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!
(Headline translation: One more time–in German!) As I’ve mentioned before, Lady of Devices has been translated into German, and I’m preparing both the digital and print versions for publication as we speak. I recently got the cover art from designer Kalen O’Donnell, featuring art by Claudia McKinney at Phat Puppy, and was delighted with it….
I was talking to a young man on a bus in Munich once and he told me that often literary translations are so poor that the German folks would rather take English classes and read in the original than deal with the poor translations. (Hm, thought I. No wonder the Devices books sell so well in…
One of the Magnificent Devices characters that people seem to enjoy most is Rosie the chicken, that globetrotting red hen who is ready for any adventure, as long as there are bugs and seeds at the conclusion of it. As many of you might know, I live in an urban area and I rescue chickens….
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…
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…
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…
Congratulations on receiving the honor, Shelley!