Trail-Mix Readers discussion

The book of the month for September is Godstone Mage by Rick Mullins.

Took a while for me to figure out how to drive this thing ... not the most tech savvy writer in my head.

I did a lot of Wikipedia research for "Godstone Mage" to nail down some of the terminology.

For instance, 'okeh' is listed as a possible source (Native American language)for the more general 'OK', and 'hobo' is the shortened version for 'hoe-boy' which was what farm boys traveling for jobs were called.

Are Liam, Orlagh, Fallon, and Heather available to answer some questions?

Jessica wrote: "Are Liam, Orlagh, Fallon, and Heather available to answer some questions?"

Sorry about the delay. I got caught up finishing the third edit of "Cretaceous Anomaly" and didn't finish till bedtime.

All four of them say they'll be glad to answer questions ... but since they are all 'off the grid' they asked me to relay their answers.

I'll need to read this book soon!

Currently about half way through the book. Am enjoying it. First of its kind I've ever read. I understand it's steampunk. I had to look that up to see what that meant. Based on what I learned this book is a very good example.

I'm glad you're enjoying it Lavern.

I had never read any steampunk until reading Devon Monk's "Dead Iron". I enjoyed it so much I immediately put away the current WIP and wrote "Godstone Mage" in two months. It was a lot of fun and practically wrote itself.

I almost split it into two books, but decided to leave it intact, although any sequel won't be 150K words.

Oh I finished Godstone Mage the other day. It was the first steampunk I've ever read. Once I was able to toss out my expectations for suspension of disbelief I really got into the story and enjoyed it. It was obvious that a lot of research went into it to make the setting as realistic as possible for the time setting. I really liked the role dime novels played in the story. Great touch to lending authenticity to the era in which the story took place.

Thanks for the praise. I was kind of proud how I worked the dime novel angle into the plot. ;^)