BRAG Medallion holiday drawing
As you might be aware, Lady of Devices became a BRAG (Book Readers Appreciation Group) Medallion honoree this year. I’m excited to say that these nice folks are having a cool contest. Try your luck!
In preparation for the release of A Lady of Resources in the first week of October (only six weeks and 20,000 words away!) I’m putting Lacy of Devices, the first book in the series, on sale for free! (Is that a contradiction in terms?) So, if you’ve been trying to flog your friends and family…
“For those who like the melding of Victorian culture with the fantastic fantasy of reality-bending science fiction, this one will be right up their alley. Think: Oliver Twist meets League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.” For more, check out Review: Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina. How very kind! Thank you, Readers’ Realm!
London, 1889. Victoria is Queen. Charles Darwin’s son is Prime Minister. And steam is the power that runs the world. At 17, Claire Trevelyan, daughter of Viscount St. Ives, was expected to do nothing more than pour an elegant cup of tea, sew a fine seam, and catch a rich husband. Unfortunately, Claire’s talents lie…
You may remember earlier this year that my screenwriter partner and I did not make the finals in the Macgyver contest. However, we took first place in the “Best Television Concept” category of the New York Screenplay Contest! Here is the lovely certificate we received: It’s wildly unlikely that the Lady will ever have her…
As any author will tell you, writing is hard work. If you’re self-publishing, there are other kinds of work: hiring cover artists, editing, marketing. But in the process of turning Lady of Devices from a novel into an audiobook, there are moments when work turns into something else. Something like …. sheer, laugh-out-loud delight. After…
I’m a visual person—nothing makes me happier than getting my cover art, and nothing untangles a plot knot faster than drawing a map on a paper placemat (romance and YA author Linda McGinnis keeps me well supplied with those for just this purpose). For most of my life, though, I couldn’t draw a straight line with…
Congratulations on receiving the honor, Shelley!