tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84961284668532910392024-02-19T22:06:04.713-08:00The Sea Is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast AsiaJhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-42573751817724194402016-03-03T21:40:00.001-08:002016-03-03T21:40:40.797-08:00We are now in Southeast Asia!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Big news!<br />
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<a href="http://gbgerakbudaya.com/bookshop/index.php?main_page=product_book_info&products_id=2918">Gerak Budaya bought the rights to publish and distribute The Sea Is Ours across Southeast Asia</a>! You can buy it from their bookstore in Petaling Jaya, Selangor (Malaysia!) or you can buy it from their website and they will ship it to you!<br />
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If you were looking for a different option for buying the book in North America that's NOT Amazon, <a href="https://rosarium.bookstore.ipgbook.com/the-sea-is-ours-products-9781495607561.php?page_id=32&pid=ROS&byformat=1">consider buying directly from our distributor, IPG</a>!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-47018505993680410842015-12-10T21:12:00.002-08:002015-12-10T21:12:25.471-08:00#SEAsteampunk on SFSignal!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Editrixes Jaymee and Joyce were interviewed recently for SFSignal! Check it out: "<a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2015/12/southeast-asian-steampunk-interview-jaymee-goh-joyce-chng/">Southeast Asian Steampunk</a>"</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-41529998121226605212015-10-31T19:02:00.001-07:002015-10-31T19:02:51.425-07:00More reviews!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Reviews for The SEA is Ours continue to roll in from all corners!<br />
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Here's <a href="https://hercommonplaceblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/24/the-sea-is-ours-review/">one from Her Commonplace Blog</a>, which is interestingly excited and dramatically critical at the same time:<br />
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The intro to the anthology felt really dramatic, but in a good way. Felt quite empowering and inspiring and I challenge any other SEAsian SFF author out there to read it and not feel inspired!! My only issue is that saying “hella queer” in the intro felt a bit out of place, compared to the rest of the tone that is used in the intro. But maybe that’s just me being a bit nitpicky…</blockquote>
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<a href="http://fangirlnation.com/2015/10/26/the-sea-is-ours-tales-from-steampunk-southeast-asia/">FanGirl Nation had really cool adjectives for us</a>: "rich, unexpected, and outstanding." Big words!<br />
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<a href="http://gnomereviews.ca/2015/10/review-the-sea-is-ours/">Gnomes from Gnome Reviews also got to our book</a>! With a satisfying response:<br />
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To readers unfamiliar with Southeast Asian culture and folklore, this book presents many opportunities for learning and research. The gnomes fell down the Wikipedia rabbit hole every time a new location, historical reference, or frightening creature was mentioned. This meant that it took (a lot) longer to finish the collection, but they learned a lot and were able to fully understand the stories.</blockquote>
Why yes, yes, that is part of the point.<br />
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Sean Wright, the Bookanaut, took a while to read our anthology, but despite <a href="https://twitter.com/SeandBlogonaut/status/660617358029946880">two hard drive crashes</a>, he gave us <a href="http://bookonaut.blogspot.com/2015/10/book-reviewthe-sea-is-ours-eds-jaymee.html">a wonderful review</a>:<br />
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An intriguing selection that is reminiscent of Alternative Alamat in some ways. This *is* steampunk, but where that might cause potential readers to roll eyes and think "not another clockwork collection", <i>The Sea is Ours</i> is much more South East Asian alternative history and is all the better for it. The steampunk is subtle in most cases and where it isn't it’s original.</blockquote>
Yessssssss @ at that shoutout to <i>Alternative Alamat</i>, edited by contributor Paolo Chikiamco! </div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-71547794391655938572015-10-23T18:52:00.000-07:002015-10-31T18:52:46.505-07:00IndieGoGo Campaign End<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On Oct 23rd, we finished our IndieGoGo campaign at $10,101, or some 125% of our original goal. Which means we achieved the Teacher's Edition! And have some extra for future awesome projects! Thanks to everyone who donated, and supported us by signal boosting our campaign.<br />
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Perks will be sent out when our publisher gets back from Europe at the end of November. He practically lives at the post office when sending out perks, so please be patient!<br />
