Articles
Historical Articles
- “Welcome to 1876“
- “The Centennial Exposition of 1876“
- “Mail Order Catalogs, Patent Medicines, and the Birth of American Consumerism“
- “Shine and Sham: America’s Gilded Age“
- “Dainty Work: Craft in the 19th Century“
- “Gold Certificates, United States Notes, and Federal Reserve Notes“
- “Welcome to 1910“
- “The Wobblies: A Brief History“
- “Happy Thanksgiving“
- “Revolutions in Paper (and Pixels)“
Other Articles
- “Hooray! The World Didn’t End!” Coffee, Books, and Me, December 21, 2012
- “Ten Great Steampunk Novels You Might Not Have Heard Of” Books in the Spotlight, December 19, 2012
- “Historical Fiction that’s Actually Historical” Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers, November 30, 2012
- “Eating Authors: M.K. Hobson” Lawrence Schoen, November 19, 2012
- “My Favorite Bit: M.K. Hobson talks about The Warlock’s Curse“ Mary Robinette Kowal, November 2, 2012
- “M.K. Hobson’s Life as a Credomancer” SFSignal, April 20, 2012
- “Tea with Oscar, Gail & Mary” Gail Carriger (bestselling author of the Parasol Protectorate Series) and M.K. Hobson sit down for a cup of tea with Oscar Wilde. September 29, 2010
- “The Pregnancy of Elephants (annotated)” A brief account of the 10 years it took to publish THE NATIVE STAR. The Magic District, September 9, 2010
- “Historical Fantasy: A History (In Three Parts),” Adventures in SciFi Publishing, September 2010 (Part I: The Past - Part II: The Present - Part III: The Future)
- “The Horatio Alger Myth“ The Book Pushers Blog, September 3, 2010
- “Top Five Launch Day Lessons,” Suvudu.com August 31, 2010
- “Gateway Historicals for Urban Fantasy Junkies,” All Things Urban Fantasy, August 30, 2010
- “Stranger in a Strange Land,” The Magic District July 2010
- “The Paradox of Diminishing Competency,” The Magic District March 2010
- “Writing Funny,” The Magic District January 2010
- “Book Marketing: Shifting Buying Triggers,” Fangs, Fur, & Fey, December 2009
- “The Apocalypse Comes to Woodlawn Park: A Live Production of Star Trek’s Amok Time,” Tor.com, July 2009.
- “History As It Wasn’t: Writing Historical Fantasy,” The Broadsheet: Newsletter for Broad Universe, November 2008.
- “Subversive Adventures in Fast Food: A Guide,” Boy Bedlam Review, Issue 1, May 2007.
- “The Clarion Quandary,” A Point/Counterpoint with Jessica Reisman on the Pros and Cons of attending Clarion. Part One | Part Two. The Broadsheet: Newsletter for Broad Universe, September 2006.











