I went to Steamcon yesterday to check out the merchants' room, and had barely walked in the door when I was asked to model for the fashion show! One of their featured corsetières needed models. I went to the indicated room, and promptly found myself steam punkified!
I'm often asked about the way I dress, and it certainly leads to some fun experiences. My most recent book, Waisted Curves: My Transformation Into a Victorian Lady chronicles some of my true adventures as I learned to wear a corset.
I went to Steamcon yesterday to check out the merchants' room, and had barely walked in the door when I was asked to model for the fashion show! One of their featured corsetières needed models. I went to the indicated room, and promptly found myself steam punkified!
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Just wanted to give a shout out to the wonderful people of Tracyton, Washington, and thank them for all their ongoing interest
A special thanks goes out to all the people who have expressed such eager anticipation of my upcoming book, Waisted Curves: My Transformation Into a Victorian Lady.
This true memoir, chronicling my experiences and adventures living historically and dressing in Victorian style on a daily basis, is almost finished and will be available soon! Aegis & Owl books are widely distributed -here are some of the cities where they're being read!
Hi Everyone!
As those of you who've been following my blog know, I've been working on a book about my experiences wearing corsets and historical clothing. Recently, I went to the University of Washington to do some background research, brushing up on the books I'd studied when I first started wearing corsets, so that I could properly city my sources. I arrived a bit early, so I worked on the manuscript a bit while I waited for the library to open. Seeing me writing, a passing gentleman asked to take my picture. How kind! I am often asked why I bind my books by hand. I answer that the form is a crucial part of the function, that it is a wonderful experience to hold a well-made book in your hands, as you turn them to know that they were folded by the same artist who crafted the story told. Here is a wonderful quote by Victorian William Morris, illustrating the sentiment beautifully:
"If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for; I should answer; A beautiful house; and if I were further asked to name the production next in importance and the thing next to be longed for; I should answer; A beautiful book. To enjoy good houses and good books in self-respect and decent comfort, seems to me to be the pleasurable end towards which all societies of human beings ought now to struggle." ~William Morris Source: http://www.theearthlyparadise.com/2007/12/beautiful-house-and-books-most.html I decided the paperback short stories (found on the "Serials and Shorts" page) could use some cover art. It's all drawn by yours truly (naturally.)
Aegis & Owl now has a page on Facebook! You can read reviews left by other fans, and leave your own. Click on "Like" and you'll earn my sincere gratitude!
Greetings, faithful fans!
I'm happy to report that I once more have a functioning printer! This means that I am again able to continue production of all Aegis & Owl Press books. Hurrah! "...I had seem the ladies in their finery, their velvets and furs, enter into the gilded halls of the hotel where they took their tea, themselves the unquestioned queens of all existence as they sipped tea from far off India and nibbled silky white bread imprisoning flakes of carnation-pink salmon. I had seen, and I had envied..."
-"Why Waits the Tea to Bloom?" |