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Thanks again, and we'll see you when we see you! </div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-48051740111384802242015-10-08T11:33:00.000-07:002015-10-08T11:33:05.627-07:00IndieGoGo has hit 100%!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-sea-is-ours-tales-of-steampunk-southeast-asia/x/10629128#/">We just hit 100% funded on our IndieGoGo campaign today</a>! With still 16 days left, there's plenty of time to order the book directly from our publisher, and get ebooks besides. If we hit $9,000, we will also develop a teaching edition of the anthology. Please continue supporting us! We appreciate every cent. </div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-42163821887761808682015-10-05T08:27:00.001-07:002015-10-05T08:27:04.291-07:00Pandora Society Interview<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ofeibea Loveless of Airship Ashanti was very kind to<a href="http://thepandorasociety.com/southeast-asian-writers-storm-steampunk-in-new-anthology/"> interview the editrixes for the Pandora Society</a>!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-79350808465041507812015-09-28T23:13:00.003-07:002015-09-28T23:13:21.479-07:00Free stuff!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For the month of the campaign, contributors Timothy Dimacali and Paolo Chikiamco are making some previous work available for free!<br />
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In "<a href="http://flipreads.com/Skygypsies">Skygypsies</a>," Timothy teams up with John Raymond Bumanglag to give us a look into a possible future for the Badjau people, who are also known as 'seagypsies.' (The Malay-speaking world may recognize that name, though we spell it "Bajau.")<br />
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"<a href="http://www.salimbalcomics.com/comic/high-society">High Society</a>" is Paolo's collaboration with artist Hannah Buena, a story set in the Animata universe that Paolo's story in <i>The SEA is Ours</i> is part of. Anti-colonial pushback from the spirits of the land!<br />
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Enjoy!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-91474153810038667902015-09-26T13:03:00.004-07:002015-09-28T11:57:41.145-07:00Starred Review!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This just in: <i>The SEA Is Ours</i> received a <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4956-0756-1"><b>Starred Review</b> from <i>Publishers Weekly</i></a>!<br />
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A couple of lines from the review:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">The tropes and trappings of steampunk alternate history bind together this exciting anthology of stories set in and inspired by the broadly defined region of Southeast Asia (SEA). ... </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">Even the slighter stories have the craft, perspective, and components that merit savoring, and the finest would be worth considering for any year’s best anthology.</span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody;">Congratulations to our writers! <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-sea-is-ours-tales-of-steampunk-southeast-asia/x/10629128#/story">Our IndieGoGo continues apace</a>!</span></div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-33625438379510861052015-09-26T02:36:00.001-07:002015-09-26T02:36:52.211-07:0050% Funded!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As of the third day, <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-sea-is-ours-tales-of-steampunk-southeast-asia/x/10629128#/story">our IndieGoGo is now 51% funded</a>!<br />
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A special thanks goes to <b>Anna Gustafsson Chen</b>, whose donation pushed us over the 50% mark!<br />
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Joyce and Jaymee recorded more videos as goofy update bonuses for little milestones, so when we got to 40%, we uploaded one for viewing pleasure! Here we are talking about Singapore's supertrees and crystal domes.<br />
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Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-89779285925368009592015-09-24T23:28:00.005-07:002015-09-24T23:28:59.340-07:00New Special Guest Reward!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-sea-is-ours-tales-of-steampunk-southeast-asia/x/10629128#/story">Our fundraiser continues apace</a>! Today we hit 38% funded. The Dean Alfar Short Story and Eve Shi Novel rewards are still up for grabs.<br />
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Also, romance novelist <a href="http://www.jeannielin.com/books/">Jeannie Lin</a> is joining our roster of Special Guests! For $150, you get all the perks plus your name incorporated into her next steampunk short story!<br />
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Jeannie's latest work includes <i>The Gunpowder Chronicles</i> series of steampunk romance novels set around the Opium Wars. Many of her novels are set in Tang Dynasty China.<br />
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Keep an eye out for Jeannie's Special Guest Reward!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-67400279441061805822015-09-24T23:13:00.002-07:002015-09-24T23:13:22.118-07:00Asian American Press mention!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We're up on Asian American Press! Friend Bryan once interviewed editrixes Jaymee and Joyce, and <a href="http://aapress.com/arts/books/anthology-the-sea-is-ours-tales-of-steampunk-southeast-asia/#">the IGG campaign gets a mention in the main news section under Books</a>!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-83747695948505745782015-09-23T21:57:00.000-07:002015-09-23T21:57:15.627-07:00Official Press Release<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />
Contact: sea.steampunk@gmail.com</div>
