While at NasFic, Mur Lafferty interviewed me for her podcast, I Should Be Writing. Mur makes the whole thing feel like a casual conversation between friends which reduces the level of stress induced by trying to sound reasonably intelligent. (Note to debut authors: when your book launches your brain is liable to have a repeating […]
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In Chapter Five, Melody is helping Jane demonstrate glamour. Pulling a fold of glamour from the ether, Melody stitched it across the bookcase with large, awkward threads. The fold was bulky and wrinkled; light careened across the gilt titles.
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Most of my fiction has at least one thing that I put in purely to amuse myself and Shades of Milk and Honey is no exception. There are a number of Easter Eggs, if you know where to look. Periodically, I’ll post one of these and an explanation for how it got there. Some of
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This will be my first Dragon*Con and I’m very much looking forward to it. Since it is a costume friendly con, I’m bringing the full Regency wardrobe for evening wear. I’ll also have the sandalwood handfans for folks who would like them. But where can you get one? Just find me at any one of
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Rob’s mom sent us a care package recently. In it was a packet of roasted and ground Wattleseed, which is an Australian product that apparently has a coffee, chocolate and hazelnut flavour profile. While researching what to do with it I ran across what has to be one of the worst beverage names of all
Today was the first day when I truly felt like I was back in Portland. Granted, I was back yesterday and actually saw people I knew even, but it still felt like I was acclimating. Today I slept in with my sweetie. Then headed off to run errands on the bicycle. Everytime I’m come back
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I’m very happy to announce that I’ll be doing the puppet design for a production of Neil Gaiman’s Odd and the Frost Giants at Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston, Texas. This adaptation is by Robert Kimbro. He and I have worked together on other projects in the past and I’m incredibly excited to be involved
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Two weeks ago, when our CSA box came I spontaneously gave the fellow who delivers the package every week a copy of Shades of Milk and Honey. He’s a nice guy but we’ve never had a conversation longer than the basic “how are you” and “see you next time” so I’m not sure what prompted
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Have a question about Shades of Milk and Honey? Or puppets? Goodreads is hosting a Q&A with me for the next month. Swing by and ask anything you like.
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I have a 39,000 word SF novella that I could use some hasty feedback on. I’m looking for ways to make it shorter and things that are confusing, unbelievable, or dull. If you can get feedback to me by Monday that would be awesome. Edited to add: I’ve got enough folks to look at this
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Clearly being gone for two weeks brought out the nesting impulse because I came home made a casserole, soup and cookies within the first four hours of being back. I’m moving on to laundry and am considering mopping the kitchen. Rob is off at the vineyard and left his cell phone at home so I
Behold! I am home and Lo! I have baked. Read More »
People have already been asking when the sequel to Shades of Milk and Honey is coming out. I have an answer for you. Glamour in Glass is going to come out in early 2012. The reason that the release has been pushed back is that there aren’t as many copies of Shades of Milk and Honey out as we
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From March 25-27 I’ll be attending MidSouthCon 29 as the Author Guest of Honor. This will be my first time as a GoH and I couldn’t be more pleased for it to be at a convention that focuses on literacy and education. This Memphis based convention has been running for almost thirty years. Besides the usual programming with
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The Eugene Weekly has a nice review of Shades of Milk and Honey that manages to talk about the book without being spoilery. Kowal has a good time with the tropes and tweaks of this sort of story, making both sisters sympathetic and tossing a few obstacles into the way, but Shades sparkles to particular
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I mentioned that at the reading tonight, there would be a specialty cocktail. Rina Weisman, the power behind SF in SF, has given me the recipe to share with you As the inventor, I graciously share the recipe for all: 1 shot Velvet Falernum over ice, fill with a nice champagne, add a dash of
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