I’m talking again with Beth Cato about her new book The Clockwork Dagger, writing a mystery novel, as well as this “Steampunk” thing that all the kids are talking about these days.
You have to have all these little twists and that’s a lot of the fun
Red Herrings and Chekhov’s gun
Johannes Cabal the Detective (it involves an airship)
Writing books your fans like and are new and interesting for you
Steampunk maker movement, fashion, and etiquette
There’s a smell to Steampunk
Laura Ingles Wilder and Rosemary Sutcliff
Leviathan by Scott Westerfield
All these different kinds of punks
Django Wexler and Brian McLellan
It’s an endless conundrum
If you are hungry for more, check out the except of the Clockwork Dagger on Tor