Please welcome Lizzie Blythe, The Electric Girl, a superhero from Cobalt City. Her adventures with the Cobalt City Adventurer’s Club are written by Rosemary Jones in Wrecker of Engines and a number of other Cobalt City titles.
Character Questions
Are you a prodigy or an ordinary person? I was a reporter for a newspaper before Steambolt Edison zapped me. More than a century later, I’m trying to be an ordinary person again, and it’s exciting. The 21st century is very different from the 19th but there’s still dragons and other villains to battle in Cobalt City.
Do you have any pets, and if so, what are they? No pets. Tidwell, he’s the ancient house spirit who takes care of the Adventurers Club where I live, has mentioned acquiring a cat. He says cats arrive when they are needed most. A bit like superheroes.
Author Questions
Do you have a group of writer friends? How are they organized? I belong to one group who meets every Sunday for a writing session. They used to do this in person but these days it is online so I have no excuses for skipping. Even if the weather is crappy or I have a cold, I’ll sign in and do two hours of writing. Or answering questions, like today!
What do you think is important for a writer to succeed? Persistence. You’ll very rarely sell a work on the first try. But you can keep chipping away at your goals. Also you need to define “success” for yourself. Then look to see what the pathways exist to reach that goal. I wanted to write fantasy so I looked for companies publishing the type of fantasy that I like to read and write. Also who was open to working with a writer without an agent. That turned out to be Wizards of the Coast and, later, Aconyte.
Wrecker of Engines
Welcome to Cobalt City, where the adventures keep changing but some superheroes are timeless.
Dive into the complete collection of tales from the Cobalt City’s Adventurers Club. From the gaslight mysteries of the nineteenth century, to mayhem in the twentieth century, to high-tech thrills of the twenty-first century, explore the city with its champions. Meet two generations of Wreckers, American Spirit, Wild Kat, and more. This expanded edition includes the beloved novella “Wrecker of Engines” plus new stories and bonus content.
Rosemary Jones
Rosemary Jones is the author of Wrecker of Engines (Cobalt City Universe/DefCon One), Bootlegger’s Dance (Arkham Horror/Aconyte), Deadly Grimoire (Arkham Horror/Aconyte), Mask of Silver (Arkham Horror/Aconyte), Cold Steel & Secrets (Forgotten Realms/Wizards of the Coast), City of the Dead (Forgotten Realms/Wizards of the Coast), and Crypt of the Moaning Diamond (Forgotten Realms/Wizards of the Coast). Short stories have appeared in The Awakened series, Cobalt City Dragonstorm (DefCon One), Foreshadows (Very Us Artists, distributed by Baen), Close Encounters of the Urban Kind (Apex), Realms of the Dead (Wizards of the Coast), When Hero Comes Home (Dragon Moon Press), and When Villain Comes Home (Dragon Moon Press), among others. Her short story “The Takers” (published in Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown) won the Phobos Award for Best New Voice in Science Fiction. Current projects, social media hangouts, and complete bibliography available at www.rosemaryjones.com.
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