Hello all! I'm pleased to announce that Dark Victorian: RISEN, a Gothic Steampunk shilling shocker, is a FREE Kindle download for only Today, June 3rd!

Please Download and tell your friends! Enjoy! ^,.,^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TYV32Y

And for my UK friends: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007TYV32Y…

And a GIVEAWAY! For paperbacks of Dark Victorian: BONES and RISEN, plus candid interview with me, hosted by the gracious Gnostalgia review blog. Enter! Freeee books, and fun ones they are, too ^v^: http://bit.ly/ZsQqCa

Greetings esteemed Aire Adventurers: I am pleased to announce a Giveaway for free paperbacks of my Gothic steampunk novel, Dark Victorian: BONES. http://bit.ly/15Oxeo0 Hosted at my blog, merely drop in and leave a comment at the giveaway's post to enter. The BONES synopsis:…

I'm very pleased to share that my steamgoth novella, The Dark Victorian: RISEN, is reviewed at STEAMED! :) And it's a very lovely review by Raydeen Graffen (my thanks :D), so please check it out. BONES, the next in the series, is being written as we speak. To the writing apparatus!  http://bit.ly/LIpUyE

Clockwork Alchemy 2012 is happening for 4 days this Memorial Day weekend at the Doubletree in San Jose, CA. Held with Fanimecon, Northern California's oldest anime event, Clockwork Alchemy promises a "glorious celebration of all things steampunk". I'll be in the Artist Bazaar touting my book, The Dark Victorian: RISEN, illustration prints, and accessories. Please come down and have fun, hunt a fox that shoots back, race an…

I uploaded Dark Victorian: Risen to Goodreads, to make it available for purchase there. It was a nice surprise to be notified that I can approve it for the Goodreads app as well. The epub file had been reformatted (no prompt from me) and looked pretty swell in preview. The Goodreads app is free, but I've yet to try it myself. Pretty cool! Here's RISEN at Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13601210-risen

Thank you to the gracious Lee Ann Farruga, with her insightful review of Risen! :) We also made the first page, and greatly appreciate the honour! http://www.steampunkcanada.ca/apps/blog/entries/show/14561998-review-the-dark-victorian

Dark Victorian: Risen gets its first review at My Ethereality! http://sp.theyoungriderstv.net/wordpress/?p=1697 Thank you, Raydeen! :) A beautiful commentary.

. . . self-publishing is certainly lots of work (and a long, learning experience! Not over yet!), but the creative freedom is a great trade from working with a publisher. I picked the editor, my typographer, my e-book formatter, and now even my colourist, a fellow illustrator who'll help me complete the plates for the illustrated version of my book. Is this crazy? Perhaps, but I've reached that point in life where I really would like to do things well, and with as much fun and creativity as…