by Marie-Claude Bourque The Steampunk novel is progressing quite nicely, thank you very much! I am solidly 2/3 in with a good grip on the story. Plus the first chapter is totally done and revised. This is a good time to get this proposal done with most of NYC literary world either shut or slow [...]
Archive for July, 2010
The Steampunk Novel Diary: Characters Behaving Badly!
Posted in Airpirates, Various Writings, Writing, tagged Marie-Claude Bourque, Steampunk, Writing on July 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Lolitas on the loose in Orlando
Posted in Books, conventions, Lolitas, panel, RWA National convention, Steampunk, tagged Cindy Holby, Leanna Hieber, Lolitas, panels, RWA national conference, Shelley Adina, signings, suzanne lazear on July 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I don’t have anything profound for you today, I’m too busy getting ready for the RWA National Conference in Orlando, Florida. I’m all packed, though getting a bustle, a day dress, and two ball gowns (one quite fluffy) into the suitcase with a dozen tiaras, two hundred bottles of nail polish, a large hat, and [...]
In Which Kinekt Shows Off Their Amazing Gear Rings
Posted in Books, Books, Contest, Fun, Jewelry, releases, shiny things, Steampunk, Visiting Lolitas, tagged book releases, Contest, Elizabeth Darvill, gear rings, guest thursdays, Kinekt, Love in a Time of Steam, shiny things on July 15, 2010 | 18 Comments »
First off, I’d like to wish Lolita Elizabeth a happy release day. Her new book, “Love in a Time of Steam” releases today. You can find it here. Now, on to today’s topic, one of my favorites, shiny things, Have you seen the incredible gear rings from the folks over at Kinekt? They are the [...]
What am I missing??
Posted in Books, Books, reading list, tagged steampunk books, steampunk comics, steampunk reading list, steampunk YA, suzanne lazear on July 12, 2010 | 14 Comments »
I’ve been working hard compiling two Steampunk reading lists to use as supplemental material for some workshops the Lolitas and I will be doing. One list is for Young Adult/Middle Grade and the other is for Comics/Graphic Novels. (Other people are handling other the categories). Here is what I’ve come up with with the great [...]
The Last Airbender
Posted in Movies, tagged movie reviews, movies, suzanne lazear, the last airbender on July 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Wow, we’ve reached 50,000 hits! Thanks for all your support. We have a really great contest coming up in a couple of weeks. We have more great guests and I have a special surprise I hope to debut in September. Thank you for making this blog what it is and please keep coming back to [...]
Happy 4th of July
Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2010 |
The Steamed! Lolitas wish everyone a safe and happy 4th of July.
The Steampunk Novel Diary: Why Steampunk?
Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Marie-Claude Bourque First I hope the Lolitas will forgive me for posting a day late. I know Friday is my day. Somehow the days just blend into one another these days… So… the novel. Well let me tell you that’s it’s going very very well so far. I tallied up my word count this [...]
In which Marizane comes to visit
Posted in Music, Steampunk, Visiting Lolitas, tagged Marizane, steampunk music, visiting lolitas on July 1, 2010 |
It’s Thursday, which means we have a special guest for you. Today we have the band Marizane. Lolita Suzanne: Welcome to Steamed! We’re so glad you could come on. Tell us about yourselves. Have you always wanted to be musicians? Todd Jaeger: Marizane consists of Todd Jaeger, Debbie Shair, and Jim Laspesa. I have been [...]
