When Steve and I were designing The Battle of Blood and Ink, we thought carefully about the kind of story we wanted to tell, and the place we wanted to tell that story.  This video discussed our thoughts and inspirations behind the story, and has several preview pages from the book. I hope you enjoy it.

Steve and I are happy to announce that we will be in New York City at Brooklyn City Comics for free comic book day! Steve will be doing sketches and we will be giving away free mini-comic prequels to The Battle of Blood and Ink. You can come and visit us anytime from 2PM to 4PM for autographs and sketches, or just to chat with us! Brooklyn City Comics is located at 493 7th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215. If you’re in the area, stop by, pick up some free comics, and say hello!

You can now purchase the graphic novel The Battle of Blood and Ink from any of these retailers: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, BooksaMillion, Powells Books, IndieBound, Walmart or Overstock. If you’ve been listening to the podcast and enjoying it, now is your chance to support the author and illustrator and read the next chapter in this exciting series.

Yes, we’re giving away comics. Because we love you all.

The response the mini-comic contest was so positive, Steve and I are going to go ahead and send autographed copies of the first FABLES OF THE FLYING CITY mini-comic to EVERYONE who entered. That’s right, if you sent an email to fablesoftheflyingcity (at) gmail.com before Dec 1, you’re getting a comic in the mail.

Now, if you if didn’t email us but still want to read it, or if you wanted to read the mini-comic before it arrives in the mail, we’ve got you covered. The comic is right here on the website, just waiting to be read. And it’s just the first. Steve and I have a whole series of mini-comics planned, leading right up the release of graphic novel, THE BATTLE OF BLOOD AND INK.

If you would like to be alerted to when the new mini-comics are available, when we’re doing new contests, and other such mad website content Steve and I are dishing out on regular basis, just send an email to fablesoftheflyingcity (at) gmail.com, and we’ll put you on the mailing list.

Oh, and enjoy the free comics!

This the graphic novel that we have been working on for the past five years or so.

Actually, it isn’t. It’s merely the cover of the graphic novel we have been working on for the past five years or so, wrapped around another hardcover graphic novel. That said, it’s the right weight when I hold it my hand, and if you were looking for THE BATTLE OF BLOOD AND INK: A FABLE OF THE FLYING CITY come May of 2012 (and why wouldn’t you?) this would be what you looking for.

It’s all very exciting.

I recently did a test-run of a Fables of the Flying City patch–featuring Amperstam, natch, and I am quite pleased with the results:

This patch, featuring the fantastic artwork of Steve Walker and Natalie Kelly,  will perhaps be the first in a series of  Flying City-themed patches, thus making it easy for the average clouddog to steampunk-up their wardrobe.  The print quality and fabric is super-nice. Now that we know that we CAN make these patches, the question becomes if we SHOULD.

Who wants a patch?



Learn a bit about me and my writing and my podcast, if you’re new. And we talk to Jared Axelrod!

 

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Ever felt the need to wrap your fingers around one of Amperstam’s lightning pistols, just like the ladies and gents of the Aerial Guard? Now you can! With just a handful of supplies and a little hard work, you can make your own raygun by following these simple instructions on Tor.com.

Check out the rest of the awesome Steampunk Fortnight stuff while you’re over there.  There’s some wonderful, non-raygun related articles.

I forgot to put a link in the show notes, so here’s the Cherpumple, in all it’s glory.

Photo (and dessert) by Vivid Muse of Girls’ Rules podcast.

Episode 4 is a long one, approximately one hour and forty-five minutes of solid interview with the multi-talented Jared Axelrod! Steampunk, comics, podcasting and more – strap in for a fun and geeky ride, dear listener.

Jared Axelrod links:
Web site – http://jaredaxelrod.com
Fables of the Flying City – http://www.fablesoftheflyingcity.com/
Books:
Tales from the Uncanny Valley
The Sovereign Era: Year One
Podthology: The Pod Complex
Twitter – http://twitter.com/planetx

J. R. Blackwell (Jared’s lovely and talented wife) links:
Web sites:
http://jrblackwell.wordpress.com/
http://jrblackwell.tumblr.com/
http://blackwell.livejournal.com/
Photos – http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrblackwell/
Book – Her Side with Mur Lafferty
Twitter – http://twitter.com/jrblackwell

I can be found and contacted at:

Web Site: http://gowmainframe.blogspot.com/

Twitter: @mainframe (or @gowmainframe for tweets just about the podcast)

Email: gowmainframe at gmail dot com

Voice Mail: 206-350-0528
Songs used are “Space Ride” & “Around”, from the album “Around” by Oursvince at http://www.oursvince.com

The podcast is distributed via Libsyn.com & Feedburner

Thanks for listening!

 

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