My story “House of Glass and Pearl” has been been published at Steamypunk.net, the premier site for Steampunk erotica.

I’m incredibly grateful to Magpie and the others at Steamypunk for taking a risk and publishing this story. While there are plenty of cogs and steam in the story, it certainly does not qualify as erotica, with titillation kept to a minimum. In fact, the story is prefaced on the blog by this very accurate disclaimer: Warning: Contains no explicit sex scenes! This is a work of romance.

By the way, I love that I am beginning my science fiction career with a disclaimer about not having enough sex. Seriously, I feel like an ironic literary rock star.

Please, check out Steamypunk, and not just my work of romance. Few things mix as well as oil and sweat. And if you feel so inclined, give them a donation for your pleasure.

This week is spring break for all of the area schools, which means I have little to no chance for additional income this week. Thus, I am taking this week to look for another job. After browsing a few lists of advice for up-and-coming writers, I’ve noticed that “don’t quite your day job” is almost always said. It’s time to retroactively take that advice. Unfortunately, there are few things more nerve-wrecking than finding a new job.

As if hunting for a job is stressful enough, I have decided to release my newest short story into the wild. “House of Glass and Pearl” is a Steampunk love story set in a vaguely Edwardian setting (is that too late for the hardcore Steampunks?). It also flirts with the genre of Steamypunk, which may be the greatest sub-subgenre invented. Please enjoy.

On a less egocentric note, please take a moment to breathe in Adie Russell’s astoundingly beautiful work, especially her incredibly unique “Covers” project.

Today’s Twitter comes from Libby Bulloff: “I love it when my roommate defends my honor to prostletizing Christians with Discordian literature: http://i25.tinypic.com/rtf2md.gif.”

The last few days have been taken up with subbing at my old high school, reading David Icke’s newest book as research for my novel, writing said novel, and gushing over the first issue of Marvel’s Secret Invasion crossover event.

While the actual first issue of Secret Invasion wasn’t all that great, I’m still in love with the concept, which mirrors the theme of Reptilian shape-shifters taking a hold in contemporary conspiracy culture. In fact, the David Icke book, which outlines the Reptilian conspiracy in detail, is a perfect companion piece to the Skrull invasion comics. And no doubt the book with superheroes will end up making more sense. To see my reaction to Secret Invasion, just click over to my comic blog, Continuity Error.

Since I loved making and receiving mixtapes in high school (I still have most of my favorite ones, too) I naturally couldn’t resist Muxtape. I made a twelve track mix of the songs that currently have my attention. Enjoy.

Today’s Twitter comes from laughingsquid: “You Suck At Photoshop #10 - Vanishing Point http://twurl.nl/gu65u7.”

Today I began work on my second novel. By “work” I mean I’ve actually written prose. Actual parts of the first draft. It’s exciting to have this project, which I have been researching for quite a few months, finally started and on digital paper. The working title of the novel is Supersanity. If you’d like a sort of ARG preview, visit supersanity.net. I won’t give anything else away because this story will likely take a long time to craft and I don’t want to scare it off by blabbering about it.

In case you’re wondering, my first novel, Glossolalia, is waiting for revision. I hope to give it a serious touch-up so that I can release it onto the web before too long. It was written during NaNoWriMo last year, so it’s especially rough. Still, keep a look out for it.

Today’s Twitter comes from Libby Bulloff: “Dubbed a “female erotic photographer”. I think this is really funny–I don’t shoot heavily sexualized images…not even really steamypunk.”

I have this terrible habit of wiping my personal websites clean and starting from scratch. This typically happens when I have nothing better to do with them than post pictures of smiley face craters on Mars. I have an idea on how to make this work, this time, but we’ll see. If it doesn’t pan out, you can just count on this site being back with a new mysql database and version of Wordpress in six months

And to give this relaunch something all the others didn’t have: some content! All I can offer at this point is this bit of flash fiction called “He’s In Love With His Electronic Secretary!” For those of you who read io9, you may recall the vintage ad that inspired this short piece of robotic deviance.

Also included on the TEXTS page is “A Warm Touch,” an older story that is the ancestor of “Electronic Secretary.” All other works that have appeared on this site in the past as gone, currently undergoing renovation.

A major catalyst for this relaunch was my reading of Ariel Gore’s How to Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead. While the title sounds like the ultimate in throw-away how-to-write books, it is actually quite brilliant. And very punk rock. Rather than a guide on how to write, Gore’s book is a how-to for the underground writer’s lifestyle, encouraging self-publishing and self-promotion above waiting for corporate publishers to wise up. I highly recommend the book to any struggling writer who needs a kick in the pants.

Today’s Twitter comes from Warren Ellis: “Twitter’s evolved oddly: ambient post-geographic conversation (accent on “ambient”) or world nonsequitur delivery system, take your pick…”