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Mary Robinette Kowal
Personal blog · maryrobinettekowal.com/journalwritingculture
Mary Robinette Kowal's personal blog at maryrobinettekowal.com covers writing and culture. Since 2010, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Kowal's posts about a failed startup's promotion and fundraising, and about handling sexual harassment at work. Comments cite them as background rather than praise the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Hugo-award winning author, Mary Robinette Kowal is a novelist and professional puppeteer. Her debut novel was Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor 2010)
What Hacker News says?
That guy really seems to be a marketing genius http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/one-more-fundable-...
Comment linking /journal/one-more-fundable-update/
on “How Not To Promote Your New Startup”Submitted How to Report Sexual Harassment as a story · 6 points
HN discussionhttp://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-very-bad-experi... From the comments that pretty much sums up why he failed. The quick synopsis: He gathered fundraiser money then just kept it and never returned it or dispersed it to the users. (Explains the police charges)
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on “How Not To Promote Your New Startup”Submitted China Miéville wants you to know that he does not have a Facebook account. as a story · 6 points
HN discussionI don't like it. The questions seem more like rhetorical accusations instead of a conversation. I really don't like point 4 since the guy takes personal responsibility at the beginning of the letter (which this reply says he doesn't). And I think the invitation to talk follows the advice in this post to the letter: http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/on-sexual-harassme... That is, making it as easy as possible…
Comment linking /journal/on-sexual-harassment-at-conventions-elise-matheson-speaks-out/
on “Giving Ruby a bad name: Women as Job Perks, Again”If you're interested in creative writing or reading critically, I highly recommend the Writing Excuses podcast [0]. The podcast was started by Brandon Sanderson (he wrote the Mistborn series as well as The Stormlight Archive ), Howard Tayler (he made the webcomic Schlock Mercenary ), and Dan Wells (he wrote I Am Not a Serial Killer ). The episodes are on the short side (15 minutes), but I find that it strikes a nice…
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on “Ask HN: YouTube/Podcast Recommendations”