He still lives in West Virginia with his dog and three cats, collections of antiques, DVD movies, vintage computers, and video game consoles, and is currently working on a Milk Of Ruin artbook and a second novel set in the Milk Of Ruin universe.
He did that for several years before getting the creative urge to write again. After a short career marked most notably by starvation and extreme poverty, he decided to become a grease monkey and repair small engines for a living and just continue drawing as a hobby.
He won several state and school awards for writing, then gave it up after college to become a failed comic book artist. After high school he became the lead guitarist for a completely unknown rock band, then in a beer-induced coma, attended Marshall University for four years as a Creative Writing major. As a teen he learned to use a metal lathe and milling machine and became a hobby machinist interested mostly in steam engines. He grew up hunting and fishing and hiking the hills and mountains around his family home. Tim Wellman was born and raised in West Virginia. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. It's a post-apocalyptic, steampunk, weird west, fantasy adventure! It's a feel-good, fun, and sometimes violent and brutal good time. but most importantly it's a book about what it means to be human. Milk Of Ruin is a book about friendship, discovery, adventure, danger, anarchy. Life as they all know it is about the change forever. Why not? They certainly have the skills to survive anywhere! But things change when they decide to help Pip and the professor on their journey. Beryl and Ella, friends since childhood, are happy being bandits and living in the wastelands together. After years of his daily visits and his countless plans and schemes continuously bombarding her ears, she finally gives in and together they set off into the wastelands seeking adventure, freedom, fortune. Eternal dreamer and Pip's best (and only) friend, Professor Herfmeier is bored with his world at the university. Pip, a small dark child, despised and discriminated against by most people, is frightened of the world beyond her safe library basement.
Only the foolish and most adventurous journeyed into the wastelands, braving the bandits, killers, rapists, slavers, thieves, and even mutated creatures, in search of something more than just living and dying in the relatively safe but strict and boring cities. America had become a land of steam power, gunfighters, and uncertainty once again. What remained was a brutal wasteland dotted with small, independent cities and towns. Gone was petroleum-based energy, gone was electricity, gone were the mega-cities and states and governments. You may apply for multiple classes.After civilization was beaten back by natural disaster after disaster, a defeated but defiant new world emerged. Scholarships are given out on a rolling basis I suggest getting them in sooner rather than later. The Plunkett Scholarships are named for Edward Plunkett, who wrote as Lord Dunsany. QUILTBAG and PoC candidates are especially encouraged to apply. To apply for a Plunkett, which covers the entire cost, mail me and tell me why you want to take the class in 100 words or less. Each class has three slots reserved for such students, and the sole criteria is only that you can’t currently afford the class. Upon receiving that, I will send you an invoice.įree scholarships: If you cannot afford a class but really want to take one, apply for a Plunkett Scholarship. If you’re a new student, please let me know how you found out about the classes!.Whether you would prefer to pay via Paypal, check, Venmo, or some other means.Remind me if you support me on Patreon or have already taken a class with me so you can get the special rate.Which class or classes and the dates you are registering for.To register for this class, mail me with the following details: Live classes are taught online and require a reliable Internet connection, although in the past participants have logged on from coffee shops, cafes, and even an airplane a webcam is suggested but not required.Ĭost is $99 ($79 for former students, which includes classes/workshops with me in other venues, such as conference or convention workshops and mentoring sessions). A combination of lecture, discussion, and in-class writing exercises will help you apply new techniques and insights immediately to your own work.Īn on-demand version of this course available here.
#Steampunk weird west plus#
Plus we’ll do some fun writing exercises.
#Steampunk weird west how to#
How to Write Steampunk & Weird Western will cover gathering and using historical details, ethical implications of both genres, basic mechanical concepts, economic underpinnings, creating texture, dialogue considerations, and more. The next workshop is Saturday, Octo1:00-3:00 PM Pacific Time.
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