BLACK DISPATCHES & MORE DURING STEAMPUNK WEEK AT TOR.COM!
I am happy to announce that I am featured in the October 4th installment of Tor.com’s Steampunk Week 2012!
I discuss Black Dispatches – the Black espionage agents who helped the Union win the American Civil War – and their relationship to the Steamfunk Movement.
Also, please check out the other fantastic posts, which are chock full o’ steamy goodness!
Those featured include both steampunk veterans and innovative newcomers, talking about exciting things:
Kevin J. Anderson about working with the band Rush on their steampunk book Clockwork Angels
Award-winning producer Yomi Ayeni on transmedia storytelling in the non-colonialist world of Clockwork Watch
Julie Brannon, marketing wizard behind Steampunk Holmes, on creating a successful Kickstarter for your steampunk project
Professor Calamity of Combustion Books reveals Victorians’ Secrets (the steamiest post for the Week, hands down)
Executive producer Trevor Crafts and head writer Matt James Daley give the lowdown on Bruce Boxleitner’s Lantern City
Chaphop artist and tea connoisseur Professor Elemental delivers the funniest one-liner about steampunk, ever
Cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks draws a tribute to Fullmetal Alchemist
Dr. Lisa Hager, on why this genre-bender is also a gender-bender
Margaret “Magpie” Killjoy of Steampunk Magazine throws a political one-two punch about how steampunks can help save the world
Vaporiste Arthur Morgan introduces the Anglophone world to French steampunk
Tee Morris, author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series, names the three things every steampunk filmmaker needs to know
James Ng’s artistic take on alchemy (and Chinese steampunk zombies)
Cat Rambo gives us the scoop on Nisi Shawl’s highly anticipated book set in the Belgian Congo
Composer Paul Shapera on penning a thrilling steampunk musical
Editor Ann Vandermeer offers an exclusive excerpt from the upcomingSteampunk Revolution anthology
Diana Vick, con chair of SteamCon, dishes about Victorian monsters
Plus tons of swag offered every day!
