by PennyFreeman | May 25, 2014 | Writing
Embracing the Terra Unknown I admit it: I’ve only written one steampunk story in my life.Normally, this admission would be something I’d keep close to my chest. I’d bury it down there with the packs of baseball cards I used to steal as a wayward pre-teen,...
by PennyFreeman | May 23, 2014 | Writing
Grimm’s Steampunk Once upon a time, there was a call for Steampunk stories to be included in the new anthology from Xchyler Publishing. Having been to several of the X Team’s launch parties, and having read some of their books, I was intrigued. I had become acquainted...
by PennyFreeman | May 22, 2014 | Writing
Researching the Story—Or Down The Rabbit Hole “In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that...
by PennyFreeman | May 19, 2014 | Writing
The genesis of Ganesh The short story “Ganesh,” which Xchyler will publish at the end of this month in the anthology Terra Mechanica, was a delicious opportunity for me to revisit the world I inhabited while writing my debut novel, A Midsummer Night’s...
by PennyFreeman | Mar 20, 2014 | Editor's Notes
BY ELIZABETH GILLILAND In the world of grammar, there seem to be a lot of rules floating around: Avoid gerunds! Don’t end a sentence with a prepositional phrase! Delete all adverbs! Death to passive voice! And so forth, and so forth. As if it isn’t frustrating enough...