Yes, YOU!
Thanks for coming to take a look at our humble - errr, arrogant blog. You may be here because of our current 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey contest. Which is awesome, and we truly appreciate! Thanks for coming to look for a moment at what we do when we're procrastin - errr, busily planning our next novel. Leave a comment, say hi, tell us about your journey as a writer. Because that is REALLY awesome!
Or you may be here because you want to know where you can find us next (Orycon, Rustycon, Norwescon, etc) for signing and panels and such. Which is awesome, we would love to see you at any or all of our coming events! Come bug us about writing, about epub, about your next novel. We love to talk about stuff like that.
Or you may be here because you want to read what we have to say about Nanowrimo - in which case, check out the very next post - and yes, in that case you're completely awesome because you're a writer and you're considering that month of madness known to mere mortals as November. Hats off to you!
I'm sure there are plenty of other reasons you might be here, and those, too, are awesome. In fact, I'm planning to found an Awesome League of Awesome, and you will all be founding members. With t-shirts, and secret handshakes, and probably some kind of world domination agenda.
And cookies. Because that's how we roll around here.
So thanks again for coming by. We hope you enjoy, and come back soon. :)
Showing posts with label 20001. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 20001. Show all posts
Friday, October 28, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Machines, and Troubles
We're getting ready the print version of 20001. This is exciting. Layout, formatting, cover, all done. Looks good, too. But its got to be printed up, and the machine on which it is to be printed is persnickety. It's a delicate device, one with lots of little widgets and parts. There's a problem as a result, which is that the binding process is off center. The spine is disturbed. So we're stuck in place while we try to get it fixed, and that's an issue. It wouldn't be a real problem, except that we have a convention coming up, and want to have copies to sell. So that's a serious concern. One that hopefully will be fixed tomorrow.
Hopefully.
Hopefully.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Tapping the Zeitgeist
If any of you have already read Full Fathom Five, the novella I wrote for 20001: A Steampunk Odyssey, you will no doubt have noticed the heavy Shakespearean references and - being clever sorts - will no doubt have clued in to the fact that the story is an homage to his play, The Tempest.
It seems I am not the only one who saw potential in that play.
San Francisco director Jon Tracy has just presented his vision of Shakespeare's classic - and the costuming and sets are pure Steampunk. The reviewer was rapturous over the "eye candy" and the successful translation of Prospero's magical accoutrements into the scientific paraphrenalia of the Steampunk oeuvre.
Tapped in to the Zeitgeist? Perhaps. To quote Prospero, "We are such things as dreams are made of," and the dream of the Steampunk genre is still unfolding.
It seems I am not the only one who saw potential in that play.
San Francisco director Jon Tracy has just presented his vision of Shakespeare's classic - and the costuming and sets are pure Steampunk. The reviewer was rapturous over the "eye candy" and the successful translation of Prospero's magical accoutrements into the scientific paraphrenalia of the Steampunk oeuvre.
Tapped in to the Zeitgeist? Perhaps. To quote Prospero, "We are such things as dreams are made of," and the dream of the Steampunk genre is still unfolding.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Airships, Authors and Ebooks (Oh My!)
Last night two Intrepid Authors essayed an odyssey of sorts in support of 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey. Peter and Jason hitched up the hybrid electrovelocipede and hied themself to scenic Bellingham, Washingon, known to the world as The City of Subdued Excitement.
The suburb of Fairhaven is a hotbed of little shops, cafes, artists and above all, bookstores. It was to Village Books, a Fairhaven mainstay, that the two Intrepid Authors journeyed, there to partake of a gathering, nay, an Assemblage of August Personages of a Pro-Steam Sentiment. Organized by the lovely and talented Christina Claasen of Village Books, the event featured a Tesla coil demonstration (courtesy of the American Museum of Radio & Electricity), many fine members of the Bellingham Steampunk Society, and raffles for several fine books - including the not-to-be-released-until-October book Steampunk! This is especially fine, as the inimitable Cory Doctorow is among the authors (and the last link goes to his free story, Clockwork Fagin).
