Welcome to our new site. My daughter, Audrey, and I are writing a novel together for teens. It’s a steampunk, which is a subgenre of science fiction. Have you seen the movie Mad Max? Or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Or have you read H. G. Wells? A more modern example is Steven Hunt’s Court of the Air, and Jay Lake’s Mainspring. But we haven’t seen any steampunk for young adults, and we love it! Our book’s setting is a post apocalyptic world, where the survivors have returned to relying on steam for energy, (which makes it a steampunk). Everything is a mixture of Victorian England and New Age–another characteristic of steampunk. There’s magic too. I will tell you more about our writing journey as we travel down the road!
Audrey, in the meantime, has created the art for our site. Isn’t it beautiful? She worked long and hard on designing the girls who are sisters in our story. The first book we’re writing is mainly about Odessa, the girl with dark hair. Audrey continues to make different poses of them, and she recently designed the hero. For her to do this is fun for us both. She asks me if I envisioned Odessa like this or that, so it really helps us both to actually see her, and get to know her character better. She’s the protagonist in our first book. I can’t wait for you to meet her!
September 4th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
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