There’s a guest post and giveaway up at Paranormal Haven! It’s all about how authors are dirty thieves (okay, so it’s really more of a where-do-you-get-your-ideas post) but there’s also a giveaway! You get a chance to win any one of the Iron Seas books, including The Kraken King! Stephanie also posted her review of […]
Check out these photos on Retronaut: Pittsburgh before smoke control. This is pretty much how I imagine the air in several cities in the Iron Seas world would be. *cough cough*
So, after seven months, I’m finally back to finish up this Q&A series. For reference, here is the rest of it: Part 1 – What is steampunk, broadly? How does steampunk romance differ from other romances? What attracts me to the genre? Why do your books remind me of Victorian crime novels? Part 2 – […]
…talking about writing historical science fiction through 21st Century goggles. I actually didn’t cover even a portion of what the topic deserves, and I’m open to answering any other questions in the comments — so if you’re interested in writing steampunk (or just want to discuss it a bit as a reader), I’ll be there […]
Any “writing steampunk” questions? I asked this on Facebook, too, but will here as well: I am writing an article about writing steampunk for a guest blog next week. The topic is basically: writing sci-fi history from a 21st century perspective, but I’m wondering — Are there any questions re: writing steampunk that you want […]
Here are more of Maili’s questions – and my (sometimes overlong) answers. d) What’s the difference between a Steampunk novel and a Gaslight fantasy novel? What about alternative historical novels like Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula? Agh. I always feel a little weird when I get into this, because although I’m happy to talk my mouth […]
As before, I’m answering questions that were posed in my “Any Questions?” post. The following are from Maili — and I’ve broken this up into two parts and put them out of order because a) she had a lot of questions b) my answers are long, and c) I still haven’t gotten to a scanner […]
With the release only a week and a half away, the Heart of Steel postcards are ready to go out. As you can see, I have quite a few international cards — if you’ve signed up for the postcard mailing list but never receive them, please let me know! I don’t know how long they […]
Patricia said: This isn’t really about the content.. but the language. I’m from Germany and while I always got straight As in English I had some serious problems when I started reading English novels. (I was 14 back then, though) I often shy away from historicals and wondered if the language is that much different […]
A few days ago, I asked for questions re: steampunk so that I could make certain I covered/anticipated as much as possible during my RWA workshop in San Diego over the weekend (which was awesome, by the way — thank you so much to HelenKay Dimon and everyone in the chapter for making me feel […]
For those of you who enjoyed following along with the creation of my steampunk trading cards, and for those who — like me — never get tired of the pretty, silvertales has posted a few more steampunk (but not Iron Seas) pieces to her journal here and here.
Tor.com is current in the middle of their steampunk fortnight. It includes short stories, blog posts regarding different aspects of the genre, reviews, and more. Also, @janoda on Twitter pointed out that there are more steampunk romances listed here (Goodreads link), including some that I don’t have on the steampunk romance week roundup. And did […]
Ana at the Book Smugglers wrote an early review of my novella, Here There Be Monsters, for Steampunk Week II. And last night at around 3 a.m., I sent her a guest post about steampunk romance that’s supposed to go up on Saturday (if it’s Saturday, click here!) Last night was kind of hazy: I […]
The Book Smugglers are having a steampunk week over at their blog. I’ve gotten a ton of questions about What Steampunk Is, and this might be a great place to start for those of you still wondering: The Introduction (and Primer) ETA: And this, Bloggers Talk Steampunk. And for a look at how I am […]
…I’m at Odd Shots, talking about the music for the Guardian series. And in case you missed it, I put up an excerpt for Demon Blood (it does include spoilers for Demon Forged, so if you haven’t read that yet, be warned.) Here’s a snippet from the Burning Up novella (I am LOVING the steampunk, […]
On Twitter, I was asked about steampunk — specifically, what is it? I’m copying this from an explanation I did a few weeks ago (because there’s really no one definition of steampunk, honestly. But this is the way I’m approaching it.) Steampunk is essentially historical science fiction — and for steampunk, the advanced technology is […]