In this happy chaos of Steamkultur our Intrepid Authors shook many hands, traded barbs (and susans) with clever lads and lasses, and distributed Produckt in the form of literature: fliers for 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey. There was a lot of interest, and discussions were had of a return to Village Books for a reading from the Anthologie later this fall.
Their travails completed, Our Heroes retired to The Archer Alehouse, a corner pub in Fairhaven, for a pint of the Author's Reward.
The suburb of Fairhaven is a hotbed of little shops, cafes, artists and above all, bookstores. It was to Village Books, a Fairhaven mainstay, that the two Intrepid Authors journeyed, there to partake of a gathering, nay, an Assemblage of August Personages of a Pro-Steam Sentiment. Organized by the lovely and talented Christina Claasen of Village Books, the event featured a Tesla coil demonstration (courtesy of the American Museum of Radio & Electricity), many fine members of the Bellingham Steampunk Society, and raffles for several fine books - including the not-to-be-released-until-October book Steampunk! This is especially fine, as the inimitable Cory Doctorow is among the authors (and the last link goes to his free story, Clockwork Fagin).
In this happy chaos of Steamkultur our Intrepid Authors shook many hands, traded barbs (and susans) with clever lads and lasses, and distributed Produckt in the form of literature: fliers for 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey. There was a lot of interest, and discussions were had of a return to Village Books for a reading from the Anthologie later this fall.
Their travails completed, Our Heroes retired to The Archer Alehouse, a corner pub in Fairhaven, for a pint of the Author's Reward.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey Now Available
Ladies and gentlemen, the fruits of our labors are now available. The anthologie is available for the Kindle right now, and on Smashwords for just about every other ereader. It's 10 great short stories, 75,000 words, and it's just $2.99. We here at Kindling Press are terribly proud to make it available to you, and we very much hope you enjoy it.
Daily Vocabulary
Odyssey, c.1600, from Latin Odyssea, from Gk. Odysseia. A Homeric epic poem of ancient Greece, relating the 10-year wanderings of Odysseus (Latin: Ulysses), king of Ithaca, after the Trojan War. Also, in the figurative sense, a long, adventurous journey. The adjective form, rarely seen, is Odyssean. The first recorded instance of the figurative usage was in 1889 - coincidentally, the year chosen for the Victorian science fiction roleplaying game Space: 1889.
"What a long, strange trip it's been." - Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead
"What a long, strange trip it's been." - Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead
Monday, September 12, 2011
Daily Vocabulary
fruition: the point at which a plan or project is realized. I do wish I had a plan that could come to fruition. I love the idea of being some sort of a mastermind, possibly criminal in nature (the criminal masterminds have more fun, at least until their inevitable demise). But it's not a plan, or at least, the plan was done with some time ago. Now it is the project, and very soon it will come to life. Or exist. Or something. In any case, the fruits of labors of a dozen people are about to manifest, and that's a good feeling for all of us, I should think.
A Very Short Record Heatwave
Seattle, where I live, is not a city noted for heat. Or cold. Or anything weather wise but clouds and slow steady rain. This is unjust, in that normally we have the best summers imaginable: long sunny days where the sky is punctuated by light clouds and breezes from the Sound, going on and on for months. This summer was an exception, and we have labored, most days, under hazy clouds, or with "highs" in the upper 60s. It has been a long, dull season. Until September came in, that is. Suddenly we had a summer, for a bit more than a week at least: 9 days with temperatures over 80. This may not seem like much, but it pretty much beats all the rest of 2011, and it bested our longest streak of over 80 in September by 1 day.
