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Clockpunk Wizard Explained

News Release: Clockpunk Explained

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Clockpunk Wizard Blends Traditional Fantasy with the Gritty Steampunk Genre

Clockpunk Wizard Blends Traditional Fantasy with the Gritty Steampunk Genre

Check out this news release: Clockpunk Explained: Fantasy Author Releases New Tell-All Video at 1888 Press Release.

Here is what they had to say:

“Award-winning author Lita Burke describes the unusual blend of traditional fantasy with the gritty Steampunk genre.”

Author Lita Burke has released a new video that explains the merge of fantasy magical elements and Steampunk into the hybrid genre she calls Clockpunk Wizard. The free video is available for immediate viewing on YouTube.com. Lita Burke’s stories take place in a Renaissance-style world featuring the young Wizard Kadmeion and his half-elf assistant, Sir Bright.

“Many fantasy fans are familiar with Steampunk and its icons of corsets, top hats, and welder goggles…more at 1888 Press Release…

Find Old Bony Blue Eyes on Amazon US, UK, Goodreads, Smashwords, B&N, and Kobo.

Visit YouTube to watch Lita’s video Clockpunk Wizard World and Old Bony Blue Eyes.

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A Magical Curio Shop

News Release: Wrath Takes Honorable Mention

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In Wrath, Learn the Surprising Cause of the Fire That Steals Everything From Tredan and Lanith

In Wrath, Learn the Surprising Cause of the Fire That Steals Everything From Tredan and Lanith

Check out Wrath, Prequel to Tredan’s Bane by Lita Burke Takes Honorable Mention in the 2014 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest at 1888 Press Release. Here is what they had to say:

“In a world packed with irresistible magic, regrettable choices, and an unconquerable foe, Wrath draws you into what one reviewer describes as one of the finest magical combat scenes he has read in some forty years of reading fantasy.”

Author Lita Burke announced today that her fantasy tale, Wrath, Prequel to Tredan’s Bane, was awarded Honorable Mention in the Fiction-Short Story category of the 2014 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest. The Wrath e-book is now available for free on Amazon, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble.

Wrath is a fantasy short story about retired Enchanter Tredan’s desperate fight…more at 1888 Press Release…

See Wrath as the 2014 Honorable Mention winner at Readers’ Favorite.

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Get the Wrath e-book FREE now for Kindle, iPad/iPhone, or Nook.

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An airship in the Clockpunk Wizard world

News Release: See Clockpunk Wizardry

Hop on Your Favorite Steed and Come Take a Look

Hop on Your Favorite Steed and Come Take a Look

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Check out See Clockpunk Wizardry: Fantasy Author Releases New Book Trailer at 1888 Press Release. Here’s what they had to say:

“In a plate-shaped ocean world where Luck, War, and Death are magicians who sing twisty magic, comes the latest book trailer by fantasy writer Lita Burke.”

Author Lita Burke has released a book trailer for the novel Old Bony Blue Eyes, a new story in Ms. Burke’s Clockpunk Wizard series. The free trailer is available for immediate viewing on YouTube.com. It takes place in a Renaissance-style world, where Wizard Kadmeion takes a dangerous trip to Sir Death’s castle to fetch a spell book for a lovelorn dragon.

“One thing I love about the fantasy genre…more at 1888 Press Release

Watch other videos by Lita Burke on YouTube. Read about Lita’s other News Releases. Get Old Bony Blue Eyes now for Kindle, Nook, and iPad/iPhone.

Which Wizard Would Create a Monkey Homunculus?

Monkey Business About Old Bony Blue Eyes

1000 Monkeys at 1000 Typewriters for 1000 Years

1000 Monkeys at 1000 Typewriters for 1000 Years–They Might Write Shakespeare, but Still Wouldn’t Have as Much Fun as the Simians in Old Bony Blue Eyes

Those adorable, clever simians! Lita is a monkey’s uncle auntie over the commotion about Old Bony.

