posting my novel, Shades of Milk and Honey as I’ve been writing it. Among the people reading it, was an agent. I’m pleased to report that as a direct result of posting my fiction
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Artemisin reviews Apex Digest Number 9 and has this to say about “Locked In.” Mary Robinette Kowal has a sick mind and Locked In, one of the shortest stories of this issue, is also the one I’ve found most terrifying so far. It’s another medical dystopia about a paralyzed man who cannot communicate with the
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Aimee Amodio posted this and it seems so simple and so fun that I want to play too. Tell me about a story I haven’t written (yet) and I’ll give you a random sentence from that story.
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I got a call from the fellow with whom we are doing the house swap. The management company is proceeding with the process of making things difficult by giving him an obstacle course of hoops to jump through. He says the worst case scenario is that the move can’t happen until the end of June.
Due to a series of events that are likely only to be interesting if you are an SF writer, Jo Walton has declared Monday 23rd April as International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. In honour of Dr Hendrix, I am declaring Monday 23rd April International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. On this day, everyone who wants to should give
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Well, actually Michele Lee reviews all of Apex 9, but my story “Locked In” is in there. 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
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I just finished Shades of Milk and Honey. I’ll let it sit for a bit before starting the revisions. And for those of you who have been reading along, I’ll post a chapter a day for you. Thanks for reading along! Off to do some celebrating now.
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CRAP! I wrote myself into a corner by not knowing that detail and have been stuck there for two days. If you see or know Michael Livingston, sing his praises, because he just brainstormed me out of it. Hallelujah!
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Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest has relaunched their online extension. In this issue, we place the spotlight on Mary Robinette Kowal with an interview and her story “Horizontal Rain.” Apex Publications executive editor Jason B. Sizemore steps up to provide relaunch content with his pagan-based dark fantasy piece “Blue Lights.” I’m delighted to be
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In my current work in progress, set in Regency England, there are several references to gothic romances. Some of the titles I’m using are real, some are made up. I’m curious to know if you can tell the difference, and no fair googling to find out. Sidonia the Sorceress: The Supposed Destroyer of the Whole
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Whew. I took the last of the antibiotics this morning and I’m so relieved. I mean, I’m planning on going to Norwescon and would have been severely handicapped when hanging out in the bar. Not that there aren’t other reasons to go to the con, but that’s prime social time. It’s not like I’m a