In celebration of Book View Press’ upcoming release of The Shadow Conspiracy Volume II (SCII), Book View Café is holding a steampunk photo contest. Selected winning photos used as illustrations in The Shadow Conspiracy volume II which is scheduled for publication in December of this year. Prizes for the winning entry will include a copy of The ( Read more... )

I've been editing the next anthology for Book View Press. My eyes are crossing and words blurring. Guess it's time for a work out on the exercycle and an episode of B5. That's this week's guilty pleasure.

The Book View Press will officially launch the original Steampunk Anthology "Shadow Conspiracy, tales from the age of steam" edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and Laura Anne Gilmna ( Read more... )

Another 1600 words today. Phew, now that I know what's happening and how to get there--even with a few detours-- Thistle is coming back to life. I've started stacking up post its of what's missing for the next draft. That's something I didn't know enough about the book before to keep track of. And I know what I'm going to write tomorrow ( Read more... )

I think in my office but part of my brain is fishing Thistle out of the fountain again. Part of my brain is flying a mechanical Pegasus from London to Paris in 1841. Another part is trying desperately to remember the sequence of the tap dance. And yet another is prepping to edit a reprint anthology of SF stories for the Book View Press ( Read more... )