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How gorgeous is …

… this?

The cover of Mary Robinette Kowal’s latest lovely tome, Glamour in Glass.

*sigh* Divine!

Meanwhile, over at Writing Excuses

This is a great noise-pod – one day, Virginia, you too may earn yourself a writing assistant! No, you may not use them to send flowers to your mum or buy tasteless apology scarves for your
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On how to give a reading

One of the things I spoke to the One Book Many Brisbanes mentees about last weekend was the importance of learning how to do a reading in public. Things like practice, realising that what looks lovely on the
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To make your ears happy …

… go here to hear the glorious Mary Robinette Kowal reading Elizabeth Bear’s The Tricks of London for Subterranean Press.

So much goodness in the foregoing sentence one’s head might just pop!

Wisdom-ery

Y’all know how I like writerly wisdom. Here the lovely Mary Robinette Kowal gives signing lessons!

Debut Author Lessons: 10 things about signing books

One of the ways that an author connects to the reader is by signing books.  Here are some of the things that I’ve learned about signing things — not having a signing event, but the actual act of
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Scenting the Drive-by: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary’s first novel, Shades of Milk and Honey, the fantasy novel Jane Austen should have written, was released into the wild this year (via the good graces of
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Locus Awards

Yes, I’m behind (as always – why do you look so surprised?), but below’s the list of the 2010 Locus Awards Finalists. Some great names there (very happy to see Mary Robinette Kowal there!), but what I’m really looking forward to is the showdown between Mieville’s The City & The City and VanderMeer’s Finch … I have it on good authority there
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Errr, I appear to be …

… eligible for the Campbell http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell 

This is the awesome Mary Robinette Kowal receiving the award – in her glorious vintage dress – in 2008

There is voting required, it seems, and requirements for voting so check things out on the website … should you feel so inclined :-).

Because there should always be more evil queens …

The talented and funny Mary Robinette Kowal has this to say about Evil Queens in Fantasy (a much maligned breed!) http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2009/04/evil-fantasy-queens.php

Something that rocks (or should that be 'which'?)

Announcing SCENTING THE DARK AND OTHER STORIES by Mary Robinette Kowal

We here at SubPress are fans of elegant small collections such as Antiquities by John Crowley or The Devil in the Details by James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers. Our latest offering fits solidly in that mode. Scenting the Dark and Other Stories, the debut hardcover by Campbell Award-winner Mary
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