"Try the audio version. The narrator is wonderful "

"Gail Carriger The whole Soulless series. The story, the language, the humor, everything. So much of Steampunk is dark the lightness is refreshing. And the audio book is even better :)"

"One character is totally mechanical, another is 80% or so :) I think it's a fascination with replicating and possibly making the lost part better than it was"

"Thanks for the welcome. Looks like this will be a fun place."

"For me it has to have that Verne feel and the Victorian attitude. The science has to fit the Victorian era reality or imagination. The language has to fit the era as well, no modern slang and the like. The world doesn't have to have something…"

"One is an alternative history mixed with paranormal, fantasy, thriller/spy elements, romance, and some humor. One is a clockwork paranormaal fantasy adventure All are some mix of paranormal, historical, fantasy romance"

"Definitely not. There's the entire Victorian era world. I have two set in the Old West, one in North Africa, one in China, and of course the Shakespeare which doesn't have a setting yet. I read. A lot. Journals from the era,…"

"Technology plays a huge part in my stories, without it there would be no story. I use air ships, various weapons, goggles, and steam conveyances typical to the 1880's old west."