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Archive for April, 2011

Today is the last day of Steampunkapalooza.  Thank you so much for your participation, for your comments, for entering our contests, and your continued support.  This blog wouldn’t keep on if it wasn’t for each and every one of you.  There’s still room in my May steampunk online writing workshop.  It’s different from the last [...]

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Carina Press Week continues during our last week of Steampunkapalooza.  Don’t forget to comment every day for a chance to win a prize pack of Carina Press Steampunk e-books. First we have the winner of one of Leanna Renee Hieber’s Percy Parker books: Tina Congrats!  Email me at suzannelazear (@) hotmail to claim your prize.  [...]

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There are certain tropes when one thinks of steampunk. Goggles, gas lanterns and steam locomotives, for example. Or Victorian ladies running amuck in London trying to avoid dastardly villains, who always seem to have a zeppelin at hand for some nefarious purpose.

The aforementioned are some of the images I envisioned when I heard the word steampunk, and that’s only after I researched the term. I’d heard of cyberpunk, but steampunk? Yet this niche genre is growing, and so are its strictures.

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I have a confession to make. I loved The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr when I was younger. Bruce Campbell played the title character, a lawyer turned bounty hunter with a perchance for great one-liners. I was so bummed when Fox cancelled it, but thankfully, I can still download episodes on You Tube when I need to get my fix.

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as she flees her job after beating up her boss’s son. She runs straight into the path of Griffin King, Duke of Greythorne and his friend Sam Morgan. Both young men as every bit as extraordinary as Finley, though in their own ways.

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I am happy to say that Steampunk was everywhere at the recent Romantic Times Booklovers Convention, which was held in Los Angeles, April 6-10, 2011.  Yes, I am finally just getting around to writing about it.  Do you know how much time Steampunkapalooza takes?    RT was amazing, I’d never been to one before and had [...]

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First off, we have three copies of Tim Akers Horns of Ruin to give away.  Gail Gray Giada M. Tina Congrats!  Please email me at suzannelazear (@) hotmail to claim your prize.  Didn’t win?  We still have up for grabs a book by YA author Ren Cummins, a prize pack of goodies including a copy of Blameless [...]

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First we have three copies of Mike Resnick’s The Buntline Special to give away. David mark brown Riva Laughlin Joan Gallo Congrats!  Please email me at suzannelazear (@) hotmail to claim your prize.  Didn’t win?  We still have books by Tim Akers,  or Ren Cummins up for grabs and a prize pack of goodies including a copy [...]

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First, I’d like to announce the winners of George Mann’s Ghosts of Manhattan: FredTownWard Elijana Kindel Barbara Elness Congrats!  Please email me at suzannelazear (@) hotmail to claim your prize.  Didn’t win?  You can still win books by  Mike Resnick,  Tim Akers,  or Ren Cummins, or a prize pack of goodies including a copy of Blameless and [...]

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Before we get to today’s guest I have some winners to announce. First we have the bag ‘o swag and books from RT. Elaina Watler  Next we have the copy of Colleen Gleason’s The Vampire Dimitri.  Joelle Walker We have two sets of The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack and The Curious Case of [...]

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Today we welcome back the incredible Gail Carriger.  One lucky commenter will win a prize pack including a copy of Blameless and a fan autographed by Gail. Gail Carriger is the New York Times Bestselling author of the Parasol Protectorate series. She began writing in order to cope with being raised in obscurity by an [...]

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We have a ton of contests ending soon, so make sure you enter –like  books by Mark Hodder, books from Andrew Mayer, a bag of swag from RT and The Vampire Dimitri. I’m going to be teaching another online Steampunk Writing Class.  This one focuses more on building your manuscript than the last one I taught, which was more of a [...]

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We have a ton of contests ending soon, so make sure you enter –like  books by Mark Hodder, books from Andrew Mayer, a bag of swag from RT and The Vampire Dimitri. Today we welcome YA Steampunk author Ren Cummins.  He’s giving away a copy of “Reaper’s Return” (with a copy of his CD, “Obsidian Bridges”) to one lucky [...]

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Our giveaways for a bag of swag from RT, and The Vampire Dimitri are wrapping up, have you entered yet? Today we welcome our last Pyr author, Tim Akers.  The Horns of Ruin is out now.  We have three copies to give away. Tim Akers was born in deeply rural North Carolina, the only son of a theologian. [...]

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Happy Teen Lit Day!  To celebrate young adult books, there’s something happening today called “Rock the Drop.”  Basically, take a teen book and leave it in a public place for someone to find, take home and enjoy.  What better way to spread a love of reading (and Steampunk.)  Details here.  If you rock the drop [...]

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