How Do Steampunk Authors Write?

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Steampunk is very popular right now and series like Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan and Christie Priest’s Dreadnaught are selling well in stores.  But Steampunk is one book phenomenon that if much more than books.  It’s been said that steampunk is what happened “when the Goth kids discovered the color brown.”  It does seem that way sometimes, [...]

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Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney

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I couldn’t put this book down! Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney is great fiction, with an underlying, insightful analysis of the vampire craze that we have known ever since Twilight came out. It was so refreshing to read a book that discusses this phenomenon with such humour. The main character, Finbar Frame sees in his move [...]

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