http://renwritings.com Steampunk and Synthesizers Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:29:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the official website for Ren Cummins and the collaborated works of RenWritings; it is presented here as a one-stop-shop to learn about the author's books and the musician's recordings. Please take a moment to review the materials presented here; and feel free to stop back often, as new ... http://renwritings.com/blog/featured-post-e/          The Chronicles of Aesirium is a 6-book science fiction/fantasy series, set in the Steampunk world of Aerthos. Though written for a Young Adult audience, the stories are enjoyed across a much broader audience of young and old alike. The stories revolve around Rom, an eleven year old girl who discovers that not only is ... http://renwritings.com/blog/paperback-and-ebooks/ In "Morrow Stone", we are introduced to another world - an alternate one, as opposed to a world in a galaxy far, far, away. Different rules apply; a different form of cultural and philosophical development exists, but with certain elemental properties deliberately "familiar" to ones from our own history. When developing ... http://renwritings.com/blog/aerthos/ In the Chronicles of Aesirium, although Science and Art/Magic are two central characteristics, the books are still essentially character-driven; the characters themselves are some of my personal favorites among any I've ever written. Rom begins the series as an eleven-year-old orphan girl, with shock-white hair and dark blue eyes. She is ... http://renwritings.com/blog/characters/ Ren Cummins - As potentially evident in the Aerthos books, music has been a significant part of my life. I took violin lessons at seven, followed by the saxophone and choir. In high school I pursued the piano, the guitar and the drums, but above them all the piano jumped ... http://renwritings.com/blog/musi/