Ankaret Wells
Welcome!
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.
Got something to say? Email me on ankaretwells@gmail.com.
New? Start Here!
Heavy Ice
Buy Heavy Ice now!
Firebrand
Buy Firebrand now!
The Maker’s Mask
Buy The Maker’s Mask: Book One Of Requite now!
The Hawkwood War
Buy The Hawkwood War: Book Two Of Requite now!
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.
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts
Twitter
- This chocolate biscuit whisky cake tastes amazing. Thank you lovely @pmh! Two forkfuls and I'm kind of drunkd. 4 days ago
- So @pmh just made me an awesome chocolate biscuit cake that looks like a dragon poo. 4 days ago
- @legionseagle When you're a Hawkwood, it's hard to tell the murder ballads from the family gossip. 4 days ago
- @legionseagle Four years younger than Kallisty *and* played the violin. I can only imagine Kallisty owning a violin… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 4 days ago
- RT @legionseagle: This sounds like Dylan's Romance in Durango rescored for Kallisty Hawkwood. twitter.com/KT_NRE/status/… 4 days ago
Archives
- January 2018
- August 2017
- October 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- October 2015
- September 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- September 2014
- June 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
Blogroll
- all about me amazon annoying things book review books christmas covers firebrand fonts giveaways heavy ice i get searches kay lulu non-book news other people and their books out-take friday reviews short stories someone is right on the internet someone is wrong on the internet spam stories about books the hawkwood war the maker's mask the writing process Uncategorized word 2010 and its little ways wordpress writing
Meta
-
Free Clipart & Free Photos
All images in header used under license from istockphoto.com Background by Florian Carli
Compliments of Ace Clip Art
Category Archives: wordpress
New look for the blog
Having bought enough stock art from istockphoto.com to make it worthwhile, I’ve made a new header for the blog. There’s also a new picture of me with one of my cats, because the Internet is for cat photos.
Spammers, Scammers And People Who Are Confused About Sex
My Kindle has died: the nice Irish bloke at Kindle Support, while charming and patient, could not get me a replacement of the model I’m used to, and earlier this week the Internet went out because my husband accidentally cut … Continue reading
Writing
So, the process of planing and sandpapering Firebrand into shape is ongoing, and it’s making me think about how much easier writing was when I had no clue at all what I was doing. I mean, when I started out … Continue reading
Posted in firebrand, the writing process, wordpress
Tagged firebrand, the writing process, wordpress
4 Comments
Blog neglect, and Distant Worlds
I’ve been neglecting my blog. I’m sorry: I just didn’t have a lot to say beyond ‘Still writing’ or ‘Not writing, due to my head being full of cold’ or whatever. I’ve been to Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy … Continue reading
Blogroll
Well, I have now made the grand total of 45p from Amazon referrals. When I told my husband about this he said ‘Well done!’ entirely unironically. Oh dear. I also had a baffling email from Amazon this morning suggesting I … Continue reading
Posted in all about me, amazon, non-book news, wordpress
Tagged all about me, amazon, non-book news, wordpress
12 Comments