Inventrix | October 1, 2009
I have a lot of things that I’d like to do in my life. Too many, in some respects. I’m generally good at recognizing the practicality/plausibility of achieving each of them, and in some cases trimming the ideas down to make them more doable.
But there is one such dream that I have which I honestly don’t think will ever happen, mostly because the first requirement would be having lots of money. And I mean lots of money. As I like to tell myself frequently, however, there is always the chance (however infinitesimally small) that I will someday come into a very large quantity of money, so sometimes I pass my mental idle time by planning out the logistics of achieving this dream if I had the money.
I’m sure by this point you’re thinking “is she going to tell us what this idea is or not?!” Whyever would I do that? (Just kidding.) The idea can be summarized in a single, simple sentence, actually.
Create a steampunk town.
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Inventrix | August 4, 2009
If you happen to follow my blog (or like reading archives), you’ll remember that rant I had about steampunk going mainstream and whatnot and so on, filled with ire and indignant affrontedtry (I do so love making up words).
Well, the other day I suddenly realized that I don’t care anymore. It’s not resigned apathy, [...]
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Inventrix | July 17, 2009
One thing that I find absolutely fascinating is going back and looking at how my interests, preferences, tastes etc. have developed through/since my childhood – particularly now that it’s basically stabilized and probably won’t change too much in the future. The most fascinating one to trace is, in my opinion, my interest (by some [...]
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Inventrix | July 7, 2009
Below you will find an archive of my logged observations of my visit to the Great Exhibition in London, 1851, at the Crystal Palace.
Timestamps are the relative time in US Eastern that the messages appeared in my native timestream.
Temporal Anthropologist Tuesday is the brainchild of Dr. Wendell Howe, Temporal Anthropologist.
9:06 – Aand it’s #TemporalTues day! [...]
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Inventrix | June 19, 2009
Have I read it recently? Yes
Ladies and gentlemen, may I give you my first steampunk offering in this series of reviews… Lord Kelvin’s Machine! I’m sorry to say that Amazon doesn’t seem to be selling the paperback copy new, which is why I uncharacteristically linked to the hardcover.
This is one of my more obscure [...]
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Inventrix | May 27, 2009
I had a fantastic (to me) idea just a short while ago. Specifically, hosting an RPG via Twitter! It’d probably be steampunk (because that’s sort of my thing although I could do something else) and would be most fun if it were free-form. That requires a certain level of ability and restraint [...]
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Inventrix | May 14, 2009
You all know how it goes. You start with some niche interest or genre or style, get a few people really into it to start up a legit subculture. People see it and think “hey, that looks cool”. Companies think “hey, new market!” The former often doesn’t really get the genre/style/interest, [...]
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Inventrix | April 24, 2009
I’ve wanted to put an exerpt from this somewhere for quite a while, now, largely to prove that I do actually have a novel that I’m in the middle of writing. So, why haven’t I? Partly a lack of anywhere good to put it. Mostly, however, it’s because it’s just the first [...]
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Inventrix | April 23, 2009
So, I purchased the Steampunk Jump from Clockwork Couture, a wonderful steampunk-style clothing shop run by the equally wonderful and talented Donna Ricci. (And, in the process of grabbing that first link, discovered that she added new clothing today. EXCITEMENT!)
This post is simply an excuse for me to take lots of photos of [...]
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