All Made of Hinges, containing my story “Napoleon’s Tallest Teamster”, is now available on Audible! If you love having stories read to you, pick it up today!
Tag: steampunk
Napoleon’s Tallest Teamster published!
My first published story, “Napoleon’s Tallest Teamster“—as part of the All Made of Hinges Mormon Steampunk anthology from Immortal Works—comes out today! My story is surrounded by great stories from other authors (see the table of contents here), including Dave Butler, Jay Barnson, John M. Olsen, and Lee Allred.
UPDATE!
We’re climbing the charts on Amazon! As of 13:41 on November 27, 2018, we are at #3 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases list for Steampunk, #22 in Kindle Science Fiction Anthologies & Short Stories, #24 in Science Fiction Steampunk (for all books), and #60 in Kindle Steampunk. Not bad!
Napoleon’s Tallest Teamster submitted!
Just under the wire, I got “Napoleon’s Tallest Teamster” through its final edit and submitted to Immortal Works’ Mormon steampunk anthology. This was unlike any story I had even contemplated writing in the past, so it made me stretch and learn a lot as a writer. It had four major versions before the final story came through, and I think its a solid one.
Now it’s up to the anthology editors to decide if it is what they want. Fingers crossed!
Napoleon’s Tallest Teamster first draft and first edit complete!
After a lot of research (coinage, horses, moon phases, types of carriages, types of rifles, types of pistols, street maps of Deauville, buildings and locations in Deauville (such as if they existed when the story was set), names of several historical figures, and so on), the first draft of “Napoleon’s Tallest Teamster” is complete. I have also made a first edit myself, and passed it along to a trusted editor to make a first not-me edit. This was a fun story to write, and a learned a lot about 1850s–1870s France. Current word count is about 5600, so significantly longer than any previous short I’ve completed.
I look forward to having people read it when it’s through all the edits and (hopefully) accepted for publication. It was written for a specific anthology. Here’s hoping it’s accepted!
Mormon Steampunk call for submissions
Since I know a lot of authors who write things like this (and because Dave and James are awesome), I’m boosting the signal for this. This anthology will be published through Immortal Works. You can read more about the specifics over on Dave’s blog. I plan to submit a story.