This would be completely unworthy of mention except that I use a laptop to get work done. It's not a big thing, and it's pretty efficient and all that, but there's the problem that as I use it, it produces heat. Heat that just accumulates, and makes my already reasonably toasty apartment become more and more unbearable. I would have just set it aside more often this last week, and not worried about it, only it is crunch time here in Kindling Press Land, when we try our damnedest to get the 20001 Anthologie ready to go in time for the planned launch date of 9/14/11. And we're almost there, but it took me working more time with a hot computer near me, or on me, than I would have liked.
Today, blessed cool has returned. But by now, I'm almost done. I've got maybe an hour or two of work left. And I'm not going to be upset to do that work in the cooler weather, of course. But I wish that if the weather had to get hot, it had done it around our schedule. I mean, this anthologie, it's a big deal, right?
This would be completely unworthy of mention except that I use a laptop to get work done. It's not a big thing, and it's pretty efficient and all that, but there's the problem that as I use it, it produces heat. Heat that just accumulates, and makes my already reasonably toasty apartment become more and more unbearable. I would have just set it aside more often this last week, and not worried about it, only it is crunch time here in Kindling Press Land, when we try our damnedest to get the 20001 Anthologie ready to go in time for the planned launch date of 9/14/11. And we're almost there, but it took me working more time with a hot computer near me, or on me, than I would have liked.
Today, blessed cool has returned. But by now, I'm almost done. I've got maybe an hour or two of work left. And I'm not going to be upset to do that work in the cooler weather, of course. But I wish that if the weather had to get hot, it had done it around our schedule. I mean, this anthologie, it's a big deal, right?
From the Introduction: A 20,001 Teaser
Mere hours away from our release date, today we are pleased and honored to present a short section from the introduction to our anthologie 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey, written by noted Steampunk author Ren Cummins.
"This anthology reflects, I believe, one of the true fascinations I feel towards Steampunk in general – that it is a flavor which goes so well with so many others; far more than just a simple exercise on technological awareness or cultural examination, but a framework and design which can function as a template for so many broader concepts, spanning the thematic spectrum. Are you a fan of high adventure? There’s a place for you here. Do you prefer a bit of Lovecraft in your literary tea? If so, you may be duly pleased as well. Or if your tastes run simply to the random; enjoying a good quality yarn where there are such to be savored, then I expect this tome will be to your pleasure."
Ren Cummins,
Author of the Chronicles of Aesirium
"This anthology reflects, I believe, one of the true fascinations I feel towards Steampunk in general – that it is a flavor which goes so well with so many others; far more than just a simple exercise on technological awareness or cultural examination, but a framework and design which can function as a template for so many broader concepts, spanning the thematic spectrum. Are you a fan of high adventure? There’s a place for you here. Do you prefer a bit of Lovecraft in your literary tea? If so, you may be duly pleased as well. Or if your tastes run simply to the random; enjoying a good quality yarn where there are such to be savored, then I expect this tome will be to your pleasure."
Ren Cummins,
Author of the Chronicles of Aesirium
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Strike Breakers: The final 20,001 teaser
We thought we had posted this teaser for the 20,001 anthologie, but we somehow missed it. A lot going on at this point.
There’s no work in Brentry Tor. The Wilder and Grimes Railway Company knows it and uses that fact to bring in droves of desperate men to work on the first ever transcontinental steam railway. But when the pay stops coming and the excuses pile up, the workers have no choice but to go on strike. Now it’s only a matter of time before Wilder and Grimes sends in strike breakers. Strike Breakers by R. S. Hunter is a bleak, socially aware story of an alternate world that could easily be our own.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Full Fathom Five: A 20,001 Teaser
The tenth and final teaser for our upcoming anthologie is Full Fathom Five, a novella by Peter A. Smalley. 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey releases on ebook next week, so look for that announcement!
