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Weekend Getaway: Mary Robinette Kowal
Tor.com — I missed last week's Weekend Getaway while I was out in Denver. So this week, in honor of Worldcon and the awards bestowed upon people, we have a story from this year's Campbell Award winner, Mary Robinette Kowal. There's already a post up today with an interview with Mary, but in case you haven't had the chance to read her fiction yet, this is a story from the June issue of Clarkesworld Magazine: Clockwork Chickadee If you enjoyed that, Mary has a link on her website to more of her online fiction. ...

Mary Robinette Kowal: Campbell Award Winning “Best New Author”
SFFaudio — ... | interview with Mary Robinette Kowal the newest John W. Campbell Award winning “Best New Author”! She’s not just the “Best New Author” (and thus the holder of the “ ...

Podcasting 101 Links
Bibliophile Stalker — In case anyone's interested in starting a podcast, here are some links that I found useful: From Mary Robinette Kowal: Reading Aloud (a series of articles on how-to read aloud and audio fiction). This is probably most useful to those planning on podcasting their own fiction. Mostly text but some audio as well. The Basics Character Voices Narrating Cross-Gender Voices Working With Microphones Recording Tricks Breathing ...

Mary Robinette Kowal Reads “Evil Robot Monkey”
SFFaudio — Mary Robinette Kowal reads “Evil Robot Monkey” which was originally published in The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, volume 2. You can listen to it here. Posted by Charles Tan

[personal] A modest party
Lakeshore — ... Last night, after the usual Fireside chaos (though I was highly productive there — 4,000 new words plus revisions on two other pieces plus page proofs on two upcoming stories plus some FenCon workshop reading), we had a celebratory dinner for maryrobinettekowal’s triumphant, albeit brief, return to Portland. ...

Interview: Mary Robinette Kowal
Bibliophile Stalker — Every Tuesday, I'll have an interview posted. Mary Robinette Kowal is a professional puppeteer as well as a writer. Her fiction has appeared in publications like Strange Horizons, Apex Online, and Clarkesworld Magazine. She is also the art director of Shimmer and the 2008 winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Thanks for agreeing to do the interview! Since you're both a puppeteer and a writer, how did you first fall in love with ...

MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2008 (Part 1)
SF Signal — ... Mary Robinette Kowal's short fiction appears in Strange Horizons, Cosmos and CICADA. She is the art director of Shimmer and a graduate of Orson Scott Card's Literary BootCamp. She is the 2008 winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. ...

Thaumatrope: The Twittering SF/F E-zine
Grasping for the Wind — ... Very, Very cool idea, one I did think of, but the execution wasn't in me. (I know zip about web design) Contributors include Mary Robinette Kowal, ...

The Power List: 20 Movers and Shakers in Science Fiction
Et in arcaedia, ego. — ... , coming out in February, and Mary Robinette Kowal with her Campbell winning) -- and everyone else. So, I say, congratulations to the writers that have made me the agent I am today. ...

Andrew Chase and Trionic Morphatractable Engineer
The Art Department — ... Mary Robinett Kowal, professional puppeteer and science fiction writer (and wouldn't you kill to have that resume) sent me a link to Andrew Chase's website. Mr. Chase is working on a picture book named The Trionic Morphatractable Engineer. I don't know much about it except that I love this steampunk/Erector Set giraffe and can't wait to see more. ...

The Guardian Looks At The Next Generation Of SF Writers
Big Dumb Object — Damien in The Guardian has a post responding to their 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read list, asking who the next generation of SF writers are. He suggests Joe Hill, Mary Robinette Kowal and Ken Scholes and then says: Hill, Kowal and Scholes are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to talented new writers making a name in genre fiction. The vibrant independent and small presses continue to provide a venue for emerging writers that allows them to learn their craft; the result is a stream of excellent new writing pouring ...

live right now on Tor.com
Et in arcaedia, ego. — ...the first chapter in Ken Scholes' much-anticipated Lamentation, the first book in the Psalms of Isaak. Read it here. And, speaking of Ken, he's keeping nice company in this article at the Guardian Books Blog, which also mentions my client Mary Robinette Kowal, winner of last year's Campbell.

Mary Robinette Kowal sells two books to Tor
SFScope — Mary Robinette Kowal sells two books to Tor By Ian Randal Strock February 10, 2009 Mary Robinette Kowal sold Shades of Milk and Honey and another, untitled, book to Liz Gorinsky at ...