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Maryland—Small publisher Rosarium Publishing will release <i>The SEA Is Ours: Tales of Steampunk
Southeast Asia</i> this fall. </div>
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Edited by
Singaporean novelist Joyce Chng and Malaysian writer and critic Jaymee Goh,
this anthology redefines steampunk from a Southeast Asian perspective. Usually
described as Victorian science fiction, steampunk has quickly gained critical
mass from its disparate beginnings as a niche aesthetic into a world-wide
subcultural movement. Multicultural steampunk has always been part of its
development, exemplified by works such as James Ng’s <i>Imperial Steamworks</i> art pieces, Elizabeth LaPensée’s short film
“The Path Without End,” and anthologies like<i>
STEAMFUNK!</i> and <i>Steampunk World</i>. <i>The SEA Is Ours</i> is the first collection
to curate steampunk stories from across Southeast Asia and its diaspora. </div>
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Both
editors have long been involved in speculative fiction. Joyce Chng is the
author of several urban fantasy and Young Adult novels written from a
Singaporean perspective. Jaymee Goh, currently a PhD Candidate at the
University of California, Riverside, has published short fiction and poetry,
including a series of short stories set in a re-imagined Malaysia uncolonized
by the West. Both are also consistent critics of the genre’s Eurocentrism. “We
felt unsatisfied by representations of Southeast Asia in most of speculative
fiction,” Goh says in an interview with Asian American Press, “and felt very
strongly that steampunk would be a really great way of talking about the myriad
histories in the region.”</div>
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<i>The SEA Is Ours</i> will feature writers
from Southeast Asia and beyond, with steampunk stories set in Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. A blend of previously
published writers and upcoming names, it is Southeast Asian not only in name
but in essence, with 11 of its 12 writers being Southeast Asian or of Southeast
Asian descent. Each story will have an accompanying illustration challenging
common steampunk-associated visuals. </div>
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Rosarium
Publishing made a splash in speculative fiction with its 2013 anthology <i>Mothership: Tales of Afrofuturism and Beyond</i>.
Since then it has published several ongoing comic titles such as <i>Kid Code</i> by graphic arts professor John
Jennings, <i>DayBlack</i> by tattoo artist
Keef Cross, and <i>The Little Red Fish</i>
by designer Bizhan Khodabandeh. Its oeuvre includes young adult comic <i>Malice in Ovenland</i> by Micheline Hess, adult
graphic memoir <i>J<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>ennifer’s
Journal</i> by Jennifer Cruté, and satirical novel <i>Koontown Killing Kaper</i> by founder Bill Campbell. Its most recent
anthology release was <i>Stories for Chip: A
Tribute to Samuel R. Delany</i>, which received high critical praise.</div>
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<i>The SEA Is Ours</i> is set for a November 1,
2015 release. Its fundraising campaign runs September 23 to October 22, 2015.
More information is available at http://igg.me/at/TheSEAisOurs. Further
information and updates can be found at its blog
(http://sea-steampunk.blogspot.com/) and Facebook Page
(https://www.facebook.com/SoutheastAsianSteampunk). The editors can be reached
for further comment through email (sea.steampunk@gmail.com) or through Twitter
at @jolantru (Joyce Chng) and @jhameia (Jaymee Goh).</div>
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Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-35995308809029025562015-09-23T10:14:00.001-07:002015-09-23T10:14:06.728-07:00IndieGoGo Campaign has Launched!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-sea-is-ours-tales-of-steampunk-southeast-asia/x/10629128#/story">We have just launched our IndieGoGo campaign</a>! We are aiming for $8,000 (and have optimistically added stretch goals!) and our perks include a Singaporean speculative microfiction anthology edited by editrix Joyce and fellow Singaporean writer J.Y. Yang, and a steampunk Shakespeare anthology edited by editrix Jaymee and steampunk publisher Matthew Delman of the now defunct Doc Fantastique Books!<br />
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Hope you like the perks! </div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-6121960380927581202015-09-21T22:04:00.001-07:002015-09-21T22:04:25.101-07:00Fundraiser Special Guests!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We are excited to announce that for the IndieGoGo campaign, we will have Special Guest Rewards!<br />
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You will have a chance to be written into a short story by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dean.alfar">Dean Francis Alfar</a>, <a href="https://beekian.wordpress.com/">Benjanun Sriduangkaew</a>, or <a href="http://www.ceciliatan.com/">Cecilia Tan</a>!<br />
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Or become poem-stuff (that gets eaten by an eldritch horror) in a poem by <a href="http://thaoworra.blogspot.com/">Bryan Thao Worra</a>!<br />
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Or transform into a character in one of <a href="http://lilac-eve.net/">Eve Shi</a>'s Indonesian pop novels!<br />
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Or get short story critiques by <a href="http://rcloenenruiz.com/">Rochita Loenen-Ruiz</a> or <a href="http://www.mythopoetica.com/">Nin Harris</a>!<br />
