BY PENNY FREEMAN
We’ve just returned from Salt City Steamfest, where the X-team provided two panels. Our authors, Scott E. Tarbet, Alyson Grauer, Candace J. Thomas, Sarah Hunter Hyatt, and Jay Barnson, presented “Writing Steampunk: Tropes and Tips” to a standing-room-only crowd.
The following day, Management (consisting of Penny Freeman and McKenna Gardner), backed by the above authors, in addition to Sarah Seeley, presented “Steaming Into Print: How to Get Your Fiction Published”.
Final verdict: great fun was had by all, we met lots of fantastic Steampunk folk, and even sold a few books. This was a great warm-up for Teslacon in November.
Next up:
Scott Tarbet will sit on several panels on A Steampunk Convention with a Twist in Grand Junction, Colorado, September 26-28, 2014. They will include “Victorian vs Wild West”, “Steampunk in Other Lands”, “More Human Than: Cyborgs and Robots”, “Small Press vs Big Five”, and “Making Combat Realistic.”
Teslacon in Madison, WI, November 6-8, 2014, where The X will present “Incredible Journey: Surviving the Editorial Process”. Tweet That In addition to providing a sneak peek of her upcoming novel On the Isle of Sound and Wonder, Alyson Grauer will present “Sound & Wonder: Steampunking Shakespeare In Fiction”.
Finally, Steamathon I in Las Vegas, sponsored by Doc Phineas T. Kastle, February 6-8, 2015. This one promises to be lots of fun, with the biggest gathering of X-Team members ever. Watch our blog and Facebook for more details.
