The Aether Guild of Writers on Steampunk Empire

This is the best place I've found to post for my type of writing

Here http:Aether Guild of Writers

I think I'll repost things from here to there

Writers' Circles a repost from the Aether Guild of Writers

Comment by Geoffrey Johns 1 minute ago

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Not strictly speaking Steampunk, so forgive me. Today I awoke full of the joys of what may, if we're lucky, eventually become spring in London (no smirking you Australians). Last night was the Richmond Writers' Circle. Everyone shone and my piece was brilliantly read for me by the lovely Feola, which meant that no one had to suffer my speech impediment. She made it sound so much better than I do. My point being that I strongly advise anyone who can to join a writer's circle, The two I have attended, now in Richmond and earlier in Rozelle, Sydney have been supportive and offered great feedback. James Murray earlier posted 'At least others have heard your work, mine is hiding on the hard drive :)'. Well, I'll bet there is a writers' circle not too far from you, You should give it a try. 

PS Or start one yourself. You'll get to meet some  great people

Chapter 1 Scene 5

Back to the Gentlemen Rankers in Deolali for this scene. I've already posted my pics of Kitchener and the ones I have of Deolali itself are not too good.  Here they are anyway, following the link to Google Drive/

Chapter 1 Scene 5 (V1.0)

 I expect that the description of Deolali in my story may not be all that accurate but I haven't been there and, anyway, when it comes down to it I choose story over fact every time - not to the extent it looks obviously wrong but if the reader can be carried past an inaccuracy without noticing, I'm not too worried.

There is a, limit to that though that applies especially to steampunk stories. When you change history because of the steampunk milieu you have adopted; you can't confuse those elements with errors of fact you make because you are too lazy to check facts. That is cheating the reader. The reader has, once you have established your world, to be able to make reasonable predictions as to how it works. Without this your story is built on quicksand..

Aside from all that I was please to see that George MacDonald Fraser - my writing hero - was once based at Deolali - but what British soldier passing in or out of the subcontinent was not?

Steampunk - the art of Victorian Futurism - Jay Strongman

Knowing I am labouring over my story my delightful friend Sabine bought me "Steampunk - the art of Victorian Futurism" by Jay Strongman. I really enjoyed it but it did make me think. As a child I did read most of the antecedents of the Steampunk genre. And I did know that there was such a genre. I had NO IDEA though that it was so well developed and widespread. Y said I'd have to write fast to catch up. But what can I do to make more than a tiny addition to all the really clever things that have preceded me? I shall just have to plod on.