Comments | chellebelle74: Tapping the LJ braintrust

chellebelle74

Tapping the LJ braintrust

Feb 16, 2010 17:20

I love cons. Even when it's not something I'm terribly interested in, there's something about the energy that gives my creativity a goose. And I got that goose again at Katsucon this past weekend. Katsucon is all about Japanese animation and all things associated, not really my cup of tea (not that I dislike it, it just doesn't thrill me), but a ( Read more... )

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chellebelle74 February 17 2010, 15:58:17 UTC

Good call on Wells and Verne. I've read them both a long time ago, but it just might be time to stroll back down memory lane.

ferlonda February 16 2010, 23:44:56 UTC

I assume you've read at least one of Elizabeth Peter's Amelia Peabody series? I always thought those were a great read but adding in the steampunk element of crazy inventions, aliens, semi-magical stuff would be pretty neat. Egyptology was a huge part of the Victorian age and Peters is a real egyptologist so her stuff is pretty accurate that way...

PS Did I mention how much I enjoyed your story about the Horsemen? Very nice indeed!

chellebelle74 February 17 2010, 16:01:19 UTC

I've not read Elizabeth Peters yet. Is she mystery, romance, something else? I tend to get my dose of Victoriana from Anne Perry's William Monk mysterys (highly recommended btw).

I'm so glad you enjoyed the Horsemen. :-D It gives me a real lift in my step to know someone enjoyed my work.

ferlonda February 18 2010, 01:38:50 UTC

Elizabeth Peters is a very fun writer- there is romance and mystery, also Egyptology and some politics all set beginning in the Victorian age and now extending through world war one. Here's the url for her Amelia Peabody website:

http://www.ameliapeabody.com/

She does other mysteries as well but this series is my favorite.

The reason I mention it is because of the pretty decent English-isms (though there are some glaring problems here and there) but especially because of the focus on Egyptology which was HUGE back then, as you probably already know. Anyway, good fun!

pyllgrum February 17 2010, 00:34:47 UTC

Think Arthur Conan Doyle meets the engine room of the Titanic.

chellebelle74 February 17 2010, 16:03:38 UTC

Yes, definitely the feel I am going for, but I'm thinking of going a step left of the timeline as we know it. You know, taking things like the colonization movement and eventually the Boxer rebellion, and making them all magical/steampunkical. Therefore, I actually have to know what the timeline is before I mess with it...