Diana's Writing Blog

So, I know I’m a bit late to the party, but I’m starting to get really into steampunk. I don’t if I’m getting into it because I’m seeing it everywhere, or if I’m seeing it everywhere because I’m getting into it. It just seems like steampunk creations are coming over my crafting RSS feeds, I’m seeing movies like Golden Compass and Tin Man (shut up, you love it)…I’m just in a steampunky kind of mood. Oh, and I miss Myst. *sigh*

Of course, this is starting to spill into my writing, which isn’t entirely bad. It’s an alternate reality fantasy sort of book where two girls get pulled into a world with every sort of creature (unicorns, fairies, etc.) except humans. But the sort of medieval setting that I started with is so done to death. I assert that fairies were pulling humans through to their world up until the early 1800s, so that’s about right for steampunk. And you have to think that some technology would sneak through with the humans. Of course, if I have inventions leaking through, I’m going to have to deal with guns. Their current level of weaponry ends at cannons, so that would definitely change a lot of the book, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Ah, enough of my rambling, tonight’s writing update: