Ankaret Wells
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I write science fiction, fantasy, romance and steampunk, often all at the same time. My feminist steampunk romance novel Firebrand was a 2012 Tiptree Honor Book. Here on this blog I talk about writing, self-publishing and other stuff that occurs to me.
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Heavy Ice
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Firebrand
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The Maker’s Mask
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The Hawkwood War
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Free Reads
Read an excerpt from Firebrand, my steampunk fantasy romance inspired by Charlotte Bronte's juvenilia.
Read an excerpt from The Maker's Mask, the first part of my Requite Duology, a science fiction adventure.
Read an excerpt from The Hawkwood War, the second part of my Requite Duology, a science fiction adventure.
Go here for out-takes and Requite short stories, free to read online.
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
And today we have management of infodumps
I am fiddling about with the most recent chapter of Heavy Ice, in which the characters finally have five minutes where they’re both conscious at the same time and no one’s trying to kill them, and are therefore sitting down … Continue reading
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Tzenni socks!
Sadie has designed socks inspired by Tzenni, and blogged about it here! They have roses and staircases on, and they are awesome. Also, I just said to my D&D players ‘My books inspired someone to knit socks!’ and they looked … Continue reading
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Name your baby Ligeia!
I am kind of charmed to note that Appellation Mountain has Ligeia as its name of the day. As you may have gathered, I got the name Ligeia from the Poe poem, or possibly the Vincent Price film. (I spent … Continue reading
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Slightly late end-of-year post
Looking back on 2010, the main event that stands out is that I published my books. (Well, all kinds of other stuff happened too. My husband crossed the country on a unicycle for charity, for example, and I got to … Continue reading