Today marks the release of Writing Excuses cohost Mary Robinette Kowal’s novel GLAMOUR IN GLASS, which you should read. On this week’s podcast episode, Mary offers up an outline from 2003 (of a middle-grade fantasy Mary was planning) for us to dissect, and it’s an educational process.

The most recent ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS annotation covers chapter eight. It explains why elevators are more primitive than stairs, and talks about the hidden continents that the Librarians don’t want you to know about.

In the Suvudu Cage Match, you voted Moiraine into the final match, against Kylar Stern from Brent Weeks’ Night Angel trilogy. If you’re interested, vote for who you think would win.