Gears, goggles and glamour; Corsets, crafts and creativity; Sci-fi, silliness and steampunk; Dirigibles, dancing and DIY; Physics, phonics and phoenixes; Bustles, balloons and beads; Lace, leather and life; Fantasy, feathers and flaws; Paper, piercings and pirates!
For the past 8+ years, my husband, tiny dog and I have been living the lives of vagabonds and bouncing between places as far off as Bulgaria and as familiar as my childhood state of Minnesota. I’m currently living in the Black Forest of Germany, which has really been getting me interested in fairy tales lately. After that? We’ll see which way the wind is blowing.
What Kind of Fiction Do I Write?
I became interested in Steampunk starting in 2009, which rekindled a long-dormant love of writing fiction. I started my first blog on Steampunk in 2012, but in 2017, I left it to become the second editor for SteampunkJournal.org.
My geek girl tendencies don’t stop there. I’ve been known to dabble in a variety of fantasy off-shoots, including contributing “The Vigil” to the Chasing Magic anthology and lending my pen to the collaborative fantasy novel, Esyld’s Awakening. I’m currently working on a standalone contemporary fantasy novel that pits a movie crew against the fairy tale creatures they awaken while shooting on location in the Black Forest (Working title: Grimmer).
I also occasionally lend my pen to contemporary romance under the pen name M.E. Anders. You can read a short story called “Next Time” as a companion to the Collaborative Writing Challenge’s novel, The Map.
Find Me Around the Web
This is an interview I did in March 2017 with Radio RetroFuture.
My most recent interview just went live on HorrorTree.com, but you can also read a Steampunk Cavaliers interview about my first experience with Steampunk, an interview by Steampunk/Ancient Roman author Daniel Ottalini, and check out my interview and articles at Steampunk Journal.
Let’s keep in touch. I share your interests, and love what you’ve collected here.
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PS My “Decay is Beautiful” page will have some artwork that might resonate with your sensibilities. I appreciate your writing and the images/data you share. You’ve prompted me to understand what it is about steampunk that I like. Random words and phrases come to mind: dark, moody, corsets, goggles, Terry Gilliam, steam, distopia without the blood and mayhem…a civilized darkness.
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Thanks! I will definitely check out your site. I love the phrase “civilized darkness,” I might need to steal it :).
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Hi! I’m nominating you for the Sunshine Award – you can read more about it here: http://childoftheisland.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/sunshine-on-a-rainy-day/
Thanks for a really great blog, many blessings, Bia 🙂 🙂
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Wow! Thanks so much. I’m really enjoying writing my blog so I am glad you are also enjoying reading it 🙂
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Hi and thanks for stopping by my blog today. I am a fairly new convert to Steampunk so this is great timing and I am looking forward to reading more of your posts.
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Excellent! Glad to have you following 🙂
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