From the pleasantly deranged mind of T.E. MacArthur – Paranormal Mystery and Alternate History Author
For an author or a budding author, is it worth one’s time, energy, and money to attend Steampunk conventions and events. After reading an article by Jay Lake, the Guest of Honor at Gaslight Gathering (San Diego) 2013, one might conclude the answer is no. But I would like to differ (with much respect to …
Continue reading To Con or not to Con – that is a Steampunk author’s question
There are three things every writer needs to get started And you’ll be surprised to learn that the “Big Three” do not include talent, plot, good spelling habits, or even a computer. Mind you, those are definitely essentials if you want to be a successful writer, but just to get yourself writing, they actually aren’t …
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The upside of being home with the flu is that between the Nyquil and the low-grade fever, you get to thinking – a lot! And with lots of pretty colors … As a survivor and winner in this year’s NaNoWriMo, I considered the lessons learned and decided through my cough suppressant haze to share them with you.
MacArthur does a superb job developing some incredible characters and embellishing on some characters that are well known. The story is very delicately woven together to create a true masterpiece of fiction. Extra special treat with this novel, it is a stellar example of the Steampunk genre.
I’ve been remiss in my blogging of recent and this just seemed a perfect way to get back into the thick of things. NaNoWriMo is that charming acronym for National Novel Writers Month which happens every November. Basically: your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to get 50,000 relatively cohesive words written …
I went and saw Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter this past week. Not too bad. I like the films of Tim Burton generally and I’ve become fascinated by the era of the Civil War, so this just promised to be a fun romp for a couple of hours. Buttered popcorn too, if you please. Afterwards I …
Continue reading Tweaking History – Uncle Abe has Vampires and the Founding Fathers were pure
I’m going to shock you – or, more likely, amuse you: Steampunk is the new Cult of Beauty. Historically minded people are either twitching or snickering. Stay with me on this – humor me. There is some logic to my madness. Per the Legion of Honor’s website, the Cult of Beauty was an “unconventional creativity …
At a lovely convention last year many of us were asked, “what is Steampunk?” Few of us, myself included, could come up with a one sentence answer. Some of us managed an elevator speech and could keep it barely under 30 seconds. In thinking about the various answers I heard, I’ve decided that the question …
Continue reading Disenfranchised and Underwhelmed: what Steampunk isn’t
I don't believe in New Year's Resolutions. Nope. I don't. Certainly it's healthy to pick a common moment in our social time line to jointly leap into some agreement with ourselves, but few if any "resolutions" ever quite make it to January 15th. If you can't keep your resolution going past Dr. Martin Luther King …
I always wondered if there was something wrong with me. I was a flake, you see, never sticking to one thing for very long, never committing to a lifelong direction. I thought I was the sort who, had I been rich enough, would suffer from Material Dissatisfaction (always buying something new; never happy with what …
Continue reading My soul wants what? When? Are you serious????
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