I’ve just received word that Shades of Milk and Honey is turning up in some bookstores already. The official release date isn’t until next Tuesday. August 3rd. Five days. But since they’ve shipped, some bookstores go ahead and stock them as soon as the box arrives. Not that I’m eager to see it or anything,
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Look! My author copies of Shades of Milk and Honey arrived today. We are also eight days away from the release day of August 3rd. Not that I’m counting. To celebrate, I’m going to give away two signed copies of Shades of Milk and Honey. How do you win? Between now and August 1st post
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For your amusement, here is one of my research tools for Shades of Milk and Honey. It’s very handy if you are doing anything set in the Regency. Also, I find it interesting how many vulgarities are just everyday speech now.
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Hurrah! From the August issue of Romantic Times comes this really lovely review of Shades of Milk and Honey. RT Rating 4-1/2 Star Top Pick If Jane Austen had written a fantasy novel, Shades of Milk and Honey would have been the result. Written with painstaking attention to detail, Kowal’s prose is serenely evocative of
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When I got My First Hardcover of Shades of Milk and Honey, I didn’t have a working camera with me. So here, finally, are photos of the book itself.
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The reception for Shades of Milk and Honey‘s debut at NASFIC will feature Regency costumes, beverages, desserts (including the legendary poundcake baked by authoress’s mother) as well as party favors, readings, music, and a shadow puppet show in miniature. If you are unable to attend, please be assured that festivities will take place in other
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At NASFIC this year, I’ll be throwing the Shades of Milk and Honey launch party for which I had my regency ensemble made. It’s immediately following the Regency Ball, though not in the same location. We’re planning on having some Regency appropriate beverages and desserts, including my mother’s poundcake. If you are interested in coming
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There’s an interview with me at WIRED on Geek Dad where I talk about puppery, SFWA, Shades of Milk and Honey and writing in general. The article is in the Geeks of Note category, which is really kind of cool. Also extremely cool, io9 names Shades of Milk and Honey as one of their
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I have a copy of Shades of Milk and Honey. An actual, physical copy of the finished hardcover. Of course, my phone chose this evening to have a card failure so I can’t actually take pictures with it, but Jim Freund snapped this one in the bar to prove that it exists. The reason I
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I mentioned this earlier, but it was the 4th of July weekend and I think a lot of folks missed it. There’s a contest at Shareable.net based on the Typewriter Tritypch stories. Basically, I wrote most of the stories on typewriter but had to switch to computer for travel. I think this resulted in a
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As we’ve noted, it is hot here. If you are going to be at Readercon this weekend, come find me because I have a solution in hand. Allow me to introduce you to the Shades of Milk and Honey promo item. I brought 144 sandalwood fans with me, each with a dance card that has
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Shades of Milk and Honey will be released on August 3rd, which is just a month away– not that I’m counting… To celebrate that, we’re releasing the first chapter as a sample. You may download it to read in .pdf or .epub or read the sample chapter below. I will say that of your options, the
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We’ve just finished recording the audio book for Shades of Milk and Honey. We’ll send it off to Macmillan to see if they want any changes and hope that there won’t be many. It was a fascinating experience in part because I realized that I want to change my revising process. Normally as part of
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This year at Readercon looks like it will be loads of fun. In particular because for the first time, I get to participate in the Kirk Poland Memorial Prose Competition. I am SO looking forward to that. Also feel free to catch me if you want to ask SFWA questions at any point over the
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I’m sitting at JFK and there is some question about if I will be flying out tonight. The flight is oversold and late. They are offering me a voucher and to fly me straight to Seattle tomorrow, in time to arrive for the Locus awards. We’ll see what happens with that. Before I left I
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