Podcasts about ghost talkers

1058. If you struggle to sit down and write, you'll love this conversation with award-winning author and podcaster Mary Robinette Kowal. Learn how to conquer writing obstacles with tips on managing distractions, handling research rabbit holes, and making time to write — even when life gets in the way.Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of The Spare Man, Ghost Talkers, The Glamourist Histories series, and the Lady Astronaut Universe. She is part of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and a four-time Hugo Award winner. Her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Tor.com, and Asimov's. Mary Robinette, a professional puppeteer, lives in Denver. Visit at maryrobinettekowal.com.

Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Mary Robinette Kowal. We'll be talking about challenging your default assumption about the world and her latest book The Spare Man. Mary Robinette Kowal is the four-time Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award-winning author of The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost Talkers, the Lady Astronaut Universe, and The Spare Man. She is a cast member of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Her stories appear in Asimov's, Uncanny, and Year's Best anthologies. Mary Robinette is a professional puppeteer, and she also performs as a voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), recording fiction for authors including Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow, and John Scalzi. She lives in Nashville with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters. You can find her on her website or follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and Goodreads.   In this episode Mary Robinette Kowal and I discuss: How she wrote a mash-up of old Hollywood glamour and a futuristic space setting. Why it was important to use fluid pronouns in this novel and what she learned writing it.  What she has learned over the course of writing ten books and how to reset. Plus, her #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/443

Today's guest is Mary Robinette Kowal, author of The Spare Man, the Lady Astronaut series and historical fantasy novels, The Glamourist Histories series and Ghost Talkers. Mary Robinette joined me today to talk about what to do when your book marketing plan falls apart, how to pivot in promo emergencies, and best practices for writing diversely. Read the Transcript Support the Podcast Follow on Facebook   Mary Robinette's Links: Site Instagram TikTok Facebook   Ad Links: PubSite Lostoria Le Podcast  

We throw the word "aesthetic" around a lot on this podcast -- but we've never really slowed down to talk about what it means. How do we define the aesthetic of a work? Is that different from the aesthetic of a world? How do subgenres and plot structures intertwine with those ideas? Guest Mary Robinette Kowal joins us to explore the crafting of aesthetics in worldbuilding and storymaking! We discuss pacing, word choice, set dressing, the theatre of the mind, the "breath" of the written word, and so much more. We also examine how aesthetic can be a shorthand to help your reader with an on-ramp into your story -- but how you may also need to teach your reader where your particular world deviates from what aesthetic may lead them to assume. Transcript for Episode 88 (in-progress -- email us if you're interested in joining the scribal team!) Our Guest: Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author, Mary Robinette Kowal is a novelist and professional puppeteer. In 2008 she won the Astounding Award for Best New Writer and her debut novel Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor 2010) was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel. In 2019, the first book in the Lady Astronaut series The Calculating Stars (Tor 2018), won the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards, becoming one of only eighteen novels to do so. Her stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov's, and several Year's Best anthologies, as well as in her collection Scenting the Dark and Other Stories from Subterranean Press. Her short story collection Word Puppets was published in 2015, and includes both of her Hugo Award-winning stories in addition to fifteen others, running the full range of speculative fiction. In 2016, her World War I fantasy novel Ghost Talkers was published by Tor books, followed in 2018 by her alternate history Lady Astronaut series. From 2019-2021, Kowal was the President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. In 2011, after several appearances as a guest star on the podcast Writing Excuses, Kowal became a permanent member of the cast. In 2013, the seventh season of the podcast won the Hugo Award for Best Related Work. Her involvement in the podcast also contributed to the creation of the Shadows Beneath anthology, in which Kowal and her three co-hosts contributed short stories alongside materials charting the unique creative process of each author. Kowal is also an award-winning puppeteer. In high school, she took up puppetry as a hobby, but as Kowal says, she “never thought of it as something you could get paid for.” Instead, she went to East Carolina University to pursue an art degree, minoring in theater and speech. While performing as Audrey II in a performance of Little Shop of Horrors, she learned that a professional puppeteer had come to the show. It was a turning point. Kowal went on to intern at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA. With over twenty years of experience, she has performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures, Sesame Street, and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence, the highest award an American puppeteer can achieve. Her career in puppetry consumed much of Kowal's creative energy for over ten years. Although she wrote in high school and college, it wasn't until her brother moved his family to China that she began writing again. Like Lewis Carroll and J.M. Barrie, she started creating children's fantasy as a way to stay connected to her young niece and nephew. Reminded of how much she enjoyed writing, she began submitting short stories and made her first sale in 2005, and her first professional sale to Strange Horizons in 2006. When she isn't writing or puppeteering, Kowal brings her speech and theater background to her work as a voice actor. She is a member of SAG/AFTRA. She has recorded audio books and short stories for authors such as Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi. She likes to describe voice acting as “puppetry, without the pain.” Mary Robinette lives in Nashville with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters. Sometimes she even writes on them.

