Hurrah! Shades of Milk and Honey is one of the five finalists for the award for Best First Novel given by Locus. I’m also happy to see so many books on there that I loved. Yay! The Loving Dead, Amelia Beamer (Night Shade) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK; Orbit US) Shades of […]
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Would you like to see something cool? We’ve got the cover art for Glamour in Glass. It is really early to have this, but since Tor has given the okay, and it is gorgeous, I’ve get to show it to you. You’ll notice that we’re moving to a photograph rather than historic art. The idea
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It is so very, very gratifying when someone gets what I was trying to do with the Austeninan aspect of Shades of Milk and Honey. Jane Austen famously described her novels — in a description subsequently often quoted to denigrate her work and that of other female writers, either overtly or through a backhanded head-pat —
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Why yes, I am a giant geek. Now, the thing you need to understand is that when I wrote Shades of Milk and Honey, I wasn’t writing it to sell it. I was writing a book I wanted to read. As such, it includes things that I might not have included otherwise. For instance I
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Between now and March 9th you can enter to win one of three copies of Shades of Milk and Honey as part of their Locus Challenge. As part of our Locus Challenge, we are hosting a giveaway for three copies of Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal to three lucky readers in
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So, the exciting news is… that I need a new evening gown! In all seriousness though, Shades of Milk and Honey has been nominated for a Nebula, which is an incredible honor. Particularly when you look at the ballot this year. The Native Star, M.K. Hobson (Spectra) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit UK;
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Yesterday I went down to KBOO to talk to Marianne Barisonek her show “Between the Covers.” Marianne was a delightful host and had clearly done her reading before I came in. I have a soft spot for KBOO because Willamette Radio Workshop has performed some audio theater there. It’s a great place to scream. Not
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In the course of looking for something else, I’ve just found the original outline for Shades of Milk and Honey. I’ve mentioned before that the ending is vastly different from what I had originally planned. Basically, what happened was this. I began writing it for NaNoWriMo and somewhere around Chapter 10 began to feel that
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As a Christmas present, I’d like to give you a short story which takes place between the end of Shades of Milk and Honey and the beginning of Glamour in Glass. Unavoidably, it contains a spoiler so I’ve hidden the story below.
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The San Francisco Chronicle just posted their list of the Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2010. Shades of Milk and Honey is on there! Kowal presents a tale of romance in Regency England with just a sprinkling of fantasy. Able to pull “glamour” out of the ether and create intricate tableaux that trick the
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December 16th is Jane Austen’s birthday. To celebrate that, I’m releasing Chapter two of Shades of Milk and Honey as a sample. You may download a pdf of Chapter 2 or an epub of Chapter 2 or read the sample chapter below. (Chapter One is here.)
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My inbox is overflowing with good news today. Shades of Milk and Honey is on the Kirkus Reviews list of Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2010! This is just staggering. Really, I got the email and threw my arms up in the air with a hurrah. (Also, no lie, the sun just came out.
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One of the things that’s tricky about writing historical fiction like Shades of Milk and Honey is getting the vocabulary right. There are a lot of words which are obviously anachronisms but there others which aren’t. Short of looking up every word in a novel, there’s no way to really know if a seemingly innocuous
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Nifty! My publisher is reportedly out of stock of Shades of Milk and Honey which means that the only copies are the ones in the stores. If you want a first edition, get it soon. And look! Powell’s has signed first editions just in time for the holidays. Not that I’m hinting or anything.
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