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February 22, 2021
A deleted scene from The Mask of Mirrors!
I posted about this on Twitter a little while ago, but for those who either don’t follow our joint account or missed it in the general flood of Twitter-ness (all too easy to do): we’ve added to this site a scene we cut from The Mask of Mirrors. It originally took place late in the book — Chapter 19 of 24 — so I don’t recommend clicking through if you haven’t read the novel yet, as it is very full of spoilers. But if you have read it, enjoy!
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February 9, 2021
Will you trust THE LIAR’S KNOT?
We are delighted to announce that the second book of the Rook and Rose trilogy will be called . . .
The Liar’s KnotLike The Mask of Mirrors, this is a card from the pattern deck. It’s the card of trust . . . and also the card of betrayal, depending on whether its position is revealed or veiled.
Our characters? Having trust issues? And maybe betraying or being betrayed? Nah.
Currently it’s slated to come out in November — yes, of this year! We’re doing our best not to keep you all waiting for t...
January 19, 2021
THE MASK OF MIRRORS IS OUT + where to find us in the next month
The time has come, the walrus said, to celebrate the fact that The Mask of Mirrors is out at last!
Now we begin to enact the ritual dance of the Author With a New Book Out — which is to say, our schedule is chock-full of Things we are doing for promotion. Right now you can find our Big Idea piece up at John Scalzi’s blog and our My Favorite Bit piece up at Mary Robinette Kowal’s, not to mention the various other interviews and podcasts we’ve been lining up for the last two months. But that’s no...
January 15, 2021
Book Week Launch Events
We have two exciting events coming up for next week’s publication of The Mask of Mirrors.
First, Mysterious Galaxy is hosting a virtual book launch on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 7pm PT. It’s a joint event with Christopher Paolini, author of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, where we’ll chat about our books and writing and try not to dwell too much on the state of the world but instead focus on our hopes for the new year.
Then, on Thursday, Jan. 21 at 6pm PT, our publisher, Orbit Books, is hosting a livechat ...
January 11, 2021
And YOU get a book, and YOU get a book, and YOU get a book!
Y’all, there are so many giveaways right now for The Mask of Mirrors. In no particular order:
* Alyc and I are asking people to design a Rook and Rose cocktail and mocktail! (We want something celebratory to drink on the book’s release day.) You have until noon Pacific on Monday the 18th to send us a recipe for either one or both, with the only real restriction being that Alyc loathes all forms of gin, so probably best to avoid that. We’ll choose one winner in each category and send them a signe...
The Clothing Makes the Con Artist
The Mask of Mirrors is a book shot through with textile metaphors, from slang terms like ‘knots’ for the gangs and ‘cuffs’ for the nobility; to the pattern deck and its suits of the spinning, woven, and cut threads; to the interweaving of multiple PoVs to create a dense cloak of intrigue. We didn’t consciously start out with that model in mind, but once we started crafting the world, the textile metaphors only got stronger.
However, one thread that isn’t metaphorical at all is the importance ...
December 19, 2020
Fabr-ARC Giveaway for The Mask of Mirrors
We’re one month out on the drop date for THE MASK OF MIRRORS, so I decided it would be a good time to do a giveaway of my last few ARCs. The protagonist of our book is Ren, aka Arenza Lenskaya, aka Alta Renata Viraudax, a half-Vraszenian con artist who uses her wits and her… Continue reading Fabr-ARC Giveaway for The Mask of Mirrors
This post originally appeared on Alyc Helms’s website.
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November 30, 2020
Goodreads giveaway!
If you can’t bear to wait until January 19th to read The Mask of Mirrors, then get thee to Goodreads and enter the giveaway currently running there. Our publisher is giving out a hundred free copies!
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October 27, 2020
Truly, The Face of Stars is the card of good luck
Alyc and I have netted a STARRED review from Booklist for The Mask of Mirrors! The choice quote:
“For those who like their revenge plots served with the intrigue of The Goblin Emperor, the colonial conflict of The City of Brass, the panache of Swordspoint, and the richly detailed settings of Guy Gavriel Kay.”
. . . yeah, I’m basically rolling around in that like catnip.
The book comes out January 19th, which feels like it’s foreeeeeeeeeever from now. You can pre-order it here!
September 13, 2020
Songs in 5?
I need recs for INSTRUMENTAL music (no lyrics, or at least not in English) written in some form of quintuple meter: 5/4, 5/8, something more arcane, whatever. Songs which are only partially in such a meter are acceptable, though, y’know, not some complicated jazzy thing where it’s like a measure here and three measures there and so forth; I’d like it to be recognizably quintuple without following along on the score to see where it changes.
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