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Check back! Check back often! They will go up slowly over the course of the month. We start with Dean and Bryan in conjunction with <a href="http://www.strangehorizons.com/fund_drives/2015/main.shtml">Strange Horizon's fund drive</a>! </div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-87444255922482270732015-09-20T08:45:00.002-07:002015-09-20T08:45:51.323-07:00Review from Germany! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Early reviews of The SEA Is Ours ARCs keep coming in! This one is from <a href="http://daily-steampunk.com/steampunk-blog/2015/09/20/review-the-sea-is-ours-tales-of-steampunk-southeast-asia/">Marcus Gilman from Germany</a>! It's quite exciting to see our stuff in other non-British and non-North American hands. A little of what he had to say about our little anthology:<br />
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The SEA is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia is beautiful, exciting, and it makes your inner Steampunk landscape more complete. It also reminds you that there are cultures in this part of the world Europeans and North Americans usually know so little about, that are older than our own, that have their own histories, stories and ways to deal with the world.</blockquote>
Check it out, and also check out the whole site, <a href="http://daily-steampunk.com/steampunk-blog/">Traveler's Steampunk Blog</a>! </div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-60817239605885428732015-09-03T18:57:00.003-07:002015-09-03T18:57:39.549-07:00#SEAsteampunk on Goodreads!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25362894-the-sea-is-ours">The SEA Is Ours is now on Goodreads</a>! Check out all the early reviews of the anthology!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-62547051634346766062015-08-19T22:29:00.002-07:002015-08-19T22:29:20.177-07:00#SEAsteampunk @ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviews!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Chris Meadows of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviews <a href="http://sfandfreviews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/the-sea-is-ours-jaymee-goh-joyce-chng.html">got to our anthology</a>, and gave us a 4 out of 5 stars on NetGalley even! It's hard to pick out singular nice things he said about us, but his concluding paragraph is really nice:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.1999998092651px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px;">Is this a collection worth reading? If you’re looking for something different, absolutely. It promises, and delivers, a series of compelling imaginative journeys, often showing off new directions, and conceptual spaces I, for one, was unfamiliar with – and delighted to be introduced to. On that basis – yes, this one is worth a read!</span></blockquote>
Thanks, Chris!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-34098410303651174002015-08-17T06:52:00.000-07:002015-08-17T06:52:08.708-07:00Our first review!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
AllOurWorlds has <a href="https://allourworlds.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/anthology-the-sea-is-ours/">a review of The SEA Is Ours</a>, the first of hopefully more!<br />
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An excerpt:<br />
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These stories fit an enormous amount of character and creativity into a small space, never relying on awkward exposition or “explaining” either the culture or the plot points. They characters exist without having to justify themselves to the audience. And the diversity goes beyond race and culture; there are some queer characters, some disabled characters. Most focus on women, women as inventors, leaders, explorers, and on women of different backgrounds working together- a nicely feminist tilt that’s becoming more prominent in steampunk.</blockquote>
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Huzzah, thank you! </div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-83343637862996136462015-08-06T01:13:00.001-07:002015-08-06T01:13:24.603-07:00NetGalley!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The SEA Is Ours is <a href="https://s2.netgalley.com/catalog/book/71818">now available on NetGalley</a>! If you are a science fiction reviewer looking for a fresh take on steampunk and/or Southeast Asia, click through and get the preview now! (And if you know a science fiction reviewer looking for a cool new anthology to review, let them know about us!)</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-65219723259756761732015-07-26T07:17:00.000-07:002015-07-26T07:17:59.504-07:00Interview with Editrix!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Friend Bryan Thao Worra had a chat with editrix Joyce Chng at his blog, On The Other Side of the Eye. <a href="http://thaoworra.blogspot.sg/2015/07/full-steam-ahead-catching-up-with-j.html">Check it out</a>!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-14690644728173947412015-06-22T12:01:00.002-07:002015-06-22T12:01:44.549-07:00THE SEA IS OURS on Asian American Press!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our friend and fellow SEAsian steampunk from the Laos side of the region, Bryan Thao Worra, interviewed editrix Jaymee recently for Asian American Press! "<a href="http://aapress.com/community/to-the-seas-and-beyond-an-interview-with-jaymee-goh/">To The SEAs And Beyond</a>" (which sounds like it should be its own anthology or TV series title) is now up for reading at your leisure!<br />
