Attn: Reading Groups
I’ve been slowly catching up on my promo item mailouts (if you’ve sent a request, it’s coming!) and am about to start the reading-group mailouts for the steampunk releases. These are rack cards again, but slightly different than my last ones — because one of the most frequently asked questions I’m still receiving about the Iron Seas series is: What is steampunk?
This is designed to hopefully help answer that question. It is not THE definition of steampunk, of course, and there’s always room for individual interpretation. But it’s still a relatively new subgenre, and I’m hoping to clear up that confusion a little (and to make the ‘punk’ part seem a little less off-putting, heh).
So if you have a reading group and you’d like to receive some of these, please contact me and tell me where to send them, and how many you’d like.
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I just want to say I love this design and the color scheme. It is absolutely fabulous.
I am seriously gobbling up this genre. I hope many more books will be written. I’ve got a few read and am on the look out for more.
Valerie
in Germany
@MarnieColette: thank you! I can’t take credit, though — I stole the color scheme from this (you can click for the original):
And also, you’ll notice that I used many of the same images that are on the site. I call that my “I’ve bought these stock photos, and so I’m going to use them until their bytes wear out” design technique
@Valerie: It’s a fantastic genre, with so much variety and possibility. I hope many more are written, too — and I hope you enjoy the Iron Seas!
this is a great way to spread the word on steampunk!