Enter The Asylum

Enter the Asylum I never ever manage to make accurate record of my sojourn to the Asylum Steampunk Festival, because there is simply too much to see and do that I would be able to jot it all down for a post. If I had the time to go into it in all detail, I …

Escaping Titanic

It's unassuming from the outside, but so are most escape room locations. Shrouded in mystery in the middle of Southampton - even more so with a growing rain pelting The Husband and I - Houdini's Escape Rooms are anything but unassuming. After stopping off at my mother's, we manoeuvre the trains to get to Southampton …

Photo of the Week: Steampunk Octopus

So, of course, today had to be one of the (albeit paltry) photos I took during the Saturday I spent at Steampunks in Space at the Leicester Space Centre. I had a good time. I learnt about making gin cocktails, caught up with friends, didn't buy anything from the market (yay!), and of course, did …

A Vignette from the Costellos

Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I just wrote to relax with characters I know. This was the result. She'd written three times in as many days. Gabiee twisted the letter between her finger and thumb until it had rolled into a tube she'd easily hide up her sleeve. Asif on cue - and …

7 Quick Takes: In Which Research Takes over my Life

It's time to pop over to This Ain’t the Lyceum for Quick Takes Friday. 🙂 ~1~ Well, my week dashed past. Anyone else feeling that? I have so many tasks to complete, including a presentation for next Weds for which I have a block load of reading anyway. *phew* ~2~ I have started my Psychological …

Quick Takes Friday about Etiquette, Chilli Chicken, and Alex Being Promotional

Is it really already Friday? Phew. Time to catch up with our weeks in 7 Quick Takes. ~1~ This week, at least for me, has been one of promotional work for Reading Uni. Wednesday and Thursday were photo and film promotional shoots which will end up on the website and possibly the prospectus; whereas today …

A Steampunk Thought

For your Thursday (and my laziness), I have decided to quote a piece from the Victorian Steampunk Society’s website about what Steampunk is. As I have said before, there is no absolute definition of Steampunk, in my own opinion. Part of the great advantage of the Steampunk genre is its variety, in that one can …

Three-Word Pitches

You know those loglines one gets where all the action seems to be crammed into a simple trio of words? Well, how effective are they for highlighting the main points of a piece of prose and attacking as a hook? If we all addressed our audiences in three or so words, we might never get …

Steampunkish Fashions

Following from Monday’s steampunk post, I’m going to dive into real life for a moment and talk about Steampunk fashion as I might wear. Fair warning, this is quite a picture-heavy post. 😀 The Typical Steampunk Of course, we’ve got the goggles and cogs stereotype, but I’m going to focus on the dress sense of …

A Thought for Today: Bunny Bennett’s It Gets Better Video

I may be a cis-gender heterosexual and mostly-heteroromantic woman – and Pride month isn't particularly a well-announced thing here in England, so I didn't really know about it – but I wanted to share with you this video by steampunk performer Bunny Bennett. Yes, it's an old video, but the band Steam Powered Giraffe has …