• GEAR Con Mini Report

    I had the wonderful opportunity to attend GEAR Con on Friday.  On arriving at the event, I was immediately invited onto a panel with Irene Radford and Andrew P. Mayer, who were explaining the hows and tos of world building. (I admitted to my post-it…

  • Upcoming Events & Thank You!

    This weekend the first ever, G.aslight E.xplorers, A.dventurers & R.omantics Convetion=GEAR Con will be taking place in Portland, Oregon! I had hoped to spend a good deal of my weekend at the event, but it’s looking more and more like I might only be able…

  • Dead Iron Catches a Star, plus Signings

    Now THIS is a great way to start the week!  Publishers Weekly gave DEAD IRON a starred review!!! ★ A complex and extraordinary world is brought to life as bestselling author Monk’s dips into the steampunk genre in this series debut. In the small town…

  • Steampunk Ship

    Steampunk research is fun!  A tin* airship!  This baby was sewn together with over three million rivets.  (!!)             From Wikipedia: The ZMC-2 (Zeppelin Metal Clad 200,000 ft. capacity) was the only successfully-operated metal-skinned airship ever built. Constructed at Naval…

  • Signing, Now with pictures!

    I’d like to thank Murder By The Book for having me in for a signing on the 6th!  I had a  lovely time. Thank you readers for stopping in to say hi, or asking to have a book personalized, and thank you also to everyone…

  • Girl’s Gotta Have Her Gear

    I’m going to Texas!  I’ll be signing DEAD IRON (and the Allie Beckstrom series) at Murder By The Book on July 6th at 6:30 pm.  Here are some of the nifty things I’ll be wearing: Those are the steampunk fingerless gloves I knitted, and the…

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