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Steampunk Media by Maeve Alpin

February 23, 2012 by suzannelazear

Today we welcome back Steampunk Author Maeve Alpin.

Maeve Alpin loves reading and writing about ancient times. It’s only natural that she loves alternative history just as much. She had a lot of fun combing the mystery and magic of ancient Egypt with the prim and proper, frill and lace, of an alternate Victorian age of steam robots and time travel machines for her As Timeless As Stone novella. Drawing on her love for a happy ending, she’s had sever…al works published: five romance novels, three novellas, and short stories in four anthologies. She lives in Texas with her family; her grown son, her granddaughter, and her spoiled cat, Severus. Visit her at   http://MaeveAlpin.com In addition to her Steampunk/Romances she writes Celtic/Romances under the name Cornelia Amiri

Steampunk Media

By Maeve Alpin

The captain and crew of Steamship Isabella along with the band Steam Powered Giraffe, The Spine, The John, and Rabbit in their robot makeup, discussed Steampunk media at Clockwork.con. As fellow artist there are many similarities between musicians and writers. Steam Powered Giraffes said, “We write what we write and the Steampunk community embraced it.” To a novelist that would be the same as saying, I write from the heart. I love people who write from the heart whether it’s regarding literature or music.

Also their statement that, “Steampunk music is developing, there is certainly no set definition” is also very true of Steampunk literature and my favorite cross genre, Steampunk/Romance. Great samples of Steam Powered Giraffes and their use of media can be found at their youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/SpineRaptor/featured, be sure to check out the Captain Albert Alexander video. Also check out the back-story of Steam Powered Giraffes. http://www.steampoweredgiraffe.com/cavalcadium//about.html.

Airship Isabella uses the media of videos as well.  Here is fan fiction piece, Fallout Houston.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzQ5OmZnwo8&context=C3080fd3ADOEgsToPDskIbbLq3NQpsNePeXqEvJ5nJ

Writers have used the media of book trailers for awhile but they are an even better choice now as more and more people are utilizing smart phones. Eighty seven percent of all smart phone owners read their email on the phone. Videos play well on smart phones so they are a great way to promote your Steampunk books.

Whether you’re speaking of a band, an airship, or a lone author, Steampunk is an esthetic and a mindset with limitless boundaries. For writers creatively utilizing media will help inform others about this genre we love and about our books. To sum it up, in the words of Steam Power Giraffe in their song Brass Goggles, “Wind me up, turn the gears.”

Here is the trailer for my Steampunk/Romance As Timeless As Stone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQEOp9l9ZFA

For everyone, the sequel to As Timeless As Stone, As Timeless As Magic is free at the Kindle store on Amazon from today 02/23/12 until 02/27/12. http://www.amazon.com/Unparallel-Adventures-Traveling-Egyptians-ebook/dp/B006VOW3PY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1329874762&sr=1-1

Blogging Contest: I’m giving away a free PDF Ebook of my Steampunk/Romance As Timeless As Stone to everyone who leaves a comment, please include your email address. Visit my website at http://MaeveAlpin.com

~Maeve Alpin

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Posted in Authors, Books, Books, releases, Steampunk, Writing | Tagged As Timeless as Magic, guest thursdays, Maeve Alpin, steampunk authors, steampunk books | 8 Comments

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  1. on February 23, 2012 at 10:01 am Linsey Gravlin

    I’m assuming the blogging contest starts here, as the associated website does not have a blog attached (that I can see.)

    Hi! I am an aspiring author (read: nothing published yet) and love steampunk and would love to read this book! I can’t seem to get enough of the steampunk fiction these days.

    -Linsey


  2. on February 23, 2012 at 12:41 pm Alden Ash

    Would love to read your first book. Please count me in!

    alden [dot] ash [at-symbol-thingy] gmail [dot] com.


  3. on February 23, 2012 at 5:42 pm Barbara Elness

    I’d love to read As Timeless As Stone, it sounds like a fantastic story. I love steampunk and I’m always looking for new stories to read.

    Barbed1951 at aol dot com


  4. on February 24, 2012 at 1:08 pm James Wymore

    Steampunk rocks! Please send me your first book!


  5. on February 24, 2012 at 6:39 pm Pascal Ponton

    Can wait to read your story…I love story about time traveling and ancient Egypt


  6. on February 26, 2012 at 10:01 pm Bernard Quince

    Hi, this is a great idea. I seem to be pioneering Steampunk in Rural Victoria, Australia. Australia is a lot smaller in population than the USA and parts of Europe and finind like minded people is not as easy as it seems in other parts of the p\world.


  7. on March 7, 2012 at 12:05 am Kelley Marston

    I am a fan and would really love if u could send me any of your time travel books.


    • on March 14, 2012 at 9:49 am Kelley Marston

      BTW: My email is kvmarston@yahoo.com



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