Full Fathom Five, by Peter A. Smalley
The naval blockade of New Orleans has starved the city for years thanks to the Union's unmatched ironclad steamships. Now three contentious Confederate agents will risk everything to run the blockade in search of a secret weapon from across the sea that could turn the tide of the Civil War in the favor of the beleaguered South. But what they discover on that storm-tossed, tempestuous voyage will challenge their convictions and lay bare the darkest corners - and brightest peaks - of their souls.
Full Fathom Five, a novella by Peter A. Smalley, is a sweepin Civil War yarn of steam and sail, technology and truth - a thoughtful and thrilling tale combining the best of both Shakespeare and Steampunk.
Full Fathom Five, by Peter A. Smalley
The naval blockade of New Orleans has starved the city for years thanks to the Union's unmatched ironclad steamships. Now three contentious Confederate agents will risk everything to run the blockade in search of a secret weapon from across the sea that could turn the tide of the Civil War in the favor of the beleaguered South. But what they discover on that storm-tossed, tempestuous voyage will challenge their convictions and lay bare the darkest corners - and brightest peaks - of their souls.
Full Fathom Five, a novella by Peter A. Smalley, is a sweepin Civil War yarn of steam and sail, technology and truth - a thoughtful and thrilling tale combining the best of both Shakespeare and Steampunk.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Crush Depth: A 20001 Teaser
Kindling Press is pleased to bring you the next teaser from our soon to be released anthologie 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey.
The experimental sous marin Ceto has everything it needs for a long test mission under the ocean: a single engineer, a single military officer, brass recording cylinders, automata, and a crystalline thinking engine. As the weeks pass, one of the crew vanishes in the labyrinth of rooms and passages, and the lonely officer is left to wonder what has happened, and to suspect the worst. But perhaps it is worse than he can even imagine. Crush Depth by author Michael Farley is a chilling story of isolation and science gone awry.
The experimental sous marin Ceto has everything it needs for a long test mission under the ocean: a single engineer, a single military officer, brass recording cylinders, automata, and a crystalline thinking engine. As the weeks pass, one of the crew vanishes in the labyrinth of rooms and passages, and the lonely officer is left to wonder what has happened, and to suspect the worst. But perhaps it is worse than he can even imagine. Crush Depth by author Michael Farley is a chilling story of isolation and science gone awry.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Roderick Simons and the Engine Impossible: A 20001 Teaser
Kindling Press is pleased to bring you the next teaser in our anthologie 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey - Roderick Simons and the Engine Impossible!
Roderick Simons could be called many things, but a typical everyday genius isn't one of them. Known to the world as a brilliant young engineer, special orders came in to his Cape Canaveral workshop from across the globe. But nothing could have prepared him to be hired to do the impossible: to build a sailing vessel that could cross the Atlantic in less than twenty-four hours. Can Roderick's genius ignite his crew into achieving what could be both the greatest triumph and the biggest folly of his young career?
In this tale of Cape Canaveral long before it was the Space Coast, writer Selena M. McDevitt combines the romance of Victorian fiction with the wonder and excitement of new discoveries in a story that not only embodies the spirit of invention and mystery, but the timeless spirit of the Cape itself.
Roderick Simons could be called many things, but a typical everyday genius isn't one of them. Known to the world as a brilliant young engineer, special orders came in to his Cape Canaveral workshop from across the globe. But nothing could have prepared him to be hired to do the impossible: to build a sailing vessel that could cross the Atlantic in less than twenty-four hours. Can Roderick's genius ignite his crew into achieving what could be both the greatest triumph and the biggest folly of his young career?
In this tale of Cape Canaveral long before it was the Space Coast, writer Selena M. McDevitt combines the romance of Victorian fiction with the wonder and excitement of new discoveries in a story that not only embodies the spirit of invention and mystery, but the timeless spirit of the Cape itself.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Homer
We have a machine where I work, an Espresso Book Machine. It's job is to make books; it looks a bit Rube Goldberg, a bit Steampunk, a bit ridiculous. It makes sounds like a Willie Wonka machine. And in the end, after a few minutes, it gives you a book, much like any other paperback.
