Deborah J. Ross reviewed THE CLOCKWORK DETECTIVE and apparently liked it:
The last
couple of years have brought a slew of wonderful steampunk adventures with
resourceful, kick-ass heroines, and this one by McCandless is a worthy
addition. Aubrey Hartmann is a veteran of recent war, having lost the lower
part of one leg, and now works as a constable. Her prosthetic is a clockwork
device that needs to be rewound regularly and isn’t a perfect fit but does keep
her mobile, if in pain. As a result, she’s become addicted to laudanum (opium).
Her current assignment involves investigating the murder of a druwyd (druid,
local witch-doctor holy man) in a little town near the Fae-ruled Dark Wood.
Here is where the world-building of The Clockwork Detective sharply
deviates from the usual Victorian gears-and-whistles steampunk. Magic is not only
real, it’s part of everyday life, and the human wars are overshadowed by the
possibility of a terrible conflict with the Fae.
She
then reached out to me for an interview:
Here I
chat with the author about his inspiration, his future projects, and his advice
for aspiring writers.
Deborah J. Ross: Tell
us a little about yourself. How did you come to be a writer?
R.A. McCandless: I
came out writing, which was a weird delivery for the doctor. But really, I
found myself telling stories early in grade school. We'd have assignments to
write a complete sentence using a set of vocabulary words, and I'd get bored
with that. Instead, I'd use the words to tell a short story. From there, it was
only a short jaunt to writing my own stories.
Dragons
are one of my chief inspirations. I've only included one once, in a short
story. But any world where dragons can conceivably exist—please and thank you!
That's almost any fantasy or science fiction story, which creates a broad
palette for me to enjoy. From there, it's a hop, skip, and a wardrobe journey
into another world that I'm fascinated to start exploring and sharing.
Thank
you so much for the opportunity Deborah!
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