Laine Crosby is an Investigative Medium who works on missing persons cases and with authors, historians, archaeologists and paranormal investigators to help understand what history has not revealed. Years ago, she worked in corporate America, juggling the work and mother dichotomy, when literally, she woke up one morning talking to dead people- and they talked back! Since then, she says her abilities have grown and she has given up the corporate world to answer to her conscience. Laine works closely with our past guest and close friend of the show, Mark Nesbitt of Ghosts of Gettysburg fame. Together, they own and operate the Ghost Channel, seen at (www.ghostchannel.tv), and the duo also host the popular Internet talk show, Ghost Talkers, available as a download on the Ghost Channel, and web cast at www.ghosttalkers.net. Join The Jeff & the Jer for a provocative chat with Laine Crosby!

Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost Talkers, and the Lady Astronaut series. She's the President of SFWA, part of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the Nebula and Locus awards. Her stories appear in Asimov's, Uncanny, and several Year's Best anthologies. Mary Robinette, a professional puppeteer, also performs as a voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), recording fiction for authors including Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow, and John Scalzi. She lives in Nashville with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters.Visit maryrobinettekowal.com//Draft2Digital is where you start your Indie Author Career// Looking for your path to self-publishing success? Draft2Digital is the leading ebook publisher and distributor. We'll convert your manuscript, distribute it online, and support you the whole way, and we won't charge you a dime. We take a cut of royalties on each sale you make through us, so we only make money when you make money! • Get started: https://Draft2Digital.com Get insider info on indie author success from our blog. • Visit: https://Draft2Digital.com/blog Tune in to our monthly livestreams and ask us anything! • D2D Live: https://D2DLive.com Promote your books with our Universal Book Links! • Books2Read: https://books2read.com//Get ahead of the Self-Publishing game with our Amazing Partners// Findaway Voices || Find a narrator, produce your audiobook, and distribute it to retailers worldwide, including Audible.com and Apple Books. • http://findawayvoices.com/d2dReedsy || Assemble your team of publishing professionals! Find editors, cover designers, marketing experts, ghostwriters and more. • https://reedsy.comBookBrush || Build graphics and video that help you market and promote your books. • https://bookbrush.com/d2d-mockups///Join the D2D Community Online// Facebook || https://facebook.com/draft2digitalTwitter || https://twitter.com/draft2digital

Book Talk@ 19:15 Tip our Wonderful Narrator! Adrian McKinty’s Sean Duffy Detective series book 1 “The Cold Cold Ground” “How the Scots Invented the Modern World” by Arthur Herman Mary Robinette Kowal “The Lady Astronaut of Mars” (winner of the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novelette!) and Her “Jane Austen in a world of magic” series, book 1: Jennifer is right - how DID I miss her. This is her Bio off of Amazon: Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut duology and historical fantasy novels: The Glamourist Histories series and Ghost Talkers. She’s a member of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, three Hugo awards, the RT Reviews award for Best Fantasy Novel, and has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. Stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov’s, several Year’s Best anthologies and her collections Word Puppets and Scenting the Dark and Other Stories.As a professional puppeteer and voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), Mary has performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures, and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence, the highest award an American puppeteer can achieve. She records fiction for authors such as Kage Baker, Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi.Mary lives in Chicago with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters. Visit

This month we interview Mary Robinette Kowal, author of Ghost Talkers, which we all read earlier this month. Kowal is an award-winning author, puppeteer, a host… The post January 2021: An Interview with Mary Robinette Kowal, Author of ‘Ghost Talkers’ | FBOM Ep. 19.5 (Bonus Episode!) appeared first on Too Many Thoughts.

