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Posts published in “Flight to Brassbright”

Prim Perfect Interview

Prim Perfect Magazine interviewed me last week! Learn my thoughts on women in Steampunk literature, the burden of colonialism, why I write steampunk 'my way' and how I originally became a steampunk.

The Flight To Brassbright

“You never know how high you can fly until you try.”

Constance is a wild, stubborn young girl growing up poor in a small industrial town. But beneath her thread-worn exterior beats the heart of a dreamer and a wordsmith. She feeds her hunger for reading by picking the lock on the local bookstore late at night to enjoy her own private reading room. But at age twelve, she’s orphaned. With no relatives to take her in, the local authorities scheme to take charge of the bewildered girl’s life. Running away to join the circus—like kids do in adventure books—seems like such a brilliant idea… or is it?