Sick Day

I have been sick all weekend and haven’t finished my last Fantastic February post for you all.  I am still sick.  So, I am going to have to take a sick day and post it for you another time. My Apologies. ~Suzanne

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Steampunk Writing Prompt

by Lolita Marie-Claude One of my favorite steampunk image here for you  this week-end. What kind of story could you write to this? My story maybe because I have to say that the setting of my steampunk urban fantasy could easily look like this, except for the dude on the left. Who and what is [...]

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No Ordinary Love

Did you have a Steampunk release in 2010?  The Prism awards, which is given out by the Fantasy, Futuristic, & Paranormal Chapter of the Romance Writer’s of America is *desperately* short of Steampunk/Time Travel entries and will cancel the category if they don’t get enough entries.  If your story has romance elements please consider entering.  Details and eligibility [...]

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Vampires and 1889 Seattle Underground

We take a break from our normal Fantastic February programming to bring you the following diversion: Books have been sighted! The first copies of the fantastical vampire tale (aka – my latest release) The Truth About Vampires from Harlequin Nocturne have been spotted at a local Walmarts in Port Orchard and Bremerton, Washington, and reports [...]

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Fantastic February — How the Apocalypse is Like Cupcakes

Fantasy February continues.  Today we have the amazing Ann Aguirre who’s dystopian YA debut Enclave releases April 12th, 2011. Ann Aguirre is a national bestselling author with a degree in English Literature; before she began writing full time, she was a clown, a clerk, a voice actress, and a savior of stray kittens, not necessarily [...]

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Steampunk Writing Prompt

Now who is this mysterious and beautiful girl? Who is she waiting for? Is she a western hussy in a saloon waiting for her next client? A fallen miss fleeing her country and waiting for the airship to leave? Or a lady alchemist taking a rest in her private drawing room after a difficult experiment? [...]

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The “Greying Down” of Culture by Jon Heartless

Today we welcome Jon Heartless, author of Romanticism Lost.  The “Greying Down” of Culture by Jon Heartless Is anyone else worried about the ‘greying down’ of culture which seems to be increasing all around us? Society does it by scorning anything outside the conventional. Our employers do it by demanding that we wear their uniform, [...]

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Book Monday–Pale Demon

First off, I’d like to announce the winner of the copy of Anya Bast’s Raven’s Quest. Drumroll please.. renee smith Renee, please contact me at suzannelazear (@) hotmail to claim your prize. Fantastic February continues with a review of  the next installment of an amazing Urban Fantasy series. Pale Demon The Hollows book 9 By [...]

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Steampunk writing prompt

If you were to tell the story of this gal what would it be? Is she an airship pirate, or military general? What is the eye piece for? Does it replace her own eye or is it an add on to detect automatons passing for humans? Did she steal that fancy coat? And what about [...]

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An Interview with Author David Burton

First off, there’s still time to register for my writing YA class, which starts Feb. 14th. Details here. Second off, I have the winners of the two copies of The Greyfriar: Vampire Empire Book 1. The winners are… Alden Ash and Heather Hiestand Alden and Heather please email me at suzannelazear (@) hotmail to claim [...]

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Suckerpunch!!

 Hello my lovelies!! I have been absent I know!! Have no fear though, I am back! So, I hear rumor we are talking about fantasy in steampunk this month and do I have something to show you!! On March 25th, Suckerpunch, a total kick ass steampunk(ok, maybe more dieselpunk) movie full of mechanical robots, zeppelins and sexy girls in a [...]

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Fantastic February–Writing a Believable World

It’s Fantastic February.  Today we have an amazing special guest for you. Writing  a Believable World by Anya Bast My name is Anya Bast. If you’re not familiar with me, I write across many different subgenres of romance. My two best known series are the Elemental Witches series and the Dark Magick series, which are [...]

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The Steampunk Writers & Artists Guild

Today we welcome Lia Keyes. Lia Keyes is a British expat Young Adult writer,represented by Laura Rennert (Andrea Brown Literary Agency). She’s the founder of The Steampunk Writers & Artists Guild, co-editor of a Steampunk Shakespeare anthology to be published by Flying Pen Press in 2011, and is currently assisting in the production of four [...]

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Fantastic Feb. and Helping Out A Fellow Author in Egypt

This month on the STEAMED! blog we’re going to declare it Fantastic February. We’ll be looking at the fantasy element in fiction. However, this post is where real life intrudes. There is no doubt that the wonders of the Victorian age were splendid, but there was one thing that did take time and wasn’t so [...]

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