Artemis Rising is #336 in Steampunk Fiction (Kindle Store), #1,639 in Steampunk Fiction, and #1,258 in Alternative History. Still at 3 customer reviews. I need a few more to get Audible to take notice – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so.
Thomas Lucas, who lives across Broadway from Gresham Castle, may be an alternate builder for at least the upgrades to First Hangar. Information about Thomas Lucas IRL.
If you haven’t sent a reply with feedback about the title for book 2, please review the list of title suggestions and hit reply.
Not as many chapters this week. Two reasons, Deborah and I spent several days celebrating our 39th wedding anniversary. It takes longer for us old people to celebrate things – that’s my story and I’m sticking to it… Also, what the Shadowy Man is getting up to will be talked about more in this book than originally planned. That means adding some pieces in some of the already completed chapters.
According to the 1890-1891 Galveston City Directory, page 179, David Fahey was proprietor of Uhrig’s Cave saloon, 2102 Market on the corner of 21st Street. Residence same. That is more than enough to inspire even a half-way decent writer to create a setting for the Shadowy Man to pump the bricklayers for information.
John Locke (h) – Bricklayer in Galveston. Roomed with Fannie Stone. I added that he was from Eastside London because I wanted the Cockney accent. His friends were John Lipscomb (h) and George Blake (h) both historical bricklayers that I decided were Galveston natives.
Historically in 1891 there were three foundries in Galveston. One, Lee Ironworks, part of the C. B. Lee & Co. complex, was right near the railroad depot and was the run by the Alderman for the 6th Ward (Northwest Galveston), Charles Lee. Guess where Walter and Company got the steel plates to cover Nike and Artemis…
I’ve had a couple of questions about plans for future books. Those plans have changed a lot since I sat down to write Artemis Rising almost a year ago now. Currently, as of the changes made this morning, the plan looks like this:
The Rise of the Selenites (Series):
Artemis Rising
[Book 2 – please send your title suggestions]
Forging the Chain Breakers
Selene Unchained
The Adventures of Walter and Eleanor:
Antarctic Honeymoon – may be book 4 of 5 in Rise of the Selenites
Secrets of Kilimanjaro
Others:
Flight of the Phoenix
Beware the Wrath of Magi
Ideas that may become books:
Return to Mars – A Walter and Eleanor adventure
Getting a Clue – A Walter and Eleanor adventure
Old Ones In England – A Walter and Eleanor adventure
Fish People of the Amazon – possibly a Walter and Eleanor adventure
Secrets of the Sphinx
Floating Cities of Venus
Dark Side of Mercury
Secrets of Ceres
Bombing Iapetus
War of the Worlds – may be a series
War in Heaven – may be a series
Emory Upton in Mexico
The Rise of Amir Al-Jalil
Mike Powell on Mars
Plenty of untold stories and all that assumes I don’t get enough feedback from readers about wanting more story somewhere not covered by this list…
Chapters this week:
Shadowy Man additions
2 Chapters split (additional 2 chapters)
27: Preparations for the Council
28: Galveston Aeroport Company – started
Forging The Chain Breakers word count is 48,947, not counting Dramatis Personae (2,183 words)
If you want to be a beta reader and comment on Book 2 chapters, write a nice review for Artemis Rising on Amazon or Goodreads, and email me that you’ve done it.