Non-fiction Articles and Research:
In a previous life, Karen wrote under ‘Karen Ogden’ (until 1997)
- ‘Extant Dresses in Pisa: Updates on Sewing and Construction Techniques from the Costume Colloquium 2008, Florence (e-Cockatrice, 2011)
- ‘A Possible Pattern for a Florentine Sottona‘ (Cockatrice #34/ #35, 2007)
- ‘Construction of Florentine Women’s Clothing’ published as ‘Medici Tailoring Techniques‘ (Cockatrice #33, 2006)
- What Lies Beneath: Florence Underthings of the first half of the 16th century. (2006)
- ‘Keeping up with the Medici’s‘ (Cockatrice #31)
Special Interest Articles:
- CoZtume (Australian Costumers Guild newsletter) (1990s -current)
- CoZtume 118: Gliding into the Ball: Steampunk Wings Costume Diary (Sept-Oct 2014)
- Australian Realms (Australian Role Playing Magazine) (1990s – as: Karen Ogden)
Issue #13: ‘A Woman’s Scorn: Escaping stereotypes’, (1993)
Issue #15: ‘Hell Hath no Fury: A second look at the role of women in AD&D2E‘, (1994)
Issue #18: ‘Clothes Maketh the Woman: Senisble dressing for female adventurers’ (1994)
(Australian Realms articles on Acaeum Wiki) - Gamers’ Guild club Magazine (1980s)
More Collected Scribblings…
On Steampunk
- Road Trip #4: Grand Tour Wish List (events) (Steampunk Hands Around the World #5, 2018)
- Road Trip #3: Steampunk Festival Port Adelaide (Steampunk Hands Around the World #5, 2018)
- Road Trip #2: Travels Through Time (Steampunk Hands Around the World #5, 2018)
- Road Trip #1: Research Road Trip (Steampunk Hands Around the World #5, 2018)
- Re-imagining a Better World: Steampunk Hands Around the World #4 (2017)
- Firing the Imagination: Steampunk Hands Around the World #3 (2017)
- A Sense of Wonder: Steampunk Hands Around the World #2 (2017)
- A Whimsical Notion: Steampunk Hands Around the World #1 (2017)
- #1 Steampunk Hands Around the World 2016: Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens (2016)
- #2 Steampunk Hands Around the World 2016: Bright Copper Kettles (2016)
- #3 Steampunk Hands Around the World 2016: And Warm Woollen Mittens (2016)
- #4 Steampunk Hands Around the World 2016: Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String (2016)
- #5 Steampunk Hands Around the World 2016: These Are A Few of My Favourite Things. (2016)
- The Steam, the Punk and the Writing (2015)
- #1 Steampunk Hands Around the World 2015 (intro)
- #2 Steampunk Hands: Best of Both Worlds (2015)
- #3 Steampunk Hands: My Local Playground (2015)
- #4 Steampunk Hands: Back to the Future (2015)
- #4 Steampunk Hands: Back to the Future Guest post in Spanish (2015)
- #5 Steampunk Hands: Weapon Workshop (2015)
- #6 Steampunk Hands 2015: Through the Looking Glass
- #7 Steampunk Hands: Welcome to Our Workshops (2015)
- #8 Steampunk Hands: Standing at Attention (2015)
- Writing in the Shadows (gaslamp genre, 2015)
- More Than Just Cogs (2014)
On Writing
- Step 1: Admission (why I write)
- Managing My Writing: Organising Inspirations – Part 1
- Managing My Writing: Organising Inspirations – Part 2
- Of Changes, Achieving Goals and Beating Procrastination
- Where Ideas Come From
- Researching the Bottom of the Iceberg (research for Hunted – on South Australian firsts, SA Police and firearms) 2015
- Self Published vs Traditional Publishing (some facts, figures, pros/cons and discussion). 2015
- A Title by Any Other Name
- Visuals, Prompts and Writing
- Of the Muddle of Middle and Other Inconveniences
- The Middle Syndrome
- … and Ruthless Efficiency (rewrites and edits)
- Of Cameras and Their Point of View
- On Character Development: What was the thinking behind that?
- Plotter or Pantser?
- On Writing, Health and Childhood Dreams. (on writers’ health)
- On Tackling Writers’ Block
- The One Where I Confess to Procrastination (2015)
- The One Where I Kill My Darlings: Rewrites and Edits (2015)
- Writer’s Tool Box: Style (Spec Fic Chic – writers’ group page. 2014)
- Writer’s Tool Box: Scenes (Spec Fic Chic – writers’ group page 2015)
- A Question of Copyright (2013)
- The Lie of the Land (looking at census and maps for story settings) 2013
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