Hello darlings. Yes, I’ve been away far too long. But Lolita Theresa has been working dilligently on a new steampunk novel for you. In the meantime, since you know how much I adore research, I thought I’d take you on a little trip into fashion. I’ve always found it fascinating how our society and what’s happening [...]
Archive for May, 2011
The Shape of the Times
Posted in bustles, Corsets, costumes, Research, Steampunk, Victorian fashion, Victorian Life, tagged research, Theresa Meyers, Victorian fashion on May 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Book Monday–The Vespertine
Posted in Book Monday, Books, bustles, reviews, Victorian fashion, Victorian Life, tagged book monday, book reviews, historical books, Saundra Mitchell, The Vespertine, victorian books, young adult books on May 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s book Monday! For those new to Steamed, Book Monday is an occasional feature where I talk about a (usually) Steampunk book I really enjoy and think you will, too. The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell Review copy provided by Harcourt Children’s Books The Vespertine isn’t Steampunk, it’s a Victorian historical. I was attracted to it [...]
Armchair BEA — Blogging about Blogging
Posted in Armchair BEA, tagged Armchair BEA, blogging on May 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today’s the last day of Armchair BEA. Thanks to them for hosting it. I hope you’ve enjoyed these posts and I hope those new to Steamed will come back. We always have something going on. Today we’re supposed to blog about blogging. I’m going to talk just a little about running a group blog. I [...]
Armchair BEA–Relationships…and Giveaway!!!
Posted in Armchair BEA, Books, Contest, Lolitas, Steampunk, tagged Armchair BEA, Contest, Lolitas on May 26, 2011 | 27 Comments »
I’m excited to be a part of Armchair BEA as we continue our virtual conference. Today we’re supposed to talk about relationships. Although I love to get ARCs, I don’t get a ton of them since there’s just not that much Steampunk out there yet. We also usually only feature books we’re in love with (but we always welcome author [...]
Armchair BEA — Book Blogs
Posted in Armchair BEA, Books, tagged Armchair BEA, steampunk book blogs on May 25, 2011 |
Apparently, I never signed up for an interview. Oops. Since a few people expressed surprise at the idea of a Steampunk book(ish) blog, I thought I’d share a few of them with you: The definitive Steampunk book blogger is Mick Perschon, aka the Steampunk Scholar. He’s a doctoral student doing his thesis on Steampunk and a professor who has [...]
Armchair BEA — Best of 2011
Posted in Armchair BEA, Books, tagged Armchair BEA, best books of 2011, darker still, Lolita Suzanne, suzanne lazear, The Girl in the Steel Corset on May 24, 2011 |
Armchair BEA is continuing (for those of us not at BEA in New York.) Today all of us participating in Armchair BEA were asked what we think the “Best of 2011″ is. I can’t even begin to fathom such a list, there’s a ton of great books that have come out this year and a [...]
Lolita Suzanne’s Armchair BEA Into
Posted in Armchair BEA, tagged Armchair BEA, Lolita Suzanne, suzanne lazear on May 23, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Hi, I’m Lolita Suzanne (aka Suzanne Lazear) and first off, thanks to the folks at Armchair BEA for organizing this great event for all of us who can’t make it to Book Expo America. I’m one of the Lolitas here at Steamed, which is a blog about writing Steampunk fiction (and Steampunk in general), run by a group [...]
Putting Steampunk Outfits Together–Part II
Posted in Corsets, fashion, how-to, Steampunk, tagged bustles, DIY steampunk costume, DIY steampunk fashion, Steampunk, steampunk clothes, steampunk fashion, suzanne lazear on May 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It’s Monday and first thing off we have a winner to announce. The winner of Tamora Pierce’s Tortall and Other Lands anthology is… Danya Congrats, please email me at suzannelazear (@) hotmail to claim your prize. Next off, I’m going to continue to my series on how I created some of my Steampunk outfits. Even if you’re [...]
Steampunk Jewelry Made Simple
Posted in Artists, Guest Thursday, how-to, Jewelry, Steampunk, Visiting Lolitas, tagged B'Sue, guest thursdays, steampunk how-to, steampunk jewelry, visiting lolita on May 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Today we welcome Brenda Sue of B’sue Boutiques who’s jewelry supply store not only has everything you need to make neat Steampunk jewelry, but she also has loads of instructional videos for people like me who love to make things, but in all honesty can’t craft their way out of a cardboard box. STEAMPUNK JEWELRY MADE SIMPLE: [...]
Book Monday: Tortall and Other Lands by Tamora Pierce
Posted in Book Monday, Books, Fantastic February, reviews, tagged book monday, book reviews, fantasy books, Tamora Pierce, Tortall and Other Lands, YA books on May 16, 2011 | 7 Comments »
This was originally scheduled for Fantastic February, then I got sick and never posted it. Enjoy. Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales by Tamora Pierce Book provided by Random House Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales is a collection of short stories from fantasy author Tamora Pierce. I am a *huge* Tamora Pierce fangirl [...]
Putting Together Steampunk Outfits — Part I
Posted in Corsets, costumes, fashion, how-to, Steampunk, Winners!, tagged building a steampunk outfit, steampunk fashion, suzanne lazear. DIY steampunk fashion, Winners! on May 9, 2011 | 9 Comments »
I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day. We’re holding a Steampunk writing challenge over on the Writing Steampunk Yahoo group during the month of May. There’s still time to join in–make sure to say you found us on Steamed. We have quite a few prizes to give away today and if you don’t win [...]
The Victorian Heart of Steampunk Fashion
Posted in bustles, Corsets, fashion, Guest Thursday, Steampunk, Victorian fashion, Victorian Life, Visiting Lolitas, Winners!, tagged Recollections, Steampunk Threads, victorian fasion, Winners! on May 5, 2011 | 26 Comments »
Before we welcome today’s “Visiting Lolita” we have some winners to announce–because who doesn’t like winning stuff. First up, we have the winner of the bag ‘o books and swag from RT. Michelle Black Next we have the $10 GC to Barnes and Noble or Amazon (your choice) courtesy of Steampunk Author Crista McHugh. Matthew Delman Congrats! [...]
Contest time and a really cool announcement!!
Posted in Books, Contest, Steampunk, Vampires on May 4, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Hello lovelies!! So, I’ve got some fun and exciting things going on I want to share with you!! First off, to celebrate the steampunk romance anthology featuring my story, ‘Love in a Time of Steam’ going into print, I am holding a contest over on my blog for a chance to win a signed print copy [...]
