M.K. Hobson | Necrophilatelist

The State of My Lips

M.K. Hobson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:30:55 +0000

See these gorgeous lips? These are not my lips.

I know I usually complain about my butt, but over the past several months (really, now that I think about it, this has been going on for a whole year) I have been struggling with chronic and severe chapped lips. And not just your [...]

Welcome to 1910

M.K. Hobson — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:00:07 +0000

So in case anyone who reads this blog is insufficiently schooled in the extent and specifics of my ongoing insanity, I shall lay it all out in the simplest of terms: I am writing a series. And not just any series, but a fantasy series. And not just any fantasy series, but a [...]

From the book research folder

M.K. Hobson — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:26 +0000

Ladies' hats, 1910

My Week in Twitter

M.K. Hobson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

My daughter's flute teacher is a bad-@ss. I kind of love her. # I have learned a very valuable lesson today: Never reset your work computer password on Friday afternoon. # Woot! Just got my email from Kickstarter approving my project. I figured they would, but it they hadn't it sure would've been [...]

Gold Certificates, United States Notes, and Federal Reserve Notes

M.K. Hobson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:41 +0000

Gold Certificates

One fun thing about writing historical fiction is that you never know what interesting little research rabbit holes you’re going fall down. One that I’ve ended up spending quite a bit of time on over the past couple of days is what kind of money my characters (in 1910) would use. [...]

From the book research folder

M.K. Hobson — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:50:52 +0000

Hotel Stockton, Stockton California, 1910

Lee Moyer dissects the cover art of my first two books

M.K. Hobson — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:06:42 +0000

This past week, artist Lee Moyer and I lunched at Portland’s Veritable Quandary to discuss cover art for my next two books. Spending time with Lee is always a treat—he can converse brilliantly on a wide range of subjects—but he is never more in his element than when he’s talking about art.

At that lunch, Lee [...]

Today is my birthday but the gifts are all yours

M.K. Hobson — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:24:54 +0000

Depending on what data you choose to believe, the average lifespan for an American woman is around 86 years. And as I am posting this within the first few minutes of my 43rd birthday, I stand before you balanced right on the fulcrum of my very existence.

Or, in other words, it’s all downhill [...]

So what’s with this Kickstarter thing you’re doing?

M.K. Hobson — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:15:41 +0000

When I was a little girl I used to make my own books out of typewriter paper. I wrote the stories myself, I drew the illustrations, stapled them together, and kept them on my bookshelf.

How excited I would have been in those days, had I been able to gaze into a crystal ball [...]

Protected: Reference images – B3 & B4

M.K. Hobson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:07 +0000

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.