Costumed….
drupagliassotti @ October 31, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The chrononaut from the 19th century is photographed by the Goddess Athena (aka Hayley Woldseth), then barely escapes a horrid beast that attacks from behind.
Steampunkesque Costume
drupagliassotti @ October 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Last night I sat down with Torchwood Season 2 Disc 1, the long coat I’d bought over the summer that had a nicely steampunk look, a toolbox, a bunch of jewelry-making supplies, and a whole lot of broken pocketwatches. My goal was to create a vaguely steampunkish costume for Halloween, even though nobody at CLU [...]
New Journal: Transformative Works and Cultures
drupagliassotti @ October 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The first issue of a new journal about popular media, fan communities, and transformative works — Transformative Works and Cultures — has just been posted: “We invite papers on all related topics, including but not limited to fan fiction, fan vids, mashups, machinima, film, TV, anime, comic books, video games, and any and all aspects [...]
With No Particular Title in Mind….
drupagliassotti @ October 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
So true. And I don’t to hear a word about ondium, lictors, decaturs, or exalteds.
Zeppelin Tours
drupagliassotti @ October 26, 2008 # 2 Comments
Just as an aside, today I learned that Airship Ventures is going to start zeppelin tours over San Francisco Bay. I wasn’t planning to go up to the SF area next until 2009′s Yaoi-Con, but now I’m thinkin’ I may have to plan a trip sooner than that! I’ve flown in a hot air balloon, [...]
Grammar Guardian: That is So Cliche(d)!
drupagliassotti @ October 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A cliché is a phrase or concept that has been overused. According to most* English-language dictionaries, clichéd is the adjectival form of cliché. Therefore, a noun must be described by the adjective clichéd, not by cliché. For example: That storyline is so clichéd. (The noun plot is being modified by the adjective clichéd). That storyline [...]
Clockwork Heart Sequel: Brainstorming
drupagliassotti @ October 23, 2008 # One Comment
Those hot dry winds that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands’ necks. Anything can happen. — Raymond [...]
The Steampunk Scholar’s Library
drupagliassotti @ October 18, 2008 # 3 Comments
I’m delving into Google Books and having all sorts of fun unearthing downloadable treasures for my reference e-library as I gear up — so to speak — for National Novel Writing Month next month. It’s not that the books describe the technology so well — it’s that it’s so much fun to get into the [...]
Grammar Guardian: Hyphens & Apostrophes
drupagliassotti @ October 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A hyphen does not mean “this-word-goes-with-that-word” any more than an apostrophe mean’s “Oh ‘shit, here come’s an ‘s.” — Sister Coyote
Reader Art for Clockwork Heart
drupagliassotti @ October 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Silver Lake Design graphic artist Matthew Silber was kind enough to give me permission to show everyone the cover he designed after reading Clockwork Heart. He says about it, “I felt compelled to illustrate Taya in her icarus flight gear. I hoped to capture the setting of Ondinium with its industrial structures in the background, [...]