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Authors - The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences
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The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Philippa has always had her head in a book. For this she blames her father who thought. Lord of the Rings. Was suitable bedtime reading for an eight year old. At the age of thirteen she began writing fantasy stories for herself. Her first professional sale was in 1997, and since then she has gone on to produce mostly novel length fiction. In 2006 she became New Zealand’s first podcast novelist, and she has voiced and produced. In 2005...
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Free the Princess: October 2010
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A practical literary guide to Steampunk and the Victorian Era. Thursday, October 28, 2010. GUEST POST: K.M. Weiland on 13 Places to Find Inspiration. People are always asking writers where they get their ideas. My typically trite reply is, “Everywhere.” I once grabbed a kitchen towel and told someone, “I could write a story about this towel if I wanted to.” While that response was likely a bit extreme (I. Write a story about a kitchen towel, but I couldn’t guarantee that it’d be interesting! Music is the...
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Free the Princess: September 2011
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A practical literary guide to Steampunk and the Victorian Era. Friday, September 30, 2011. Support Doctor Fantastique's Show of Wonders and you Support the Community. By now, y'all are probably aware that I'm the Publisher/Executive Editor and Founder of. Doctor Fantastique's Show of Wonders. Since the post title says "Support Doctor Fantastique's," you're probably off and wondering now what the heck that's actually about. Here's the thing: we want to start printing the magazine on a traditional offset p...
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Victorian West: Win a FREE Copy of Séance in Sepia
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About Séance in Sepia. Reviews of Séance in Sepia. Win a FREE Copy of Séance in Sepia. Séance in Sepia is now available in both paperback and as an e-book on the Kindle format. To celebrate this big event in my "book life," I want to send a FREE trade paperback copy to three lucky readers. Simply leave a comment on this post and you will be registered for the drawing which will take place on Tuesday, November 20. Receiving an honor from this group was very touching to me, recalling all those early years ...
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Victorian West: A Short Vacation into the Long Past
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About Séance in Sepia. Reviews of Séance in Sepia. A Short Vacation into the Long Past. Nearly a decade ago, this profile of me was published in True West Magazine. I recently came across it when moving my office files from my farm outside Kansas City to my present, now full-time, home in Colorado. The interview reflects my writing life as I viewed it in early 2003. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Michelle Black is the author of six historical novels. Visit her author website:. 34098 / 75000. Steamco...
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Victorian West: Western Steampunk Comes into its Own
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About Séance in Sepia. Reviews of Séance in Sepia. Western Steampunk Comes into its Own. The March issue of True West Magazine has a strong Steampunk component. I am proud to say I contributed a 7-page article to this, reporting on the increasing interest not only in the Steampunk phenomenon as a growing subculture, but a rising tide of Western focus within the larger movement. The March issue is on sale now. Viva The Victorian West! N R Williams, The Treasures of Carmelidrium. I never put the two togeth...
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Victorian West: About Séance in Sepia
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About Séance in Sepia. Reviews of Séance in Sepia. About Séance in Sepia. Seance in Sepia, Five Star Mysteries (Gale/Cengage). ISBN 978-1432825485, October 2011. She soon learns the ghostly images of the woman and two men posed in the picture were the subjects of a sensational murder trial in 1875 Chicago. A young architect was accused of killing his wife and his best friend in what the local press dubbed “The Free Love Murders.”. Flynn Keirnan discovers the key to solving the Free Love murders lies in l...
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Victorian West: The Little Girls Who Invented Spiritualism in Victorian America
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About Séance in Sepia. Reviews of Séance in Sepia. The Little Girls Who Invented Spiritualism in Victorian America. Maggie, Kate, and Leah Fox. On the evening of March 31, 1848, occult history was made in the tiny town of Hydesville, New York. Two young sisters, fifteen-year-old Maggie Fox and her eleven-year-old sister Kate, professed to talk to the spirit of a murdered peddler that they claimed had been buried in the basement of their rented house. Skeptics began to question the nonsense and demanded t...
