Hail and Hello fellow writers. Courtesy of my wife, I’ve just learned that in 1892, a Dr. Robert Buchanan murdered his wife. This bears no relation to my relationship with my own spouse, by the by. The not-so-very-good doctor overdosed…
On Writing
Writers offering advice to other writers when you’re creating your Steampunk work.
Every Journey Requires of the Traveler…a Starting Point
by AJ Sikes • • Comments Off
As a writer, I am startled by the tidbits of history I encounter in my reading of the daily news. Moments snipped out of time become collected in a handy repository: my notebook, the backs of envelopes, the scattered scraps…
On Writing: Creating Fantasy World Slang
by Adam Heine • • Comments Off
A steampunk world–any fantasy world, really–will have more depth and feel more real if it’s given its own language. I’m not talking about fantasy languages the reader can’t understand (thanks for that, Tolkien), but slang. This article is about where…
On Writing: The Secret Ingredient
by Theresa Meyers • • Comments Off
Every writer, whether they are out or still firmly entrenched in their closet, is looking for the Secret Ingredient that will transform his or her fiction into fantastical magnificence. The sobering truth is we all know what the Secret Ingredient…