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Firebrand now burning its way to the presses on the 8th

A quick admin note – due to a minor problem with the proofs for Amazon distribution, the official launch of Firebrand will now be on the 8th of November. Also, to celebrate the launch I will be guestblogging over at the very kind and lovely Madame Guillotine’s blog with a post about my favourite ball […]

Return of the blog

I’m sorry I’ve been neglecting this blog since July. Let’s just blame Mr Foo the Lovable Pixie for that and move on. Here’s an excerpt from yesterday’s writing: “I have knowledge you need. You have knowledge I need. Truce?” “I have knowledge you need, and water you need, and a vrykol to carry you out […]

Firebrand cover art sneak preview

Today I bought stock art for the Firebrand cover and started messing around with it. Here’s a sneak preview: Yes, it’s a headless woman, but since the book actually does involve the heroine complaining at one point that getting skirts up is easier than getting trousers down and that bustles just make everything more complicated […]

Steampunk Is Not The New Paranormal

Really interesting article from Heather Massey here: Why Has Paranormal Romance Taken Off, but Not Steampunk Romance? Personally, I think the problems come down to: A) People on the covers of steampunk novels have an embarrassing tendency to look like LARPers. I don’t know why this is, particularly as there are far more vampire LARPs […]

That 7×7 meme from everywhere

1. Go to page 7 (or 77) of your current WIP. 2. Go to line 7 3. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written. Since I have two WIPs, you get both. Heavy Ice: Kallisty felt triumph lance up through her all the way from […]

Gacked from Julian Griffith

Project: Steampunk Thing tentatively entitled ‘Firebrand’ Deadline: None, fortunately New words written: Couple of thousand Present total word count: 89226 Reason for stopping: Taking a break Mean things: Heroine is disparaging about opera. Reader is forced to spend too much time in a dress shop. Inexplicable discussion of goffering irons. Fun things: Think minor character […]

Titles

No, not ‘how do you address a marquess who is also an Archdeacon’ though I would really not be surprised at all if I did post about that one of these days. Today has not been great, though the only bit that’s really relevant to mention on here is that I thought I had a […]

Books

Awesome graphic from Xeminis at demotivational.org.

RIP Kay Dekker

A president might have been conceived today; A book begun, a cause, a truth, an army New particles might flare across a screen; At very least, there wasn’t a tsunami. Such days make years; the years stack seamlessly Like micrometres on a coral reef But someone who I cared for very much Is gone: and […]