It is with great pleasure and joy I get to announce that the Volcano Lady #4: The Lidenbrock Manifesto is available for order. You can get your copy one of three ways - hardcopy from Amazon, ebook copy from Kindle (Amazon VL#4 Link) or ... You can come visit me at Clockwork Alchemy, Memorial Day …
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A Little Taste of 30 Days
As promised to many of you, here is a little snipit from the upcoming anthology, Thirty Days Later. I have been privilaged to be included in this marvelous and, frankly, fun effort. I'll have to tell all about the meetings over tea, the big laughs, and the joyous sense of family behind this publication. Profits …
A memorial: Mac the Cat
Mac MacArthur 3/15/2000 - 4/29/2015 Being a certified Crazy Cat Lady, it would a failing if I did not post a message about the passing of my sweet kitty and writing companion. Mac was adopted through Hopalong Animal Rescue (http://www.hopalong.org.) How could I resist a gorgeous cat with the same name as a favorite uncle …
Clockwork Alchemy Appearance
It's that time again ... Clockwork Alchemy, the San Francisco Bay Area's premiere Steampunk convention will be held at the Double Tree Inn, San Jose CA, Memorial Day weekend. Yours truly will be presenting or participating in the following panels: Friday, 5/23, 4pm: Villains - The Worst of the Best Saturday, 5/24, 12 Noon: Real …
Journey to the Center of … Eyjafjallajökull (don’t panic – we’ll review the pronunciation.) (Part 1)
Tours can be great for authors – all that professional wisdom and tidbits of useless trivia only we can appreciate. Weird little things can come up in the oddest places, such as my overhearing that until the 20th Century most ships couldn’t dock in Reykjavik because the harbor is shallow and other harbors were the …
Journey to the Center of … Iceland!
Jules Verne might not have set foot on Iceland before releasing his Journey to the Center of the Earth, but in anticipation of the third Volcano Lady novel (cross your fingers for a Spring 2014 release,) I did. Not only is the country on my Bucket List of travelling to the three “I” countries (Iceland, …
Old West meets Steampunk!! And I’ll be there!
Did I mention that I suffer from "insufficient reluctance syndrome" aka volunteerism! But this looks like so much fun!I'll be in Calico Ghost Town for the Wild West Fest in April!!! Here's the announcement from the events planner:We have added another panel to the WWF! Very exciting and more yet to come! Stay tuned.. Those …
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A wonderful interview with T.E. MacArthur
Under the Volcano An Interview with T.E. MacArthur http://www.maggie-secara.com/2013/01/under-volcano-with-t-e-macarthur.html Many thanks to Maggie Secara, author of The Dragon Ring and the newly released King's Raven, who posted an interview and excerpt from the upcoming The Yankee Must Die series. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, set your calendars for Feb 15th! Friday, I will post a …