Jazz Age Wednesdays — Prepare to Launch

The Delta Pearl, 6 — Listen

Oh my, that slip is definitely going to leave a mark.

Saturday, September 7, 2019

Photo by Dan Antion

Hello, my chuckaboos! Welcome back to the #steampunk riverboat, The Delta Pearl.

I was pressed for time this week, so let’s get right to it.

This week’s random reader things

G. P. Cox gave us a thing that was a name, Sir Reginald La Felin. That actually continues last week’s thing from D. L. (Denise) Finn a Black Cat. Mary J. McCoy-Dressel added Smokestacks to the setting. Then Deborah M. Zajac gave us Jelly Babies — yes they were around in the Victorian Era! Doctor Who would be envious.

Thanks to Dan Antion and for letting me use some of his photos.

If you need to review, click the link for Chapter 5 –Read. The introduction includes a recap of the passengers.

This chapter is longer than the past few have been. Consider yourselves warned. Without…

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1920s Covers Revealed!

Love the cover for a Ghost in the Kitchen and looking forward to Speak Flapper.

Teagan's Books

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Welcome to Jazz Age Wednesdays and a double cover reveal!

That’s right not just one, but two covers — both for Roaring Twenties books.

I’ve brought along a couple of 1920s musicians to liven up this celebration.

I love making book covers and promo images. Today I’m double excited to reveal two of the designs I’ve created for my upcoming books.

First, and most importantly, the third book in my Roaring Twenties series will launch this autumn. It continues the adventures about the flapper, Pip and her friends. Here’s the cover for A Ghost in the Kitchen.

A Ghost in the Kitchen by Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene

Announcing my first non-fiction book!

During seven years of publishing stories with a Roaring Twenties setting here at my blog, in addition to the books about Pip, Granny Phanny, and their friends, I’ve done a lot of research. That…

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The Delta Pearl, 5 — Read

I am intrigued by Benjamin Dundas.

Teagan's Books

Saturday, August 31, 2019

Paddlewheel Riverboat by Dan Antion

Hello, my chuckaboos! Welcome back to the #steampunk riverboat, The Delta Pearl.

So far we’ve met passengers who include a young, but somewhat nurotic prodigy of an inventor, Dr. Victor Elam. He’s a little older than Émeraude, and she is quite intrigued, despite his imperfections. Or maybe because of them. Can anyone so young truly be so accomplished?

Also, we met a very wealthy couple, Randal and Eliza Needleman. Oh, and their little dog. Randal earned the respect and gratitude of Sid (the Cadete) through his personality and a generous tip, when the dog got loose. Eliza seems companionable in her interaction with Émeraude. Are they as down-to-earth as they seem?

Then there was a young couple on their honeymoon, Harrison and Hyacinth Harvey. Unfortunately they were stuck with their nephew Hershel. Don’t tell, but I suspect the cherubic…

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The Delta Pearl 4 — Greet

Excellent chapter, the governess and her charge now that is interesting.

Teagan's Books

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Original photo by Dan Antion. Tomfoolery by Teagan

Welcome back to the #steampunk riverboat, my chuckaboos!

As you know, I’m re-writing a nearly finished novel, The Delta Pearl, for this serial. That has resulted in a few changes, such as the heroine, Émeraude, becoming several years younger. Now both she and one of the passengers (Victor Elam — you met him last time) are in their teens. Although Victor is a little older than Émeraude.

A story set on a riverboat will have a lot of characters. Between the passengers and the crew, that’s unavoidable, at least when I’m telling the tale. I’m trying to make it easier for you to keep track of all these people by how I name them. Throughout this week, I’ve done a lot of work, renaming the passengers. Many of you know that I put a lot of…

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