Never mind
Remember that huffy list I drew up last week of ten tired trends? I just read a steampunk that was wonderful fun. I hope the trend lasts long enough for this to get published and be a big success.
No snark. Bad puppy. No. (Review stuff.)
A two star Amazon review on His American Detective: "Bodice ripper about gay men by a woman." and I'm longing to comment "don't you mean a waistcoat ripper?" God, no. Stop me. The reviews rarely rattle me any longer -- except when I spot a truth in a bad one. When that happens, I actually lose sleep. This means I still care about writing. Speaking of reviewers and writers: A couple of days ago, a writer said she was tired of getting white ladies writing reviews of her books. She had an excellent point in the long run: her stories are meant for a particular audience and she wants them to resonate with those people and get more reviews from them. But that first line was just....horribly obnoxious. I say this from my POV of course. Not a white lady who writes reviews -- but as a review grubber. Anyone who disses any reader (especially ones that give honest reviews) deserves to be cast into the pit of being ignored. ...
Was it Leviathan?
ReplyDeleteyou read an unpublished steampunk? Cuz, yeah, if it's been published I would like to know the name.
ReplyDeleteYou could write steampunk, my dear. Being able to write period is the most difficult thing about it. I suspect you'd find it a piece of cake.
No, not Leviathan but I'll add that to my list.
ReplyDeleteDoug -- I think you should write steampunk and I'll look for scenarios/words that don't work. (And then you can say "but it's ALTERNATIVE HISTORY! In this Victorian world, 'latex' is fine.")
I'm doing the research for an alternate history, but I'm afraid it doesn't qualify as steampunk. As for the genre (steampunk, that is), I'm lukewarm. I enjoyed "To Say Nothing About the Dog" but haven't cared much for other sp's that I've tried.
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