A Blog Novel- Part 2. Choosing a Female Character

This seems to be the year of exploring the “world” of Steampunk and related categories. James and I have embarked on a mission to create fun Steampunk costumes for Holloween so we’re spending a lot of time browsing the internet, our local bargain bin stores and Etsy.com to fine things we like. On the whole I’m a little less adventurous and tend toward buying the clothing and just embellishing it rather than sewing something from nothing. James is just about 360 degrees from me wanting to sew things or find pieces to do major alterations on to create is costume. Now to the novel.

I’ve already introduced the main male character in my store but have yet to actually create the female (cause you know it’s got to have a love interest!) because I wasn’t sure who or what she really was yet. At last I’ve come close to deciding her character and writing it down will help me flesh out the details. Basically, Consul Chloe Xavier., will be an elf.eared/faerie.winged/victorian.clothing.wearing Emma from the Jane Austin novel Emma……only she carries a big western riffle and is a low level politician of the West Wing Wrights.

Chloe comes from the upper class Leading Families but like most women she has a mind of her own. She has an opinion on everything be it politics, technology, healthcare, love and marriage, dress, dragon lore and the true history of clockwork origins. While most Leading Families openly support the monsters that lurk through the streets and those that create them, Chloe, does what she can for the poor unfortunates. As long as she doesn’t slow one of the Leading Families projects her family has no problem or interest in her meddling with the “lowly fools” even to the point of her being seen with one or two of them at tea, operas, balls, or ballets that are a main stay for sharing gossip on the latest gadget or monster they are helping fund. They have had concern for her recent plans to open a free health clinic near the poor district that often has attacks from rogue steam machines. It would look bad if something happened to one of their own. Quite frankly, Chloe isn’t opposed to technology. Most of her simple comforts, and a few not so simple, come from technology however “…. we really must draw the line somewhere!”

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List of Terms

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A Blog Novel- Intro and Setup

-Steampunk – Sub-genre of fantasy and speculative fiction. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date.

-Neo-Victoriania – Examples of crafts made in this style would include push-button cordless telephones made to look like antique wall-mounted phones, CD players resembling old time radios, Victorianesque furniture, and Victorian era-style clothing with Goth, Punk and Rivet accents.

-Joss Whedon – Creator of Firefly

-Firefly – A single season tv series about a space ship full of smugglers in their daily lives trying to make a living along with 3 passengers.

-Inara – A character in the movie Firefly, she is a female consort.

-Gwyneth Paltrow – Actress in the movie Emma.

-Emma – A movie adaptation of the Jane Austin novel Emma.

-Kate Beckinsale

-Underworld

-West Wing Wrights – government

-World Inventors – government funded inventors

-Night Wars

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A Blog Novel- Part 1. Exploring the World

-Town Clock

-Field of Metal

-People’s Military

-Monogoggle

-General Joss Reynolds -

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A Blog Novel- Part 2. Choosing a Female Character

Consul Chloe Xavier – the love interest, of the upper class families, western riffle carrying, low level politician of the West Wing Wrights