In addition to the novel, MotAE subscribers receive a more traditional newsletter once a month with news and fun extras. Here it is 😄
MotAE Updates
We’re about halfway through the story!
I am so grateful to all of you reading along. This is a massive project. (I’m so exhausted I almost added a scene in which Isabelle takes a nap…It made sense at the time.) You guys give me the energy to keep editing…and designing premium editions…and promoting…and doing all the other bits and pieces that go into the publication.
So if I haven’t said it lately…
Thank you!
Huge Book Giveaway: Free Fast-Paced Mysteries for August
Murder on the Aerial Express is part of a massive 25-author online event with free mysteries galore. There are thrillers, historicals, police procedurals, cozies, cyberpunk dramas, and at least one steampunk homage to Agatha Christie, the queen of crime (but you know about that one).
I’m pretty sure MotAE is the only serial. Most are straightforward downloads.
Check it out! I’ll be shocked if you don’t find something to add to your reading list.
Steampunk Tangram Puzzles
Remember tangrams from elementary school? I’ve created a Steampunk-themed version you can play online, tugging the shapes into the right place to create each image. Give it a try!
Random Reading Recommendation
Because good books deserve to be shared.
Each month, I mention a book that’s on my mind. Maybe I just read it. Maybe it clawed its way to the top of my mind. (This is not an advertisement. Just genuine book squee.)
All Systems Red by Martha Wells. (Book 1 in the Murderbot Diaries series.)
I’m on the fence over whether to give the new Apple show a try. Because I don’t know how it could live up to this Hugo/Locus/Nebula Award-winning series.
For those of you who haven’t yet experienced the hilarious, voice-y Sci-Fi masterpiece, here you go. (Psst…Dad, you would love it.)
“As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure.”
Merch for STEMinists and Linguists
Women in STEM coasters
A collage of trailblazing women in STEM. They forged new paths for professional women and the sciences. ($19.50)
Illegitimate Language Mug
One of my favorite quotations: “English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results.” (H. Beam Piper) ($14)
Bookish Pajama Pants
A Victorian Steampunk pattern of books and shelves to add to your loungewear. ($43)
Women Writers Hardcover Notebook
A collage of women writers throughout the ages — and space for your own writing. *14.50)
Writerly Wisdom
“I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something, you can be judged. ”
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See you Thursday with the next installment of Murder on the Aerial Express!
