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Characters, Endeavor, and Weddings
You can get autographed copies of Artemis Rising, Celestial Accord, or Mirim’s First Christmas at the Downtown Arlington Farmer’s Market Saturday. Got Fiverr folks to start work on an illustration of Endeavor. She will likely figure prominently on Walter & Eleanor book covers, so this will need to be pretty high quality. A new character…
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Luminiferous Aether Revisited
Isaac and I have discussed the idea that the luminiferous aether is actually a magic or mana field, not the medium that light waves travel through. It is what allows for steampunk speculative fiction instead of hard science fiction. That means that aetheric drives, leukos crystals, liftwood, etc. are all enchanted items. They draw part…
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Trolls, Dragons, and Progress
Artemis Rising is #228 in Steampunk Fiction (Kindle Store), #379 in Steampunk Fiction, and #680 in Alternative History. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here or the kindle version here. Four customer reviews now, but I need a few more to get Audible to take notice – if you’ve…
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The Endymion Aerie
This is the basis for the Family Seat of the Count of Endymion Cluster. It is AI generated so I can use as much or as little as I want. Since I generated it, I don’t have to worry about copyright infringement if I use some/none/or all of it. I won’t use all the details.…
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Galveston City Company
This is just too big a learning to be part of the standard weekly blog – so it will get one all its own. During the time of the Selene Reborn books, the Galveston City Company still had a huge amount of influence on the development of Galveston because they owned virtually all of the…
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Bricklayers, Foundries, and Future Plans
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…
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Atlantis, Angels, and Power Crystals
Artemis Rising is #1,435 in Steampunk Fiction (Kindle Store), #1,579 in Steampunk Fiction, and #3,813 in Alternative History. I got a 3rd customer review, still 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. I had another couple ideas for…
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Research In Galveston
Artemis Rising is #860 in Steampunk Fiction, #2,344 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books), and #799 in Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store). There are 2 customer reviews – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so. In the late Victorian and Gilded ages, the rich and powerful were more likely…
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Victorian Planetology
Map of Venus
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Aether
An impression of the luminiferous aether