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Pinterest
I promised myself, no more social media. NO MORE!!! No more ways to lose writing time. So what did I do? Signed up for Pinterest. Do you think I can call it “collecting inspiration”? The collection is here at It’s All Steampunk.
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Staying cool
Well, I could be talking about the weather — which I’m not — but in fact it’s about some stupendous news … Carina Press has accepted “Courting Trouble” for publication, probably some time late this year! Wild excitement!!! You hear a lot about professionalism, behaving with decorum, but honestly, how can you stay cool when…
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A Steampunk Kubla Khan
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. … The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves. It was a miracle of…
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Steampunk Poetry
The Matchgirl Grown Up She had never cared what others thought and didn’t now that clockwork let “the cripple” dance light as thistledown. They didn’t know the agony to wind the legs, the bleeding hands that worked the key. She wrapped her palms in linen rags and watched her daughter dance. *** Good, bad, indifferent…
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“A Clockwork Christmas” Release Day!
A Clockwork Christmas releases, today — except that Carina Press (strangely) operates on New York time rather than Jenny-time and it’s still yesterday over in the Big Apple. So while I bust my stays (or would, if I were wearing a corset) with excitement that the big day is (nearly) here, I thought I’d share…