Tag: steampunk

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • “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…

  • Teapots

    Afternoon tea is such a civilised steampunkish thing to do. Bygone Beautys is the world’s largest collection of teapots and it’s here in Australia — we take our tea seriously!

  • Writer Wednesday

    P G Forte is the second wonderful author I’m lucky enough to share the A Clockwork Christmas steampunk anthology with. “This Winter Heart” (love that title!) is imaginative and emotional. THIS WINTER HEART by PG Forte Santa Fe, The Republic of New Texacali, 1870 Eight years ago, Ophelia Leonides’s husband cast her off when he…