Mary Robinette Kowal - Novel = sold!!!!
SFFaudio — ... MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL (1969 - ) A past contributor to SFFaudio, is an American John W. Campbell Award winning author who is currently serving as SFWA secretary. Kowal is also a puppeteer (non-Pierson’s) and has just sold her first novel to Tor books… ...

SF Scene: KGB Fantastic Fiction 2/19/09
Tor.com — ... Jordan Hamessley: The Tingler Josh Jasper: Outland Josh Starr: Pitch Black Justin Howe: The Man Who Would Be King Laird Barron: The Audition the J-Horror film by Takashi Miike Livia Llewellyn: Solaris (the original) Liz Gorinsky: Gormenghast Mary Robinette Kowal: Strings Matt Kressel: ...

“Evil Robot Monkey” for the Hugo!
When Gravity Fails — Congratulations to Mary Robinette Kowal. Her story in The Solaris Book of New SF 2, "Evil Robot Monkey" has been nominated for the Hugo award for best short story! ...

SF Scene: KGB Fantastic Fiction 3/18/09
Tor.com — ... Douglas Cohen: FTL Broadcasting Dustin Kurtz: ¿ScFcX!X!X!? (though he would like to attribute the question mark inspiration to Meghan McCarron) Eddie Schneider: OMFG Poneez Ellen Kushner: TwitterFacebook Eugene Myers: OMFG Genevive Valentine: The Twilight Zone Jordan Hamessley: Faux Fi Liz Gorinsky: §©ï ƒ¡ Mary Robinette Kowal: Boundary Zone (BZTV) Matt Kressel: ...

Books in the Mail (W/E 04/11/2009)
Rob's Blog o' Stuff — ... metal-smith, is the iron bond that held them all together. Until now. Crosspointe's greatest advantage at sea is its ship's compasses—but the compass makers are dying. Without them, Crosspointe will fall. To save his country and repel the coming Jutras invasion, the king orders Ryland to commit an unforgivable act. And soon Ryland, Shaye, and Fairlie find themselves at war...with each other. Scenting the Dark and Other Stories by Mary Robinette Kowal – (Subterranean Press Hardcover November 2009) – This is the first ...

Campbell Award Candidate Interviews
IROSF Science Fiction News — ... for Best New Writer) has completed interviews with the 2009 Campbell Award nominees on her site. Please take a moment to read them, and discover the next new stars in the Science Fiction universe. ...

Post Penguicon
Jim C. Hines — ... Catherynne Valente & Jim Hines, Crushers of Souls Elizabeth Bear reads The Stepsister Scheme. Dan Hogan. Author. Ghostbuster. Podcaster. Owner of nifty hats. Award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal gives a highly dramatic reading of her water bottle, while Sarah Monette (truepenny) looks on.

Subterranean Press: Rude Mechanicals by Kage Baker (PODCAST)
SFFaudio — ... of SF&F author Kage Baker’s “short novel” Rude Mechanicals. The files are still active and downloadable. Which is cool as the audiobook is read by Mary Robinette Kowal! ...

KGB Fantastic Fiction 6/17/09 Post-apocalyptic Barter Skills
Tor.com — ... Woah, sorry: it’s been awhile, guys.* But I (selfishly) had to make sure I posted about this month’s KGB Fantastic Fiction because I (do or will) publish both of the authors involved: Mary Robinette Kowal, who you may know as the most recent winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, a Hugo nominee for her story “ ...

Seeing Double Triple: cloning
Futurismic — ... SF starlet Mary Robinette Kowal has a newly-minted and tender cloning story, “The Consciousness Problem,” in the August 2009 issue of Asimov’s. It’s well worth a read. I read it at a workshop a while back, and just re-read it a moment ago. It’s so good that I planned to have this article coincide with its release. Bless Sheila Williams for choosing to drop it in early in my series, since cloning is a pretty fascinating topic. ...

Mary Robinette Kowal - Dumbledore Duels Gandalf in a Spell-Casters Showdown
SciFi Scanner — ... Mary Robinette Kowal is the winner of the 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and a professional puppeteer. Her first novel Shades of Milk and Honey is being published by Tor in 2010. ...