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Thanks, Bryan!<br />
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Check out his blog, <a href="http://thaoworra.blogspot.com/">On The Other Side Of The Eye</a>!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-90324907945195270662015-06-17T23:27:00.000-07:002015-06-17T23:27:47.661-07:00The SEA Is Ours on Social Media<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you have a variety of social media and would like to keep abreast of <i>The SEA Is Ours</i>, you can find us a few places:<br />
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Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SoutheastAsianSteampunk">https://www.facebook.com/SoutheastAsianSteampunk</a><br />
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On Twitter, search for the #SEAsteampunk hashtag! <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SEAsteampunk&src=typd">https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SEAsteampunk&src=typd</a><br />
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Joyce and Jaymee are on Twitter as <a href="https://twitter.com/jolantru">@jolantru</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/jhameia">@jhameia</a> respectively.<br />
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Some of our writers are also available on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/zmquynh">@zmquynh</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/what_ho_olivia">@what_ho_olivia</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/boygainvillea">@boygainvillea</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/alessahinlo">@alessahinlo</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/anitero">@anitero</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/tjdimacali">@tjdimacali</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/wulfettenoire">@wulfettenoire</a><br />
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Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-32268727157262365692015-06-03T14:10:00.000-07:002015-06-03T14:10:00.494-07:00Link: The Pandora Society Interviews Nisi Shawl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ofeibea Loveless of the Airship Ashanti <a href="http://thepandorasociety.com/sci-fi-writer-nisi-shawl-talks-steampunk/">recently interviewed SF writer Nisi Shawl for the Pandora Society</a>. Nisi is an editor and writer, and recently put together <a href="http://rosarium.bookstore.ipgbook.com/stories-for-chip-products-9781495601958.php">STORIES FOR CHIP, the Samuel Delany tribute anthology also forthcoming from our publisher Rosarium</a>! She gave our humble anthology a little shoutout in her interview!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-77381790891636801502015-06-01T11:05:00.000-07:002015-06-01T11:05:00.476-07:00Link: Hari Ragat Games on SEAsian RPG Worldbuilding<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
World-building is often a stressful exercise for those of us who have no reference points for beginning, especially in non-European settings. We use our own countries / heritages as a starting point, but often, we know very little of neighbouring countries and how it comes together into regional politics.<br />
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Hari Ragat Games has a series of blogposts on the matter! In the <a href="http://hariragat.blogspot.com/2014/03/building-southeast-asian-settings-part-i.html">first post on Building Southeast Asian Settings</a>, he references the weather, geography, and religious influences on the local architecture. It's very useful to consider the monsoon when worldbuilding in steampunk, because the environment very much influences what kind of technologies we will build.<br />
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The <a href="http://hariragat.blogspot.com/2014/04/on-southeast-asian-settings-part-ii.html">second post is on "The Bamboo Network,"</a> following the flow of Chinese migration, as well as a brief outline of the histories of the various empires across Southeast Asia. Buncha ships, which is also very important to consider when writing in the maritime countries of SEAsia (which are the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam).<br />
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For the landlocked countries, Hari has <a href="http://hariragat.blogspot.com/2014/05/highland-southeast-asia-for-your.html">a post on the highlands and a bit of highlander culture</a>, which historically resist nation-state configurations of identity, economy, and politics. Hopefully, we'll see more stories featuring these peoples as time goes by!</div>
Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985629384463009968noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496128466853291039.post-30088006096012729022015-05-28T10:17:00.000-07:002015-05-28T10:17:00.501-07:00Link: Pinoy-Culture Official Reference List<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Pinoy-Culture on Tumblr is dedicated to showcasing the diversity of the Philippines.<a href="http://pinoy-culture.com/post/117734621236/so-about-2-years-ago-i-made-a-pre-colonial"> This post is a reference links list that is broken down according to four sections</a>. It's a thorough read, and extremely educational.<br />
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<a href="http://pinoy-culture.com/">Check out the rest of Pinoy-Culture.com</a>!</div>
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