Well this is bizarre. I was updating my bio on a website and got the warning that, “The text entered may not contain profanity.”
Mary Robinette Kowal was the 2008 recipient of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer and a Hugo nominee for her story “Evil Robot Monkey.” Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov’s, and several Year’s Best anthologies. A professional puppeteer and voice actor, she lives in Portland with her husband Rob and nine manual typewriters. Her debut novel, Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor 2010) is the fantasy novel that Jane Austen might have written. Visit her website maryrobinettekowal.com for more information about her fiction and puppetry.
Can you spot the profanity?
I’ve put the answer in the comments.
It was my website. maryrobinettekowal.com
I suppose you have to admit, it *is* a bit risque. 😉
Scandalous, I know.
New software that checks if dirty words can be anagrammed from what you type? Fascinating… 😉
Ably Work Marionette
Warn My Literate Book
Tor Abnormality Week
Wearable Mink Tor Toy
Walk My Robot Trainee
AH HA!
Beware Roman Kilt Toy
By gum, they were right. My name IS obscene.
I was betting on Evil Robot until I saw Strange Horizons. Then I thought maybe it was the manual in manual typewriters. Or maybe it was fantasy…
But no, it was none of those.
I thought it was going to be puppetry.
Oh, ryrobin, I was starting to wonder if title for the book can be a title for porn.
I was going to go with monkey or puppetry, but…huh.
Isn’t Kowal Czech for “Don’t make me !@#$% come down there or so help me I will !@#$ you and your entire !@#$ family until %$#@! Hell &^%$#@! freezes &^%$#@ over!?”
I tried to maryrobinettekowal my girlfriend last night, but, sadly, the ice cream melted and there just isn’t any place to get a decent marionette in Indianapolis at that time of night.