Jeremiah Willstone is a woman of adventure from the world next door, Victoriana! We’re in the process of updating the blog, so please stay tuned for more about her adventures!
Hail, fellow adventurers – I’ll be at Clockwork Alchemy yet again, signing JEREMIAH WILLSTONE AND THE CLOCKWORK TIME MACHINE (as well as everything else I have on hand)! Tomorrow, among other things, I’ll be lecturing on the Science of Airships!
-the Centaur
Hail, fellow adventurers! Today’s mission: getting the LATER series anthologies, which are on sale at DriveThruFiction!
- TWELVE HOURS LATER: https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/359389/Thirty-Days-Later-Steaming-Forward-30-Adventures-in-Time
- THIRTY DAYS LATER: https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/347455/Some-Time-Later?term=some+time+later
- SOME TIME LATER: https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/271326/Twelve-Hours-Later-24-Tales-of-Myth-and-Mystery
Each features pairs of stories set in Jeremiah Willstone’s time at Liberation Academy. We’re adapting these for audio, so I feel this is a good way to get into this universe early!
The sale ends February 11, so strike while the iron’s hot!
-the Centaur
Some renovations are in progress …
… but I’m working on Jeremiah Willstone number um … 2.75 on my original outline? The last new material before the original Book 3. This one is tentatively titled JEREMIAH WILLSTONE AND THE SKYBLADES OF VENUS. Also, we’ve got some audio stories in the works and I’m very excited about that! Stay tuned.
-the Centaur
Hail, fellow adventurers! Anthony will be back at Dragon Con again this year and reading Jeremiah Willstone – and yes, the picture above was taken from the very chair Jeremiah was sitting in in “Steampunk Fairy Chick”.
Better, almost all the panels have some crunchy steampunk gearworks!
- Androids & Automatons
Friday 1pm – Sheraton / Augusta
This presentation will cover the history of artificial life from the ancient Greeks to modern automata artists. Techniques for creating your own automata will also be shared. - Practical Time Travel for the Storyteller
Saturday 4pm – Sheraton / Athens
This panel discusses the real science behind time travel, as well as how these scientific theories can place both challenging & rewarding demands on the stories we tell. Time dilation, the grandfather paradox, & others will be explained & these theories discussed. - The Magic and Technology of Building Alternate Worlds
Saturday 5:30pm – Sheraton / Augusta
Be it alchemical spells or industrial revolution, many alternate history and Steampunk worlds feature magic, fantastic technological marvels, or even both. But each choice shapes the worlds these authors build. This roundtable discuss worldbuilding and the balance between fantasy and science. - Author Reading: Anthony Francis
Sunday 2:30pm – Hyatt / University
SF & Urban Fantasy author of Frost Moon, Blood Rock and Liquid Fire reads from his work, including selections from Jeremiah Willstone and the Clockwork Time Machine, from future Dakota Frost novels, and maybe even some Cinnamon Frost stories!
Anthony was also scheduled to do a SAM Talk, but it was inadvertently booked over his author reading, so if you attend that, you may also get to hear what was intended to be his SAM Talk, “Risk Getting Worse”.
Come one, come all, and hear more about the future of Jeremiah!
-the Centaur
So, friends, the sale on JW&TCTM is over, but fear not, more Jeremiah is coming! We’re hard at work on the audio version of “A Choir of Demons”, and there are a lot of new Jeremiah things in store. Stay tuned!
-the Centaur
Good news, fellow adventurers! The first Jeremiah novel, Jeremiah Willstone and the Clockwork Time Machine, is on sale on Kindle for 0.99 at Amazon!
The sale lasts until July 17th, so get it while the getting’s good!
-the Centaur
This Memorial Day Weekend, I’ll be appearing at the Clockwork Alchemy steampunk convention! I’m on a whole passel of panels this year, including the following (all in the Monterey room near the Author’s Alley, as far as I know):
Friday, May 26
4PM: NaNoWriMo – Beat the Clock! [Panelist]Saturday, May 27
12NOON: Working with Editors [Panelist]
1PM: The Science of Airships [Presenter]
5PM: Versimilitude in Fiction [Panelist]Sunday, May 28
10AM: Applied Plotonium [Panelist]
12NOON: Organizing an Anthology [Panelist]
1PM: Instill Caring in Readers [Panelist]
2PM: Overcoming Writer’s Block [Presenter]Monday, May 29
11AM: Past, Present, Future – Other! [Moderator]
Of course, if you don’t want to hear me yap, there are all sorts of other reasons to be there. Many great authors will be in attendance in the Author’s Alley:
There’s a great dealer’s room and a wonderful art show filled with steampunk maker art:
For yet another more year, we’ll be co-hosted with Fanime Con, so there will be buses back and forth and fans of both anime and steampunk in attendance:
As usual, I will have all my latest releases, including Jeremiah Willstone and the Clockwork Time Machine, the steampunk novel I have like been promising you all like for ever!
In addition to my fine books, there will also be new titles from Thinking Ink Press, including the steampunk anthologies TWELVE HOURS LATER, THIRTY DAYS LATER, and SOME TIME LATER!
I think I have about as much fun at Clockwork Alchemy as I do at Dragon Con, and that’s saying something. So I hope you come join us, fellow adventurers, in celebrating all things steampunk!
-the Centaur
Have you read Jeremiah Willstone and the Clockwork Time Machine and wondered why Jeremiah ended up a Ranger when she always wanted to be a Falconer? Or would you like to get started following Jeremiah’s tales on audio? Well, you’re in luck! Our friends at Sage and Savant have read one of the earliest Jeremiah stories, “The Fall of the Falcon”, for your auditory adventuring pleasure!
The Fall of the Falcon
By Anthony Francis
from the anthology Thirty Days Later, Steaming Forward: 30 Adventures in Time
If you’d like to find out what happens next, get a copy of Thirty Days Later and pick up where “The Fall of the Falcon” leaves off with the stirring conclusion, “The Rise of the Dragonfly”!
-The Centaur