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And here's a real one from the 1850's---just as interesting in its own right.

http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=509622

Stephanie--have you seen this project?  Wow!

http://technabob.com/blog/2010/03/08/steampunk-professor-x-wheelchair/

Actually, I was wrong--I hadn't seen that particular article (http://io9.com/#!5788742/where-did-steampunk-come-from).  I had visited the io9.com site earlier and thought it was the same thing.  But this one is different and was indeed interesting.  I always had the impression that "Master of the World"'s Robur was just Verne's aerial re-do of Nemo and the plots are quite similar, but hey, it's hard to fault the guy for wanting to repeat a successful formula.

Ah...and personna can be fun (and oft-times practical, too).  ;)

Will be glad to fill you in on it around the end of May or so, when there's more to tell.  In the meantime, have you seen G. D. Falkensen's Steampunk page on Facebook?

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Steampunk/19157172299

It has some good links.

All best,

Gary

Thanks, Stephanie!  Glad you like the photos. (It helps having an art and photography background!)  The mechanical hand took me about a day or so to assemble once I had gathered all the parts, some from e-Bay, some from my Dad's workshop parts jars, some brass tubing and a literal fistful of caps from Stetson Men's Cologne I had saved because they looked neat and I thought I might make something from them someday.  This is the first time I've put together a costume/personna, but it's so intricately linked with the screenplay project I'm working on that one seems to feed the other and anything that helps the creative process is good.  Besides, I've noticed fans having fun with cosplay over the years, and now I understand why.

Thanks for the link about the origins of Steampunk. (Yeah...actually I have seen that one before, but it's a good one!)  I've been a big fan of the genre since before it had a name, but read a lot of reference books about Victorian England sometime back for one of my earlier projects, and know only too well that the real Victorian England was "a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there."  But it's a great setting for fiction!  And if you have an ear for the elegance of the English language, it sure beats today's conversational skills.

Hi Stephanie--

Congratulations and all best wishes for your September book release!  Don't be afraid to be proactive regarding the promotion.  Publishers do some of it, but they're pushing lots of books. Social media and fan groups are a good way to get the word out, which you are clearly aware of.  Good show!