Oxley Stories

Author D. L. Mackenzie collaborates with Pete Oxley in this steam-powered collaborative writing project. Learn how to improve your stories by following along as we dismantle, examine, and reassemble Pete's steampunk fantasy story concept with the goal of getting it completed and published, with helpful insights from some of Wattpad's best writers.

Kahit na ganito lang ako mataas ang standard ko sa isang lalake pero sabi nga nila mawawala ang ideal boy/girl mo kapag tinamaan ka talaga sa unexpected na tao. Sabi nga nila may rason kung bakit nagiging masama ang ugali ng isang tao. everything happens for a reason ika nga nila.

(Or, Developing the Series of Stories Which Became Known As "The Infernal Aether") My warts-and-all, live blogged account of the development of The Infernal Aether (original working title "Mister D"). @dlmackenzie is going to be editing and helping the development of the story with a view to publication to (hopefully!) a wide audience. He is blogging his side on his site under the title "Editing Mister D". This is my side of the tale. Strap in and enjoy the ride...

Pearl Oxley is one of the lead oceanographers at the University of San Diego. When she's finally allowed to set out on a research vessel to test out new technology she and her partner had been developing for months, she becomes overwhelmed by the essence of the world around her and is taken back to the day she became determined to stop what little wonder remains in the ocean from being completely destroyed.