I work on the machine. Not maintenance, which I definitely do not do. Machines are complicated, and I do not well perform the job of fixing them. No, I print things. Which is really just a lot of pushing of buttons, of making sure the right things are loaded as far as paper and ink and suchlike, and of keeping an eye out for problems. We print up odds and ends, books that have long gone out of print, books that have been tossed out to Lightning Source (which is like a centralized Print on Demand clearing house), and increasingly, we print out self published books.
Some of them are interesting: a family cookbook thick and rich with memories. Some are curious: a translation of Gandaharan fragments to be taken with the author, in 800 page versions, to India. Some are slightly embarrassing: a collection of not terribly good poems with a horrid cover and very bad formatting. But each and every author is excited to see their book, to handle it, still warm from the presses. A few of the books we agree to carry in the store, but most of them are just for the authors. They may give them away, or sell them on their own time, or in one case sell them in a different store that is near their house but which does not, and never will, have an EBM.
We named ours Homer. I like to pretend it's because of the ancient blind poet, and that we fancy ourselves on some sort of odyssey. This isn't true. It's from a book about a donut machine, which was vaguely similar to our own contraption. But can we still stick with the lie about the poet? I like him better.
The machine has some problems. It's high strung and shows it by being picky about when it will and will not work perfectly. It's prone to running out of things all at the same time, so that you change out the paper, and five pages later must change out the toner, and five pages after that change out a color on the cover printer. It produces a smell compounded of toner and glue, which is potent and gives some people (myself included) headaches. All the same, I find it a wonder. That there could be such a device that would make a book, and millions of books no less, for a reasonable price and in a reasonable amount of time, is outlandish and as near to a miracle as I'm inclined to believe in. As much as I expect and assume that the future of the written word will be in digital form, it is terribly exciting still to hold a book hot from the presses and to put it in the hand of she what wrote it.
Today I'm working on Homer. I'm making books. I'm fulfilling dreams. It is a wonderful feeling, different in scale but the same in kind as was compiling the forthcoming 20001 anthologie. There, too, I made a few dreams come true, more immediately. Yet I can't deny the wonder of holding the book in hand, any book, which is fresh and a little tacky from the heat and still smells of ink. It is wonderful.
I work on the machine. Not maintenance, which I definitely do not do. Machines are complicated, and I do not well perform the job of fixing them. No, I print things. Which is really just a lot of pushing of buttons, of making sure the right things are loaded as far as paper and ink and suchlike, and of keeping an eye out for problems. We print up odds and ends, books that have long gone out of print, books that have been tossed out to Lightning Source (which is like a centralized Print on Demand clearing house), and increasingly, we print out self published books.
Some of them are interesting: a family cookbook thick and rich with memories. Some are curious: a translation of Gandaharan fragments to be taken with the author, in 800 page versions, to India. Some are slightly embarrassing: a collection of not terribly good poems with a horrid cover and very bad formatting. But each and every author is excited to see their book, to handle it, still warm from the presses. A few of the books we agree to carry in the store, but most of them are just for the authors. They may give them away, or sell them on their own time, or in one case sell them in a different store that is near their house but which does not, and never will, have an EBM.
We named ours Homer. I like to pretend it's because of the ancient blind poet, and that we fancy ourselves on some sort of odyssey. This isn't true. It's from a book about a donut machine, which was vaguely similar to our own contraption. But can we still stick with the lie about the poet? I like him better.
The machine has some problems. It's high strung and shows it by being picky about when it will and will not work perfectly. It's prone to running out of things all at the same time, so that you change out the paper, and five pages later must change out the toner, and five pages after that change out a color on the cover printer. It produces a smell compounded of toner and glue, which is potent and gives some people (myself included) headaches. All the same, I find it a wonder. That there could be such a device that would make a book, and millions of books no less, for a reasonable price and in a reasonable amount of time, is outlandish and as near to a miracle as I'm inclined to believe in. As much as I expect and assume that the future of the written word will be in digital form, it is terribly exciting still to hold a book hot from the presses and to put it in the hand of she what wrote it.
