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Blogging the PhD: First-year review experience

posted on September 16, 2018

After submitting nearly 100 pages of material for my review, I felt that I’d done my best and it was now up to my review panel of two (my supervisor and the director of the creative writing program) to tell me what they thought. I pretty much knew what Dr. Schad thought, since we meet…

Selwyn Place is up for preorder

posted on September 10, 2018

The second of my little “manor house” stories is up for preorder at only $2.99! Release date is November 19, 2018. A country house party. A broken friendship. A debt that must be paid in blood. When Lady Emilie Selwyn invites Andrew and Lady Claire Malvern to her very first country house party, Claire is…

Blogging the PhD: The first-year review

posted on August 26, 2018

On September 14, I’ll be meeting with my dissertation supervisor, Dr. John Schad, and the creative writing director, Jenn Ashworth, for a review of my work during this first year of my programme. Naturally, this doesn’t involve the three of us going out for coffee and having a chat. No, I’m to submit a package…

My appearances at WorldCon76

posted on August 6, 2018

The schedule is up and I’m on it five times! I’m not quite sure how that happened, but this wide-eyed first-timer is very grateful. You can find the whole shebang on the WorldCon site. But here are my appearances in a nutshell: Thursday August 16, 2018 Carriger & Adina Talk Steampunk (tea and silliness optional) …

Excerpt 3—The Dancer Wore Opera Rose

posted on August 4, 2018

The Dancer Wore Opera Rose Mysterious Devices Book 2 Copyright 2018 by Shelley Adina Chapter 1, Part 3 Wednesday, August 21, 1895 “There has been no word among the travelers at the airfield?” Freddie asked. “Or those who are employed by the airship companies? For we have information that as recently as April, our father,…