On Twitter, Eric James Stone has started a meme about the missing first line of Glamour in Glass
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Yesterday at Norwescon was a good day. A really good day. They made the announcements of the list of Hugo nominees.

I found out two weeks ago that my novella, “Kiss Me Twice” had been nominated in the Novella category, and that Writing Excuses with Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, me, and Jordan Sanderson had been nominated in Best ( Read more... )

I’m heading over to Norwescon and carrying a copy of Glamour in Glass with me. Later today, I’ll be giving it away… Want it?

10 am Salon - How to Give an Effective Reading

The workshop is specifically designed for authors who need to do readings at conventions, book-signings or other events. Just because you can write brilliantly does not ( Read more... )

I’m heading to the dentist for the second of three appointments to fix the tooth I broke last month. Why? Because the only way you can make a two-hour dental appointment worse is by scheduling it at 7am on the morning you are going to a convention.

Speaking of which, look for me at Norwescon this weekend.

Edited to add: In fact, you can make a 7am ( Read more... )

This entry is part 18 of 18 in the series Images from The Glamourist Histories
Around Europe, various towns have their own special regional festival. One of the best known is that of the town of Binché, where much of the action of Glamour in Glass
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During the Month of Letters Challenge, people could write to Jane from Shades of Milk and Honey and she would write back, using an actual quill on a 19th century writing desk. Jane was writing these in “real time” for her, which means that it was the corresponding date in 1815 and takes place during the events of Glamour in Glass
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I have an article in today’s Tor/Forge newsletter about the use of historical language in fiction. And I’ve already annoyed one reader - go me! - who thinks that the way I paid attention to the language is “the writer playing head games with him/herself.”

Which I have to say is true. And it’s not a game that everyone needs to play. I find it useful ( Read more... )

For anyone who didn’t click on the last link in my apology about being my brother, it went to the wikipedia entry on April Fool’s day.

Personally, I very much enjoy being taken in by a good prank, because for a moment I get to live in this crazy alternate reality where cool things happen.  My favorite ones are the slow, dawning awareness ones.

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Last month when doing Month of Letters, I learned the meaning of unintended consequences. I did not expect my challenge to go viral and certainly not to be picked up by the Guardian.  I also did not expect people to think “‘Mary’ is part of a USPS marketing campaign experimenting with viral marketing.”

While I was not, and the Challenge was genuine ( Read more... )