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!
“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!
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…
(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….
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….
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…
Chapter 1 London, 1889 To say the explosion rocked the laboratory at St. Cecelia’s Academy for Young Ladies might have overstated the case, but she was still never going to hear the end of it. Claire Trevelyan closed her eyes as a gobbet of reddish-brown foam dripped off the ceiling and landed squarely on the…
Congratulations on receiving the honor, Shelley!