Last night, The Calculating Stars won the Nebula Award. We can send signals to Mars and back faster than I can process this. Let’s just pause to gaze at it for a minute, all right? It’s pretty, right? Each Nebula award contains a unique selection of stones, representing planets. I love that this one […]
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Today only, you can listen to me read The Calculating Stars for $3.95, instead of the regular $24.95. You don’t have to be an Audible member to take advantage of Daily Deals. Edited to add: You DO have to be a member, but it’s still a great Daily Deal! Please be careful – I know of
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If you haven’t had a chance to pick up The Calculating Stars yet (look, I understand, my TBR pile is…large), Amazon is offering the ebook for $2.99 today. It includes an excerpt of The Fated Sky, with the hope that one taste is all you need. La!
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(When I said I would announce this October 1st, I actually meant November. November 1st. Yes.) Did you see all of the wonderful entries for the Lady Astronaut Fan Art Contest? Picking was ridiculously hard, but I’ve managed to narrow it down. And by narrow it down, I mean that I decided to have some
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Yay! New book! The Fated Sky released today and while normally on My Favorite Bit, we have the author talk, I decided to invite my assistant and first reader, Alyshondra, to talk about her favorite bit. My thinking is that it will give you a little bit of an insight into how a first reader
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You might have missed this post on Tor.com about my research trip to NASA. Come check it out (there is much squeeing)! Here’s a teaser: It’s like this… An astronaut asks if you want to spend the day at work with him. You say, “Yes.” More specifically, it was like this. Kjell Lindgren, a NASA
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I have a post at the Tor/Forge site today about The Calculating Stars and Hidden Figures and internalized bias, go check it out! Here’s a teaser: As mainstream culture becomes increasingly vocal about the politics of gender, it makes me aware of all of the damaging narrative that I’ve internalized and which
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The Lady Astronaut books are now available for pre-order! The Calculating Stars The Fated Sky If you pre-order through these links, which will take you to Mary’s favorite local bookstore, a SIGNED and personalized copy will arrive at your house on release day! These books are prequels to Mary’s Hugo-award winning story The Lady Astronaut
THE CALCULATING STARS and THE FATED SKY available for pre-order! Read More »