Today I'm working on Homer. I'm making books. I'm fulfilling dreams. It is a wonderful feeling, different in scale but the same in kind as was compiling the forthcoming 20001 anthologie. There, too, I made a few dreams come true, more immediately. Yet I can't deny the wonder of holding the book in hand, any book, which is fresh and a little tacky from the heat and still smells of ink. It is wonderful.
Tapping the Admiral: A 20,001 Teaser
Our latest teaser from the upcoming anthologie 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey brings a brilliantly realized alternate history take on the dangers awaiting polar explorers in the post-Napoleonic world:
Tapping the Admiral, by Anne Millar
Captain George Lucius Bixby is having a spot of bother: his exploratory vessel has been assigned to the trackless arctic wastes, his scientific collaborator is insisting on calling him Lucy, and - oh yes - he may have just discovered how the world is going to end... Ranging from black comedy to outright chills, liberally sprinkled with allusions to a history not quite our own, Anne Millar’s "Tapping the Admiral" offers steamships, an intrepid illustratrix and the fate of the post-Napoleonic world under the chill stars of polar night.
Tapping the Admiral, by Anne Millar
Captain George Lucius Bixby is having a spot of bother: his exploratory vessel has been assigned to the trackless arctic wastes, his scientific collaborator is insisting on calling him Lucy, and - oh yes - he may have just discovered how the world is going to end... Ranging from black comedy to outright chills, liberally sprinkled with allusions to a history not quite our own, Anne Millar’s "Tapping the Admiral" offers steamships, an intrepid illustratrix and the fate of the post-Napoleonic world under the chill stars of polar night.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Mad: A 20,001 Teaser
Our next featured work from the upcoming anthologie 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey comes to us from Gloria Weber, author of Gaslight Demons:
Madeline Spencer was certain no one took their entry into the Airship Race seriously - until she was kidnapped, and her beloved Lord Fenwyck went missing. If that weren't bad enough, she knows her time-traveling "ally" Simon isn't telling her everything, nor can she be certain the genius-inventor Sidley's airship won't blow them all up! Alas, that's not the only thing that will go wrong before the race begins. Mad by Gloria Weber is a breakneck, action-packed adventure full of dangerous men, futuristic machines, and a madcap race to the finish line that will leave readers breathless!
Madeline Spencer was certain no one took their entry into the Airship Race seriously - until she was kidnapped, and her beloved Lord Fenwyck went missing. If that weren't bad enough, she knows her time-traveling "ally" Simon isn't telling her everything, nor can she be certain the genius-inventor Sidley's airship won't blow them all up! Alas, that's not the only thing that will go wrong before the race begins. Mad by Gloria Weber is a breakneck, action-packed adventure full of dangerous men, futuristic machines, and a madcap race to the finish line that will leave readers breathless!
Friday, August 26, 2011
The Voyage of the Ponape Wind: A 20,001 Teaser
Our next anthologie teaser comes from veteran Kindling Press author Jason Vanhee:
The Voyage of the Ponape Wind
Army veteran Robert Hammaker grew up in the bowels of Jameson & Crow, the leading engineering firm of smoke-wreathed London. When his childhood friend Violet Crow asks him to join a mission to distant Ponape to consult with a mysterious scholar who can help keep the firm afloat, he cannot but agree. But the journey to the South Seas will be change Hammaker's life in ways he cannot have expect, and he will not return the same from the Voyage of the Ponape Wind, a dark and thrilling story from Jason Vanhee.
