This is a ton of fun (and chaos) Gentle Reader, as I am hosting the effervescent Madam Askew & irrepressible Grand Arbiter (two of my besties from the steampunk world) for blue tea, hot gossip & assorted silliness.
We talk quite a bit about my latest series, the Tinkered Starsong trilogy.
- Find out more about my amazing and hilarious guests here.
- We will be together again at Wild Wild West Con 2024. It’s going to be, well, wild!
- Madame Askew & I are both wearing Mac Lippy in Russian Red.
Pronunciation guide for Tinkered Starsong books.
The tea we’re drinking is my personally curated oolong blend for Tea Punk Teas: Deep Blue Abyss.
The glass teapot. It is microwave + stove top safe, so it can also act as a kettle. It has a really big immersion chamber, which makes it ideal for green teas and oolongs.
Kagee & Woosung (The Rose) Kpop post under discussion at one point is here. Listen to Woosung’s AMAZING voice here (YouTube video).
I called out these mangas:
- I Cannot Reach You (watch the gorgeous live action adaptation of the sam name currently on Netflix)
- Old Fashioned Cupcake
- The historical one I couldn’t remember the title of is: The Flower That Seems to Truly Dance
More books and things I’m currently loving and suggesting to others.
Spoon corset (much referenced in comments).
Later Madam Askew and The Grand Arbiter hosted me for THEIR book group.
We talked all about the Tinkered Stars books, themes, favorite characters, and intentional poignancy.
It was a ton of fun and we get very queer, very silly, and occasionally quite deep.
We are ridiculous chaos incarnate, but also we get into a REALLY fun chats on some of my favorite bits I included in the Tinkered Starsong.
4 years ago, Madam Askew visited me alone in my old office and you can watch that (more civilized event) here:
Yours (destined to be killed by trying to drink as much tea as Madame Askew and the Grand Arbiter),
Miss Gail
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I just read in your newsletter that you read Old Fashioned Cupcake. Have you seen the J-drama adaptation? Subs available on Viki. com. It’s very cute.
I’ve kind of been on a BL kick and watched the J-drama adaptation of “Cherry Magic” (subs available at https://irozuku.org/fansub/tag/cherry-magic/) twice over the winter holidays. It’s sweet and cozy. Also binged the Taiwanese BL “Plus and Minus.”
Sorry to hear about your car issues and needing to relocate your Pops. I hope it all goes smoothly and that soon your 2024 will be full of good fortune. It’s the Year of the Dragon, so it’s got to be good!