Spire City: Occupied characters: Temli
I'm putting together a few posts here to introduce the main characters of Spire City: Occupied. Starting with the airship captain Temli.Temli is a middle-aged woman who loves to fly more than anything. She owns her own small airship that she (along wit......
Spire City: Occupied, slight change of plans…
I've been getting ready to start promoting my serialized novel Spire City: Occupied on both Vella and Curious Fictions, after a soft launch earlier this month.With yesterday's news about Curious Fictions closing at the end of August, I'm still releasin......
Spire City: Occupied–a serial return to Spire City!
Wow, I didn't know if I'd ever be writing those words. But there it is, at last a chance to revisit Spire City, once again in a serial format.But this time somewhat differently...Spire City, the city of beetle-drawn carriages and chained singers,......
2020 publications
Here is my year in review for 2020 stories and poems. I don't usually make a big effort trying to garner interest in nominating things for awards, though I probably should. But mostly I want everyone to have a chance to give these stories and poems a r......
Faux newspaper of Spire City
Looking through the ads I'd created for the Spire City stories, I came across this image that I'd forgotten about. I probably created it between writing Season 1 and Season 2, long before the series was picked up by Musa.It's the same newspaper masthea......
Spire City faux ad (+social media blah blah)
The people of Spire City need to be able to travel sometimes, like anywhere else.***By the way, I've been blog silent for a while as I've been doing a variety of things in the background. The truth is that blogging feels like a carryover from an earlie......
Faux ad of Spire City–entertainment!
Spire City isn't only infections, callous wealthy, and dirty alleys and tunnels. People can enjoy themselves here. When they aren't running for their lives... So maybe they'll even get a chance to hear this traveling troupe:Like the last ad, this is a ......
Spire City 50% off sale!
If you want to patronize stores outside the Amazon milieu, Smashwords is a great source for buying ebooks. This week is Read an Ebook Sale at Smashwords, and all my Spire City novels/seasons are on sale there. Season One: Infected, Season Two: Pursued,......
Faux ad of Spire City: Banking!
Where do the people of Spire City go for their banking? Probably not here if they have the steampunk equivalent of a good credit score... But if not, this is the place to go. This is one of the ads that would have crossed multiple columns of the Spire...