The Voyage of the Ponape Wind
Army veteran Robert Hammaker grew up in the bowels of Jameson & Crow, the leading engineering firm of smoke-wreathed London. When his childhood friend Violet Crow asks him to join a mission to distant Ponape to consult with a mysterious scholar who can help keep the firm afloat, he cannot but agree. But the journey to the South Seas will be change Hammaker's life in ways he cannot have expect, and he will not return the same from the Voyage of the Ponape Wind, a dark and thrilling story from Jason Vanhee.
The Door and the Whale: A 20,001 Teaser
Our next anthologie submission takes us far from the ocean, into the endless wastes of a forgotten desert - or does it?
The Door and the Whale, by David Church Rodriguez
Lord Saltermont's quixotic expedition into the barren Thar Desert of India was an object of scorn and derision - but when his scouts locate the mysterious Door that he has long sought signs of, he knows that he is on the brink of a discovery that will change the world. But what is the strange silvery whale-ship that lies outside the Door? What does the deranged stranger they find know? And will Saltermont's party survive to share what they've learned? Find out in this tale of the unexpected by author David Church Rodriguez!
The Door and the Whale, by David Church Rodriguez
Lord Saltermont's quixotic expedition into the barren Thar Desert of India was an object of scorn and derision - but when his scouts locate the mysterious Door that he has long sought signs of, he knows that he is on the brink of a discovery that will change the world. But what is the strange silvery whale-ship that lies outside the Door? What does the deranged stranger they find know? And will Saltermont's party survive to share what they've learned? Find out in this tale of the unexpected by author David Church Rodriguez!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Atlantic Affair: A 20001 Teaser
Over the next few weeks we will be posting a series of short teasers for the upcoming Kindling Press anthologie 20001: A Steampunk Odyssey. Our latest teaser is for The Atlantic Affair, by talented young writer Simon Newby:
"What are these reports of a strange new Isle in the Atlantic? Why can only the Iron Duke, captain of the Lemurian, secure it for the English Crown? And why does Casper Bottleswick, reporter from the London Mercury, suspect there's something fishy going on? The Atlantic Affair contains the answers to all these questions and more in a short story by Simon Newby that will wash you away..."
"What are these reports of a strange new Isle in the Atlantic? Why can only the Iron Duke, captain of the Lemurian, secure it for the English Crown? And why does Casper Bottleswick, reporter from the London Mercury, suspect there's something fishy going on? The Atlantic Affair contains the answers to all these questions and more in a short story by Simon Newby that will wash you away..."
Monday, August 22, 2011
Anticipation
The excitement grows here in Kindling Press land. Peter and I are working like madmen at getting an anthology up to snuff. We've got 10?11? contributions to the nautically Steampunk collection 20001: A Steampunk Odyssey to put through rounds of edits. I'm thinking we're doing something wrong, though. We're doing rounds and rounds of edits, and from what I can gather, that's not often the way of it. I am picking at some serious nits here. And we haven't even sent stuff to the copy editor yet. But I think the product is getting better and better and better, and that's the important thing. Well, that and getting it done on time (it's supposed to go live as an eBook on or around the 14th of September. Make a note.)
But that's not all. I'm also getting ready my next individual effort, a novella called Last Days of Atlantis. I've got a cover; I've got a document that's being looked over; I've got a plan to put it up tomorrow. Or Wednesday at the latest. So there's that.
But biggest and (to me) best of all, I've got a book with an editor, and it's going to an acquisitions meeting at a publisher this week, and if they like it, I get a contract. Which is superior, really, to What Has Gone Before. I'm very pleased, and pretty full of anticipation.
But that's not all. I'm also getting ready my next individual effort, a novella called Last Days of Atlantis. I've got a cover; I've got a document that's being looked over; I've got a plan to put it up tomorrow. Or Wednesday at the latest. So there's that.
But biggest and (to me) best of all, I've got a book with an editor, and it's going to an acquisitions meeting at a publisher this week, and if they like it, I get a contract. Which is superior, really, to What Has Gone Before. I'm very pleased, and pretty full of anticipation.
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