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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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 was trying to decide what garment I wanted to have made to go with my Regency dress, I was waffling between a pelisse and a spencer. I spent a lot of time looking at the book Revolution in Fashion: European Clothing, 1715-1815 which has really gorgeous photos of the Kyoto Costume Institute’s collection. Really,
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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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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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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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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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From the June 15th edition of Library Journal comes this really lovely review of Shades of Milk and Honey Readers will be disappointed only when they finish this enchanting story, which is suffused with genteel charm. The author’s judicious and effective changes to aspects of daily life clearly communicate how similar but different this world
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The dialect is definitely going much smoother when recording Shades of Milk and Honey. The first day I was covering about 7 pages an hour and my usual speed is 15. I’m back up to the twelve range, which is still slow but at least in the realm of reasonable. It will be interesting to
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I spent another 4 hours locked in the box last night, recording Shades of Milk and Honey. When I came out of the booth, my voice was morphing between my natural voice and my British narrator voice. It was very odd. Even odder, and frankly disconcerting is that, as I am writing this, my voice
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Ah-ha! I had dim memories of learning a general rule of thumb for how to handle the A in RP English, so I went looking for it. Until around the 1600s everyone, no matter where they lived, pronounced a the short way, as in trap. But in the 17th century it became fashionable in London
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I think this might be my favorite review of all time. Dan Wells, author of I Am Not A Serial Killer. Apparently, Shades of Milk and Honey has left him somewhat irked. It’s a shame, because this review just makes me giggle. Here’s the problem: Mary Robinette Kowal is too good. Not only is she
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We had our first recording session for Shades of Milk and Honey last night. I’ve recorded my own short fiction before, but this feels quite different. Part of this is the length. Most of it is that I’m recording in a British accent. I have a fairly decent one according to the native speakers I’ve
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