Editor’s Note: Here at the East Nashville Blog we all consider ourselves patrons of the arts, and even more so when they’re local. So when East Nashville writer Nick Valentino asked if he could write a guest post, we were happy to say yes.
Greetings Fellow East Nashvillians,
My name is Nick Valentino and I want to thank the East Nashville Blog for letting me come here today and guest blog.
The reason for my visit is that I’m on a thirty day blog tour in support of my first published novel, a Steampunk story called Thomas Riley published by Echelon Press. (Today is day eighteen of the tour.)
If you don’t know what the Steampunk genre is, I like to describe it as a Patterson House-styled drink. Chill 1 part Jules Verne, mix with two parts Indiana Jones, add a mixer of H.G. Wells, and for flavor twist in a little Frankenstein. So if you’re into science fiction, alternative history or mad scientists with steam powered inventions, keep reading.
Here’s a little more about Thomas Riley:
For more than twenty years West Canvia and Lemuria have been at war. From the safety of his laboratory, weapons designer Thomas Riley has cleverly and proudly empowered the West Canvian forces. But when a risky alchemy experiment goes horribly wrong, Thomas and his wily assistant Cynthia Bassett are thrust onto the front lines of battle and forced into shaky alliances with murderous sky pirates in a deadly race to kidnap the only man who can undo the damage: the mad genius behind Lemuria’s cunning armaments.
As for me, I’ve lived in Nashville my entire life but I’m relatively new to East Nashville. When you make a move like I did, the places you visit regularly change. Instead of going to Fido or Starbucks to write, I don’t know what good places to write in the East are. So, let me know what you think the best places to write in East Nashville are. If you’re not a writer, where do you see people writing? Hm, it would almost be a good category for “Best of Nashville”.
You can find out more about Nick’s book at http://sirthomasriley.com. Signed copies are available for purchase at http://thomasriley.bigcartel.com/ or http://www.echelonpress.com.
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Bongo Java East, at the Five Points intersection is popular- although I see people writing at the tables outside more often than inside. Best of luck with the Steampunk!
Lindsey