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 own TV series, but it’s fun to think that someone in NYC believes it could be possible!
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!
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….
I want this so much. If they are smart enough they will too.
I would watch that! Are the TV people watching TV? Grimm, Sleepy Hollow, Blindspot, Supernatural, Supergirl…there are lots of fantasy series on TV these days. Why not Steampunk? Why not a strong female lead? It would be like Downtown Abby but with action. =)