by Hyram Voltage | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
What does Photography have to do with writing steampunk or writing in general? They both have style. I recently viewed a webinar on photography that was put on by Chris Orwig. He’s a landscape and portrait photographer. In the webinar, he talked about how to... by Hyram Voltage | Mar 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Am I wasting my time writing steampunk stories that don’t have magic in them? This is a serious question. Leave your opinion in the comments. I got the urge to write steampunk after the owner of a mystery book store got me reading Gail Carriger. I would not... by Hyram Voltage | Mar 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
One of the saddest stories I very heard is about an inventor. He spent his life working and working hard to develop a machine to peel tomatoes. For a farmer this is a big thing. The inventor worked all his spare time on the project. He invested a lot of his money into... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Why does your steampunk main character invent. Many stories I’ve read treat the inventor as a genetic freak. It’s in their blood to invent, their parents were inventors. Think about Marconi. His father was an aristocrat. Now some minor royalty did dabble... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
On writing Steampunk Writing is hard. Even little things like finding an editor are more difficult than they should be. It’s not that there are not editors out there. There are thousands of editors and people who call themselves editors out there. I ‘m...