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Writing
Gmail error
Gmail has this wonderful feature which shows the first line of an email next to the subject line. This evening I was checking my email and saw something from CICADA (a highly prestigious, professional magazine) which said: Dear Ms. Kowal: I’m drafting an acceptance letter for “This Little Pig” and w In a state of
Review: Goose Girl
My review of Shannon Hale’s Goose Girl is up at SFFAudio . When I finished listening to Shannon Hale’s The Goose Girl, I wanted to start the story again. I had read the fantasy novel in print form about two years before hearing it and Full Cast Audio brings the characters to life in spot-on
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SFFAudio – The future never sounded so good.
We’ve got a blurb up at SFFAudio. Shimmer Magazine, the quarterly speculative fiction magazine, is offering “Action Team-Ups Number Thirty-Seven”, a story by Ken Scholes as a free MP3 download. It’s a fun story and was recorded at Willamette Radio Workshop. Click here to listen
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Spring Shimmer arrival
I just got my copies of the Spring issue of Shimmer in the mail today. I’m so pleased. I knew my artists were good, but having it in my hot little hands is very exciting. I’m looking forward to reading the stories without having to worry about adjusting formatting. If you want to enjoy this
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Good with words?
I had just finished assisting Þor with a shot and wandered back to the craft services table when Máni, our composer, came out and said, “Mary, are you good with words?” “Um…Pretty good. I guess.” I looked at the orange I was peeling, to hide my confusion. What do you need?” “I am stuck on
Shimmery comments from the public
Wow! This is someone I don’t know, who is saying nice things about Shimmer. The Feathered Serpent’s Nest – Pleasant Surprises in the mailbox Its cover is nice and slick (laminated!) with some of the coolest artwork I’ve seen on a mag (I’d seen the cover art online, but the quality and clarity of it
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Shimmer: Spring 2006
The Spring 2006 issue of Shimmer: Available now! Our cover story is A Warrior’s Death, Aliette de Bodard’s tale of sacrifice and honor in an Aztec-inspired world. John Joseph Adams returns with a review of Larry Niven’s “The Draco Tavern.” Then there’s the charming Dog Thinks Ahead, by Cliff Royal Johns, the sorrowful Litany by
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All-Star Stories: Twenty Epics cover art
Yay! All-Star Stories just released the cover art for the Twenty Epics anthology. This is the first time that one of my stories has appeared in a book, so I’m fairly excited. I’ve been trying to figure out which character on the cover is related to my story, “Bound Man”
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Clarkesworld Bestsellers
Okay, it’s a small thing, but I’m still pretty excited about it. Shimmer made the top five bestsellers list at Clarkesworld Books for the Week ending April 23, 2006. Kind of cool.
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Dr. Who anthology
I just found out that I’ve been accepted into the new Dr. Who anthology coming out in hardcover in June 2007. When I was growing up, the local public TV station carried Dr. Who and I started watching at exactly the right age. I loved the show. The opportunity to write a story with the
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All-Star Stories Presents: Twenty Epics
I got the galley proof for Bound Man, the story I sold to All-Star Stories Presents: Twenty Epics. Poor David Moles had to send me a pdf because, well, I’m in Iceland. It looks really good; the hard copy galley is on its way here, through the magic of mail forwarding, but it will take
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Middle Woman review
The newest issue of Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show has an audio bonus of one of Mr. Card’s stories, read by me. It was just reviewed at SFFAudio An excerpt: Quite short, only 9 minutes, this is ably read by Mary Robinette Kowal who manipulates her voice in all the right ways to lend
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Locus Magazine
“Mary Robinette Kowal’s Portrait of Ari is a bittersweet tale of a couple, one of whom is perhaps not quite human, and how that fact alters their happy relationship.” —Rich Horton, Locus
Tangent Online – Shimmer, #2, Winter 2006
Check out the review at Tangent Online of Shimmer, #2, Winter 2006 I missed the premier issue of Shimmer, but found this second issue a joy to read. It was like opening a box of mixed chocolates. Although I like some of the fillings better than others, all were delicious and I couldn’t stop eating
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