Dani Hoots’ Review of Blood and Clockwork by Katey Hawthorne

Blood and Clockwork by Katey Hawthorne Amazon/Barnes & Noble/Goodreads Release Date: March 16th, 2016 Published by: Less Than Three Press Review by: Dani Hoots Alistair Click set out to lay to rest the superstitious fears about the Mad Prince’s clockwork tower. If that meant he might bring the ghost city of Avalonia back to economic…

Review of Felix J. Palma’s “Map of Chaos” & Literary Tea Recommendation

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Goodreads/IndieBound Release Date: June 30, 2015 Synopsis (Provided by the Publisher, Atria Books): Award-winning author Félix J. Palma will once again plummet you to the depths of his daring and adventurous imagination with THE MAP OF CHAOS (Atria Books; $27.00; June 30, 2015), the grand finale to the Victorian trilogy The Washington…

Steampunk Month:Interview with Becket & Review of Becket’s Key The Steampunk Vampire Girl and the Dungeon of Despair

Amazon (Kindle)/ Amazon (Paperback)/Barnes & Nobles/Kobo/Goodreads Fitting with both the Steampunk aesthetic of the book, along with the prevailing mood of the story, here is a techno-violin piece from independent musician/writer Emilie Autumn Review: With the deftness of a skilled storyteller, Key the Steampunk Vampire Girl  excels in having much to say, while being written first and foremost as…

Review of Lindsay Buroker’s “Republic”

Amazon (Kindle Edition)/GoodReads Reviewed by Paula Tupper File Size: 1895 KB Print Length: 619 pages Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English ASIN: B00JTIME9E     It had been years since I read dystopian fiction.  There was a period in my distant past when I was obsessed with it.  Post Apocalyptic civilizations fascinated my youthful cynicism…

Inside the Writer’s Studio #1-Creating a Steampunk Epic

Oftentimes, the task of writing a novel can feel equal parts torturous and blissful. I would say that the latter bit carries more truth, since a majority of the time spent writing is torturous. It is  torturous to try to sometimes pin certain characteristics down for a particular character, or write an engaging action sequence…