Me? I absolutely love it. Instead of feeling uncomfortable, I get fascinated. I get to see how someone else imagines my work. It's like getting a peek into a reader's head. Whenever one of my books comes out on audio, I can't wait to listen.
All four books will drop at once, though the first one in the series is The Doomsday Vault. The cover blurb goes:
A bizarre strain of zombies roam the streets of Victorian London, infecting all they touch with the Clockwork Plague. While most victims die painful deaths, a few become Clockworkers, geniuses who create the greatest inventions of the age—right before going insane.
The plague has also taken its toll on the life of twenty-two-year-old Alice Michaels. After her mother and brother die from the disease because of her, she feels obligated to ensure her father’s happiness. Unfortunately, that means ignoring her passion for automatons and instead, pursuing the wealthiest man possible.
But when zombies attack Alice’s cab, being tied down in a loveless marriage is the least of her worries. She is quickly swept up into a secret organization chasing down Clockworkers—and into the arms of Gavin Ennock, a former airship cabin boy and talented fiddle player. Together they will navigate a political conspiracy that threatens to consume their country and the world ...
Check out the cover. I'll hit you all up again when they come out!
My agent sold the book (series) to Penguin (now Penguin Random House), but they said that since my real name was tied to low sales of my second novel, they wanted me under a pen name so the bookstore computers would see me as a new author, and order books accordingly. I begrudgingly started writing as Steven Harper, and have used that name for nearly all my novels.
At first, I didn't like this. I wanted MY NAME on my books. Since then, I've realized my pen name is probably for the better--few people can reliably spell or pronounce "Piziks," (it rhymes with "physics," for the record), and it's easier for readers to find Steven Harper than it is for them to find Steven Piziks.
I started using Harper as my unofficial middle name when I appeared at conventions or conferences, introducing myself as Steven Harper Piziks so people would know Steven Harper and Steven Piziks are the same person. Eventually--in no small part because I hate my birth middle name but also because I got married--I legally changed my name to Steven Harper McClary-Piziks.
So instead of my middle name becoming my pen name, my pen name became my legal middle name! Life takes us into strange places.
Kimmer also reviewed the novel. She calls it “thrilling, surprising and highly engaging . . . a gasp-worthy page-turner that you won’t want to put down.” Go see! http://www.kimmerseroticbookbanter.com/2019/07/03/review-the-importance-of-being-kevin-by-steven-harper/ http://www.kimmerseroticbookbanter.com/2019/07/03/review-the-importance-of-being-kevin-by-steven-harper/
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