Video: Why Authors Both Love & Hate Audiobooks – Plus Mustaches & Horrifying Confessions (Q&A with Gail Carriger)

In this month’s Facebook Live I talk quite a bit about audio & audiobooks, Lord Akeldama in the 1920s & the REAL reason I travel.

So without further ado, Gentle Reader, here I am waxing loquacious on…

Audiobooks!

Why Gail loves audio, why she hates it, and how it affects her as an author.

Also: mustaches, much love for Murder by the Book, some hints on future stories, and confessions of a competitive typer. Professor Braithwope’s “Whot whot?” is actually a secret author trick, Gail talks about why.

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Audiobooks

Gail blogs more about audiobooks here.

Narrators, does Gail get to pick them herself and how does she choose?

• Moira Quirk narrates Finishing School & Custard Protocol.
• Emily Gray narrates Parasol Protectorate.
• Kirt Graves does The Sumage Solution.
• Emma Newman narrates Romancing the Inventor. Gail would love to use her again. However, it might be a while and Gail explains why. Also Emma’s fantastic podcast, Tea & Jeopardy, just won a Hugo Award!

Behind the Writerbeast

• Upcoming short stories? Gail discusses writing The Hedgehog Incident (NOT the title). She’ll let the Chirrup know when she has more details.
• Gail gets uncomfortable about being a genre writer amongst a bunch of literati. Ulysses at breakfast! The horror, the horror.
• Sneaky spoiler drop for How to Marry a Werewolf.
• Where is the manga? (FAQ #2) & full blog post.

Book Talk!

Find Gail’s book group, Coop de Book, on Goodreads!

• Everyone’s favorite pick? Uprooted!
• Anne Leckie’s Ancillary Justice & Le Guin’s Left Hand of Darkness come up during a discussion on gender fluidity.
• Shout out to Lee & Miller’s Liaden universe
• What’s Gail’s favorite manga? Black Butler. She also reads a lot of yaoi.

Gerbles

• Tea recommendations: Twinnings 1706 Strong & Yorkshire Gold.
• Gail will hopefully be in Dublin (hopefully) in 2019. (NOT next year.)
• Where does Gail stay in London?
• 1920s evening pajamas.

Next Facebook Live

Nov 13, 4pm PST | Facebook Live! Romancing the Werewolf Launch Event!

Gail will be doing a live video Q&A on her Facebook Author Page. Come say hi and ask any burning questions about Biffy & Lyall a week after the release.

{Coop de Book: Gail’s monthly read along for September is The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip.}

SCRIBBLES ROUND UP

• Romancing the Werewolf ~ A Supernatural Society Novella
  Status: RELEASE DATE Nov 5, 2017
  Gay reunion romance featuring your favorite reluctant werewolf dandy, the return of a certain quietly efficient Beta, and some unexpected gifts. Add this book on Goodreads.

• Competence ~ Custard Protocol Book 3
  Status: Editing.
  Third in the Custard Protocol series featuring Primrose, Rue, and all their crazy friends. Add this book on Goodreads.

• Meat Cute ~ A Parasolverse Short
  Status: Rough draft complete. Layaway.
  Possible anchor short story for Secret Project A or SS collected/omnibus in 2018 or 2019.

• How to Marry a Werewolf (In 10 Easy Steps) ~ A Claw & Courtship Novella
  Status: Rough draft complete. Layaway.
  Featuring a certain white wolf we all love to hate (except those of us weirdos who love to love him). Coming 2018. Add this book on Goodreads.

• TOC ~ San Andreas Shifters #2
  Status: Writing Rough draft.
  The werewolves are back. There’s a bartender with a mysterious ability and a big scruffy man mountain with a powerful crush. The pack’s started a business called Heavy Lifting. Gail is contemplating shifter food trucks ~ Do it raw! Sometimes we wiggle, sometimes the food does.

NOW IN DIGITAL, PRINT & AUDIO!

The Sumage Solution: San Andreas Shifters #1 by G. L. Carriger, now in all editions.
Contemporary m/m paranormal romance featuring a snarky mage and a gruff werewolf. Hella raunchy. Super dirty. Very very fun. Spin off of Marine Biology.

Can a gentle werewolf heal the heart of a smart-mouthed mage?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

Terry Pratchett’s Unfinished Novels “Destroyed” by Steamroller

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