Chainsaws, Halcyon House, and Pot-bellied Stoves. All this week’s Secret Knowledge is below…
This weekend I’ll be at two locations with books: Friday and Sunday at Octoberfest Southlake, and Saturday at Huffines Harvest Fest in Richardson. You can get autographed copies of all four books in Selene Reborn Series (Artemis Rising, Celestial Accord, Forging the Chain Breakers, Selene Unchained), Antarctic Honeymoon, and Mirim’s First Christmas.
In Weird The Third IV: The Broken Seal, they encounter John who is carrying a chainsaw. Can you image how hard it is for Walter to classify such a strange machine?
I finally settled on where Walter & Eleanor’s Galveston house would be and what it will be called. Since it is intended to be a town-house and Lionsgate Ranch/Estate will be their primary residence, it doesn’t and is never intended to compete with Gresham Castle. It is still a very impressive house. https://greshamverse.fandom.com/wiki/Halcyon_House
Another small piece of interesting scenery – the potbelly stove. Walter recognizes it as similar to the ones on trains and in train stations because those are some of the places they showed up frequently in the 1890’s. More information here: https://goodtimestove.com/potbelly-stoves/
Progress this week:
Weird The Third IV: The Broken Seal – progress
Word Count is 5,290 in 1 chapter of an estimated 70,000-80,000 in 16 chapters.
High Adventure is available as a stand-alone novelette. It is #2,731 on Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), #3,100 in Steampunk Fiction, #4,557 in Action & Adventure Short Stories (Kindle Store). It is ebook only available here. No reviews yet. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Goth Galore is available as a stand-alone novella. It is #2,676 in Gaslamp Fantasy (Kindle Store), #4,228 in Gaslamp Fantasy (Books), and #12,534 in Historical Fantasy (Kindle Store). It is ebook only available here. No reviews yet. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Antarctic Honeymoon is #1,240 in Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), #1,416 in Steampunk Fiction, and #3,897 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books). If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here, or the kindle version here. The audiobook is available here. No reviews yet. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Artemis Rising is #497 in Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), #547 in Steampunk Fiction, and #1,663 in Alternative History. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here or the kindle version here. There is also an audiobook version here. Seven reviews and eight ratings for Artemis Rising. More will help others find the series as well – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Celestial Accord is #1,157 in Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), #1,183 Steampunk Fiction, #3,710 in Alternate History. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here, the kindle version here, or the audiobook version here. One review and three ratings so far. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Forging the Chain Breakers is #905 in Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), #1,044 in Steampunk Fiction, #2,968 in Alternative History. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here, the kindle version here, or the audiobook here. One review and they didn’t like it much. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Selene Unchained is #1,138 in Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), #1,304 in Steampunk Fiction, #3,639 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books). If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here, the kindle version here, or the audiobook here. No reviews yet. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here Mirim’s First Christmas is #2,468 in 90-Minute Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads, #6,059 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books), and #7,224 in Colonization Science Fiction. You can find the paper version here or the kindle version here. One review so far. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.