Lolita Deb just finished Heart’s Blood by Gail Dayton and asked me to post a review for her. Book Review –Heart’s Blood by Gail Dayton This is the second book in the Steampunk series by Gail Dayton. She continues to explore a world where magic co-exists uneasily with normal Victorian society. Master conjurer Grey Carteret is [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Book Review–Heart’s Blood by Gail Dayton
Posted in Books, Books, reviews, tagged book reviews, Deborah Schneider, Gail Dayton, Heart's Blood, Steampunk, steampunk books on January 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A glimpse….
Posted in costumes, fashion, Steampunk, Uncategorized, tagged Elizabeth Darvill, steampunk fashion, treadle machine on January 27, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Today I will share with you the beginning of my journey into creating a steampunk wardrobe! Or at least how I, a poor writer of steampunk/paranormal romance creates a wardrobe! The upcoming year holds many conferences, steampunk and writing alike and I need an extensive wardrobe to cover the many themes and days and events, etc, etc… Not being loaded [...]
How to Steampunk a dress without really trying–Part I
Posted in costumes, how-to, Steampunk, tagged Steampunk, steampunk costume, steampunk dress, steampunk how-to, suzanne lazear on January 25, 2010 | 16 Comments »
The ball at the Riverside Dickens’ Festival is quickly approaching. We recently moved and I can’t find the dress I made (well, my friends made while I watched, lol) for last year’s ball. My mission: to get a dress, cheap, and Steampunk it, cheap, as quickly as possible so I’d have it in time for the [...]
Book Release–Promise Me
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Lolita Deb has a new release, Promise Me. It’s not Steampunk, but it is about the wild west. Promise Me by Deborah Schneider After spending years in an arranged marriage as the repressed wife of an older man, Amanda Wainwright has learned the hard way that money can’t buy happiness. She arrives in Willow Creek, [...]
Join us on Facebook!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2010 |
Steamed! is now on Facebook. Come visit us here.
Steampunk at Romance Divas
Posted in Steampunk, tagged romance divas, Steampunk workshop on January 21, 2010 |
The Romance Diva’s are having a workshop on Steampunk over at the Romance Diva’s forum January 21-23, 2010. It features Zoe Archer, Meljean Brook, Gail Carriger, Sarah A. Hoyt, Katie MacAlister, and Dru Pagliassotti. The workshop is free, but you have to register with the forum (also free). See you there!
From the AP: Poe’s Mourner Is A No Show
Posted in Edgar Allan Poe, Pioneers of Steampunk on January 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By BEN NUCKOLS and JOSEPH WHITE, Associated Press Writers Ben Nuckols And Joseph White, Associated Press Writers – Tue Jan 19, 6:22 pm ET BALTIMORE – It is what Edgar Allan Poe might have called “a mystery all insoluble”: Every year for the past six decades, a shadowy visitor would leave roses and a half-empty bottle of cognac on [...]
The Young Mad Scientist’s Alphabet
Posted in mad scientist, Toys, tagged mad scientist, Steampunk, steampunk toys, suzanne lazear, young mad scientist alphabet on January 18, 2010 |
I was looking for kid’s steampunk stuff online and this was so amazing I thought it needed its own post. Over at Xylocopa you can buy these absolutely beautiful steampunk wooden blocks. Each of the 26 blocks has beautiful mad-science inspired scenes on them. But the best part is what the letters represent. This is not [...]
Friday Fun–Gail Daytyon Interview and Character Reading at Musings on the Tarot
Posted in Books, Books, Steampunk, Writing, tagged Arwen Lynch, Gail Dayton, Heart's Blood, Musings on the Tarot, Steampunk Fiction on January 16, 2010 |
Over at Musings on the Tarot, Arwen is doing a tarot reading on Miss Pearl from Gail Dayton’s book Heart’s Blood. If you leave a comment or ask Gail a question you’ll have a chance to win a copy of Heart’s Blood.
Where Steampunk and the internet collide!!
Posted in Fun, Steampunk, Uncategorized, tagged Steampunk on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I know Steampunk is all about fantastic inventions that transcend the sleek, electronic efficiency of todays computer age. However there is no getting around the fact that we all still use the internet!! So today I will show you a few of the fantastic places that us steampunkers can get together on the interweb or [...]
Book Review–Soulless by Gail Carriger
Posted in Books, Books, reviews, Steampunk, tagged book reviews, Gail Carriger, Steampunk, steampunk books, suzanne lazear on January 11, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Soulless—book one of The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger In a steampunk world where Vampires and Werewolves are integrated into London society, Alexia Tarabotti is still considered unmarriageable. Being a bluestocking, half-Italian, and a spinster are only part of her problems—unbeknownst to her family, she was also born without a soul and can null the abilities of supernaturals. [...]
Inspiration on Friday: Steampunk Winter Machine
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2010 |
by Marie-Claude Bourque Vol hivernal by ~Remton on deviantART
In Which the Director Says “I want it more…Steampunk”
Posted in Machines, Steampunk, tagged aliens, john lazear, steampunk gadgets, steampunk movies, suzanne lazear on January 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Recently my husband was working on a film and they needed an “alien detector.” So, the hubby, being the creative evil genius he is, made a really neat alien detector out of old toys and bits of things. He brought it on set and the director looks at it, scratches his head and says “It’s [...]
New Year Excerpt
Posted in Books, Books, Steampunk, tagged Cindy Holby, Mammoth Book Of Time Travel, Time Trails on January 4, 2010 |
Happy New Year! Here is an exerpt from my latest story, Time Trails, featured in the Mammoth Book Of Time Travel to start off your new year. I hope you enjoy it. There are plenty of steam punk elements through out the story and this partial holds a clue to some of them. Time Trails June [...]
Inspiration on Friday: Happy New Year!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 1, 2010 |
by Marie-Claude Bourque Lycoris Daydreams by ~Kerahna on deviantART