This month we interview Mary Robinette Kowal, author of Ghost Talkers, which we all read earlier this month. Kowal is an award-winning author, puppeteer, a host of the Writing Excuses podcast and has been President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America since 2019. Visit Mary Robinette Kowal's website to see more of her work, check out her Patreon for exclusive patron-only merch, and follow her on Facebook or Twitter. Here are some books we mentioned during the show: - Forgotten Voices of the Somme by Joshua Levine - "Sister": War Diary of a Nurse by Helen Dore Boylston - Gaslight Mystery Series - The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pullee - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear - The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson - The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk Links for Mary Robinette Kowal: - Website: https://maryrobinettekowal.com/ - Writing Excuses Podcast: https://writingexcuses.com/ - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maryrobinette - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mary.r.kowal - Twitter: https://twitter.com/maryrobinette Send us photos of your bookshelves: E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Check out our links: Read Daniel's Book, 'Dave Woke Up'! See Peter's games! - see his new TTRPG, The Well! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @ArgentRabe, @ShoelessPete, @ShimmyBook, @SinisterInfant

This month we all read ‘Ghost Talkers‘ by Mary Robinette Kowal! Here’s a description of the book: Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London… The post January 2021: ‘Ghost Talkers’ | FBOM Ep. 19 appeared first on Too Many Thoughts.

This month we all read 'Ghost Talkers' by Mary Robinette Kowal! Here's a description of the book: Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Harford, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force. Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence. Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiance to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing… Send us photos of your bookshelves: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Check out our links: Read Daniel's Book, 'Dave Woke Up'! See Peter's games! - see his new TTRPG, The Well! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @ArgentRabe, @ShoelessPete, @ShimmyBook, @SinisterInfant E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com

Molly interview writer Mary Robinette Kowal, about her books The Relentless Moon, Word Puppets, Ghost Talkers, The Fated Sky, and more! You can find Mary's author page on Amazon at this link: https://amzn.to/3qhg1Ty Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mary.r.kowal Twitter: @MaryRobinette Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/maryrobinette   Pinterest:  https://www.pinterest.com/maryrobinette/    YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/MaryRobinetteKowal    Website:  http://maryrobinettekowal.com/    Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut duology and historical fantasy novels: The Glamourist Histories series and Ghost Talkers. She’s a member of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the RT Reviews award for Best Fantasy Novel, the Nebula, and Locus awards. Stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov’s, several Year’s Best anthologies, and her collections Word Puppets and Scenting the Dark and Other Stories. Her novel Calculating Stars is one of only eighteen novels to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards in a single year. As a professional puppeteer and voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), Mary Robinette has performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures, and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence, the highest award an American puppeteer can achieve. She records fiction for authors such as Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow, and John Scalzi. Mary Robinette lives in Nashville with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters.

Today we’re reflecting on two years of buddy reading: why we read together, how we read together, and the books we’ve enjoyed discussing. This episode is a great place to get gift recommendations for the reader in your life, ideas for your book club, or titles to start a buddy read of your own.  To find a list of every title we mention in today’s episode, go to hereadsheread.org/podcast for show notes.  Subscribe to our newsletter: hereadsheread.substack.com Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/hereadsheread/ Get two audiobooks for the price of one w/code HRSR: https://libro.fm/redeem/hrsr Or give the gift of audiobooks: https://libro.fm/gift?cmp=hrsr   The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro   Two years of buddy reads   Ep 7: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab Ep 11: You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt Ep 15: Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley Ep 20: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Ep 24: If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin Ep 28: Dare to Lead by Brene Brown Ep 30: The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson Ep 32: The River by Peter Heller Ep 34: Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke Ep 36: Montana 1948 by Larry Watson Ep 38: Recursion by Blake Crouch Ep 40: Bad Blood by John Carreyrou Ep 42: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas Ep 46: Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal Ep 50: The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare Ep 57: The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin Ep 61: A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey

