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Ep 432: Silver & Smith Chronicles

Travis wrote another book! Join Ed and Andrea as they interview the host of Talk of the Tavern about his latest Cyberpulp novel!

Ep 63: Real Science in SciFi

How much REAL science should be in your fictional SciFi worlds? Robert Turk and Aaron Kennedy join Travis I. Sivart to discuss the formula to use!

Ep 431: Separating Significant Others

Some people like to keep their friends away from the person they're in a relationship, and visa versa. But why is that? Does it make sense, or does it point at ulterior motives? Travis is joined by Crystal, Ed, and Andrea to debate the pros and cons of this topic.

Ep 62: Heavy Topics Made Light

Some subjects can be a real drag, just too heavy to even consider. But what if you really want to take that on? What do you do to make it light enough to conquer? Laura Parkinson and Crystal Wood join Travis I. Sivart to discuss the many things you can do in this case!

Ep 430: Superstition

It's the little things that people believe that makes all the difference. Things like the lumber aisle in Home Depot is in need of an exorcism because of the lost souls of trees. Ed, Crystal, Andrea, and Travis come together to discuss various beliefs.

Writing Addiction

I can't stop. I am an addict.

People often ask writers how long they have been a writer. When I have been asked this question in the past I often shrugged and told them when I was first published. It was a poem near the turn of the millennium. But recently I have been having small epiphanies of things in my past that point to me being a writer long before I realized I was.

In my youth, before my teenage years, I was an avid reader. I would devour books in a very short time and ask for more. And...

Adventures at ConTemporal

Originally posted on Steampunk Chronicle on 7/8/2013 5:12:05 PM. You can read the original here.

Correspondant Travis Sivart gives us an overview of his adventures at ConTemporal! I attend conventions for my Steampunk-themed radio show, Sounds of Steam, as well as for my personal enjoyment. I am considered press and try to keep that point of view when attending, and see a little bit of everything so I can share the complete experience with others. Each convention I have been to is different f...

Educational Steaminess

Originally published at Steampunk Chronicle on 1/4/2013 6:43:00 PM. See original here.

Correspondent Travis Sivart reviews A Steampunk's Guide to Sex

I opened A Steampunk's Guide to Sex with no expectations, but was still blutterbunged with what I would find and learn from this cliff notes version of history, sex education, entertainment guide, and DIY manual of Victorian and Steampunk intimacy. To say this book was a surprise would be an understatement.

From Combustion Books, a publisher that...

Building the City of Steam��

Originally post on Steampunk Chronicleon 12/11/2012 12:22:09 AM. Read the original here.

Correspondent Travis Sivart reviews the beta for City of Steam. A free to play Steampunk Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) that is browser based? Yeah, they did it. City of Steam by Mechanist Games is in Beta testing right now, but I have been lucky enough to be able to experience it firsthand. Their site describes it as, “City of Steam is a Free-to play 3D expansive online RPG set during a revolution of c...

Building the City of Steam

Originally post on Steampunk Chronicleon 12/11/2012 12:22:09 AM. Read the original here.

Correspondent Travis Sivart reviews the beta for City of Steam. A free to play Steampunk Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) that is browser based? Yeah, they did it. City of Steam by Mechanist Games is in Beta testing right now, but I have been lucky enough to be able to experience it firsthand. Their site describes it as, “City of Steam is a Free-to play 3D expansive online RPG set during a revolution of c...