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I've seen physicker used as well in a couple of different books.

I took a long break from creative writing, too. Like, a couple of decades. I found that joining a writing group at my local library (2 hours per month), and starting small with flash fiction pieces less than 1000 words got the gears moving again. And for what it's worth, talking about writing...

Very good stuff. I was sorry to hear that Kristine Kathryn Rusch had decided to end The Business Rusch this week. The Business Rusch: All Good Things « Kristine Kathryn Rusch She isn't taking it down, but she's encouraging folks to to go back over the blog now, and capture the stuff they...

That's an interesting switch... steampunk focuses on the pseudo Victorian aesthetic so often, it'd be interesting to see what it would look like without it. Maybe "steelpunk"? ;)

I love the way it's part memoir, and part instruction manual. Because writing is so threaded through the rest of a writer's life. Your stories inform your story, and vice versa, KWIM? Also love his toolbox metaphor. Helps me attack editing and revisions with the right mind frame. I also find...

I'm a middle-aged steampunk... oh wait. You meant something different. ;) That hits on the "punk" part of steampunk. It's essentially a rebellion against our reliance on and obsession with technology. It just replaces iPhones with automatons, so people don't realize they're laughing at...

Sacred Grounds - new age cafe and tea shoppe, where of course everything's fair trade and organic, and the tisanes might have a little something extra. Wild 'n Woolly - yarn/knitting supplies/handmade stuffs. I'm picturing a proprietress like an aging hippy version of Granny from Once Upon a...

Got any specific movies in mind? Thanks for the tip on Rob Roy, though. Hadn't seen it and would've never considered it. It's less about gender and more about individual character motivation. More like Main Character/Primary Villain and Love Interest/Henchman. The aerialist killed the...

Hey guys. In my outline for my current WIP, I have a fight break out between four opponents, on two "sides." The good guys are trying to capture/subdue bad guys. The setting is a turn of the century traveling circus. The match up is as follows: Good guy: lightweight circus knife...

I can't help but mention all the "Punctuation saves lives" posts make me think about my day job. It's SHOCKING the number of coffee mugs and t-shirts people will buy with some variation of that joke on them.

I admit that the cover is the first "filter" when I'm looking for a book, whether it's a traditionally published book or an ebook. After that, the next filter is the blurb. Does it sound like a book I'd like? There are certain keywords and phrases, and I'm not sure I could even tell you what...

I'm going to jump on the "don't try to edit as you write" bandwagon. It's like trying to pat yourself on the head and rub your belly simultaneously. However... Sometimes, going back and copyediting the passage I just wrote gets me unstuck when I'm blocked. I just have to remember when I shift...

Yay! Another 'punk writer!

Like Nameback, my main goal is just to tell stories I'd enjoy reading. Finishing things is important to me right now. Taking a story all the way from "once upon a time" to "the end." I said this in my introduction, but I pretty much quit writing fiction altogether for over a decade. So right...

Thanks, Selene. I'm currently working on Broken Mirror, which is a steampunk retelling of Snow White, set in a turn-of-the-century traveling circus. I'm hoping to have it done by the end of May. I'm doing a weird personal challenge this year, trying to produce and publish an eBook (either...