Author and narrator Mary Robinette Kowal joined me to discuss her latest novel The Relentless Moon. We also discuss audiobook production and space flight in our timeline. Hugo Award-winner Mary Robinette Kowal is the author and narrator of: The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost Talkers and the Lady Astronaut series. Her stories appear in Uncanny, Cosmos, and Asimov’s. The Relentless Moon [Audible] Lady Astronaut (series) [Audible] The Relentless Moon audiobook recording sessions (available until 14 Jul 20) [YouTube] Alice in Wonderland (series) [Audible] The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Radio Plays) [Audible] Flower of the Dusk (ebook) [Amazon] Lavender and Old Lace [Amazon (ebook)] / [Audible] Adult Space Academy Mary Robinette Kowal (website)

Today we’re discussing Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal, a WWI spy story with fantasy elements. Before we launch into our book discussion, Curtis is sharing pertinent historical background while Chelsey shares some literary history lessons. Check the show notes for spoiler timestamps and a list of book and article recommendations.   Email us here Follow us here Sign up for Libro.fm here   Spoilers begin 12:43 Spoilers end 41:08 Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal About the Battle of the Somme J.R.R. Tolkien and WWI WWI “shell shock” WWI poetry Regeneration (trilogy) by Pat Barker Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain Maisie Dobbs series by Jaqueline Winspear Last Christmas in Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb The Alice Network by Kate Quinn 1917 The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

Today we’re talking about the books we’ve read recently, including two intense memoirs we loved. Plus we have book recommendations for fans of the television show taking pop culture by storm: The Mandalorian. We are HERE for Baby Yoda. As always, we’d love to hear from you! Email us here Follow us here Sign up for Libro.fm here   Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones What Should I Read Next Episode 214 Know My Name by Chanel Miller Tribe by Sebastian Junger The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan The Gunslinger by Stephen King (#1 The Dark Tower) The Road by Cormac McCarthy Cinder by Marissa Meyer (#1 The Lunar Chronicles) LibraryThing App What Should I Read Next Episode 215 You on Netflix  

We are beyond excited to introduce you to this week's guest, Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the exact specific kind of book to make us all cry with sheer excellence, and in possession of the exact specific words to say to us that make us cry all over again. This week, Mary Robinette was kind enough to take time out of her crazy #MaryGoRound of travels (and check out her social media feeds for more on THAT hashtag) and fit us in for a quick and delightful chat about writing from and to history, making room for diverse characters——characters of color, LGBTQIA+ characters, neurodivergent characters——without reducing representation to a plot point. Mary Robinette's books include the Lady Astronaut series (currently "The Calculating Stars" and "The Fated Sky," with more to come), standalones such as "Ghost Talkers" and "Forest of Memory," and the Glamourist Histories series. She is also the author of numerous short stories, and her award-winning words are available wherever good books are sold. You can follow her work at www.maryrobinettekowal.com, where you can also find links to her various social media platforms and work as a professional puppeteer. [ EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to the vagaries of Internet connections and the soundscape of Mary Robinette's location during recording, there are a few residual sound artifacts remaining in the recording. Our apologies for those! ] Like our content? Our website is www.imaginaries.net, and you can drop us a line at imaginarypod@gmail.com or find us on Twitter at @imaginary_pod. You can listen to our episodes on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and SoundCloud, as well as find all of our back episodes on YouTube once they have shuffled off these other earthly coils. If you would like to help support our work, you can give us a rating or review on whatever platform you use to listen to your podcasts, and if you would like to offset the costs associated with our podcast, you can support us financially at www.ko-fi.com/imaginaries.

Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of historical fantasy novels: Ghost Talkers, and The Glamourist Histories series. She is also a three time Hugo Award winner. Her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Tor.com, and Asimov’s. Mary, a professional puppeteer, lives in Chicago. CONNECT ONLINE: Website(s): http://maryrobinettekowal.com/   Twitter handle(s): @MaryRobinette  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryrobinettekowal/   Amazon Author page (if applicable): https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Robinette-Kowal/e/B0033T90TC/   MENTIONS: Salt Lake City Comic Con: http://saltlakecomiccon.com/  ___ GOT A QUESTION FOR KEVIN AND HIS GUESTS? CALL 281-809-WORD (9673)

We took a field trip to Funko Headquarters and bought way more Pop figures than we needed. In this episode, we’re talking about Mary Robinette Kowal’s book, Ghost Talkers. And TJ has a short story coming out in Pseudopod this week!

Hugo-award winning author Mary Robinette-Kowal spoke with us during the release of her novel "Ghost Talkers", a historical fantasy set in Europe during World War I. We talk about how that novel came together, and we also explore the other facets of her career, including her award-winning work as a puppeteer, and her side gig as a voice over artist, reading audio books and short stories for other writers. This episode originally appeared on our flagship podcast, Nerd For A Living.

Spoiler Alert!  If you haven't yet read Ghost Talkers, by Mary Robinette Kowal, this episode will spoil great swathes of book for you. Also, you probably won't get as much out of it. This week's episode is a Project in Depth discussion focusing on Ghost Talkers, by Mary Robinette Kowal. We begin with the difference between the catalog pitch and the pitch given to editors, and how critical that distinction is. Mary then talks to us about the decisions she made while plotting the book, and the things she did in order to best execute on the story she set out to tell.   Credits: This episode was recorded aboard Oasis of the Seas by Bert Grimm, and mastered by Alex Jackson.

Navah Wolfe, an editor at Saga Press, joined us to talk about the manuscripts she would really like to see. Ordinarily we don't encourage people to write to the market, but Navah asked specifically for the opportunity to tell our listeners what she's looking for. As it happens, tracking Navah's wish list as you write is unlikely to send you haring after the latest trend—you're far more likely to develop some new writing skills that will make your work more enjoyable, more fulfilling, and ultimately easier to sell. Spoiler Warning: In three weeks we'll be doing a Project in Depth on Ghost Talkers, by Mary Robinette Kowal. If you want to get the most out of that episode, you have three weeks to acquire and read the book. Credits: This episode was recorded aboard Oasis of the Seas by Bert Grimm, and mastered by Alex Jackson.  

During Worldcon, the mad writers grabbed master networker K.M. Szpara to join them for a little chat. They start with the basics of networking, with Kelly providing the Mad Writers with specific conversation starters. He emphasizes the power of listening. Thanks to their live studio audience they also discuss more fraught topics such as alcohol consumption during events. Receive instruction in how to leave a conversation you've been edged out of. Because of the live situation, this episode is Not Safe For Work, as the customary bleeps could not find their way into the temporary Volcano Waterfall lair.PLEASE NOTE! The sound quality on this episode is, unfortunately, poor. iGor did his best to improve it but he will need to be whipped for his performance.Recommended Reading Tim's recommendation: Making Conversations by Theresa Neilsen Hayden   Jay's recommendation: The School for Good and Evil by Soman Ghainani   Nina's recommendation: Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal   Kelly's recommendation: The Usual Path to Publication: 27 Stories About 27 Ways In edited by Shannon PagePlease support Mad Writers Union by reviewing it on iTunes or Stitcher! You can subscribe to this show on iTunes or via RSS.Intro and outro music comes from “Cephalopod” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

We talk with Hugo-award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal about her new historical fantasy novel, Ghost Talkers, available now from TOR. We discuss how Ghost Talkers came together, and we also explore the other facets of her career, including her award-winning work as a puppeteer, and her side-gig as a voice over artist reading novels and short stories for other writers.