Take a look at what Chris The Story Reading Ape’s New (to me) Authors Blog has to say in a promo about Lita’s Old Bony Blue Eyes. Grab a handy vine and swing over for other fun articles on the Ape’s homepage.

Simians and Wizardry

The fantasy world of Clockpunk Wizard in Old Bony Blue Eyes features wizards who summon minor demons to animate homunculi. Kadmeion and his assistant Sir Bright specialize in clockwork automata, but they have peers who create homunculi from plants–such as mandrake roots–and (shudder) animal bodies. Lita has already explained Kadmeion and Bright’s brand of wizardry elsewhere.

Which Wizard on Sir Death's Island Would Create a Monkey Homunculus?

Which Wizard on Sir Death’s Island Would Create a Monkey Homunculus?

Could a wizard use erstwhile monkeys for automata? Well, yes. Which wizard on Sir Death’s island would do such a horrible thing? The answer might surprise Gentle Reader. Check out Kadmeion’s visit with Sir Death in Old Bony Blue Eyes to discover which wizard would do such monkey business.

Rig Monkeys

In a fantasy world stuffed with the technology of Leonardo da Vinci, Kadmeion’s home is an airship powered by wind and wizardry, and has Copernicus, a clockworks homunculus, as its pilot. Humans and automata work in the topside rigging on airships.

Malfunctioning Rig Monkey

Malfunctioning Rig Monkey

Frequent storms and random magical interferences require rig monkeys to constantly tend airship sails. Because of the harsh topside conditions, automata rig monkeys frequently malfunction.

Bright worked as a rig monkey while attending Agatha University. He finds rope-swinging skills critical in saving his friends in Old Bony, but there is something fishy about the circumstances. Lita will not say anymore–she mustn’t spoil the surprise.

After reading The Story Reading Ape’s promo about Old Bony, if Gentle Reader is curious for more Lita Burke gossip, then take a look at the News Releases page.

Lita is Overcome by All of the Attention

Old Bony Blue Eyes: Featured in End of Summer Releases

Lita's Heart Flutters from the Attention

Lita’s Heart Flutters from the Attention

Oh my. Lita is overcome by all the attention over Old Bony Blue Eyes.

Prattle about Old Bony Blue Eyes

Indies Unlimited announced its roundup of New Late Summer Releases today, and they included Lita’s Old Bony Blue Eyes.

In Old Bony, Wizard Kadmeion and his friends face a dangerous journey to Sir Death’s castle to win a powerful spell book for a love-starved dragon.

If Gentle Reader has not yet embarked on this latest trip to the Clockpunk Wizard world, take a seat in the airship’s forward observation lounge–it has the best views–and start things off with Chapter 1. We drop in on Kadmeion’s assistant, the half-elf Sir Bright, amid a dreadful row with an ill-mannered Goon.

Other Juicy Tidbits

Curious about other hubbub over Lita’s books? Then be sure to check out the News Releases alcove next to the dining room. Still nosey? Then let’s talk. Lita is in the airship’s quercetum with the resident fairies and talking with the Smashwords folks. Also stop by the Interviews library next to Kadmeion’s magical workshop to read more Lita talk.

Which Wizard Would Create a Monkey Homunculus?

News Release: Gentler than Steampunk

Find out why it is nonsense for wizards to have lightning fingers

Find out why it is nonsense for wizards to have lightning fingers

Hooray for the news! 1888 Press Release has posted a news release about Lita Burke’s newest Clockpunk Wizard book, Old Bony Blue Eyes.

Gentler than Steampunk: Clockpunk Author Releases New Book

In a land filled with twisty wizard’s magic and the 16th century technology of Leonardo da Vinci, comes the latest book by fantasy author Lita Burke.

Fantasy author Lita Burke has released Old Bony Blue Eyes, a new story in Ms. Burke’s Clockpunk Wizard series. It is available… (read the rest at 1888 Press Release)

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September, 2013 @ 1888PressRelease.com