Have another fun video for you today, Gentle reader. I actually managed to use the technology right for a change. In This Video Gail talks about her local RWA Chapter, the San Francisco RWA. And a category romance panel she just went to including gay romance author Amy Lane. Gail talks about the goals she set […]
Mar182019
Failed Goals, New Surprises & Gail’s First Fan (Video Q&A with Gail Carriger)
Mar152019
Dressing Alexia ~ From the Corset Up (Parasol Protectorate Special Extras)
I thought you might like a glimpse, Fashionable Reader, into some of the things that Alexia might wear underneath one of those amazing dresses of hers in the Parasol Protectorate series. But first… BUSTLES! 1872 Ball Gown Charles Fredrick Worth, 1872 The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bustle 1873, Austrian, Made of cotton and horsehair OK, […]
Mar132019
Parasol Protectorate Series Special Extras
We are currently rereading the five books in my original series, The Parasol Protectorate. Since I have a mess of behind the scenes and special extras pertaining to this series as a whole, as well as each individual, book, I’m posting a summation blog for you, Gentle Reader. Here are some (of the MANY) fun […]
Mar112019
Soulless Special Extras (Parasol Protectorate)
Soulless, the creature released on October 1, 2009. (A thankfully easy birthday to remember.) This is the first book I ever got published. It is NOT the first book I wrote. Here are some (of the MANY) fun blog posts and resources that tie to this book. Research I did, chattering and amusement on the subject […]
Mar82019
The Changing & Evolving Fashions of Late 1860s Victorian Dresses (Poison or Protect Special Extras)
Poison or Protect follows the exploits of one lady assassin with a penchant for poison, one gentle soldier with a white knight complex, a house party, a ghost, and… The changing fashions of 1867. No really, the diminishing nature of full skirts is a plot point. I roll like that. Even so, I can’t go […]
Mar62019
Dear Lord Akeldama: On Beginnings, Cats & Hats
Once more into the breaches dear friends! Lord Akeldama is back to dispense wit, wisdom, and insults in equal measure. He’s being very brief and short with you today, Gentle Reader. Dear Lord Akeldama… What was the Queen like at the time of your transformation? Which queen? Me, mine or someone else’s? How did it […]
Mar42019
Poison or Protect Special Extras (Delightfully Deadly)
Poison or Protect the first (and currently only) Delightfully Deadly novellas (yes there will be MORE) was also my very first self published novella adventure. It released in June of 2016. Here are some fun blog posts and resources that tie to this book. These include behind the scenes research and chattering on the subject of […]
Feb232019
All Finished Young Ladies Have Chatelaines the Carte de Bal (Finishing School Special Extras)
One of the tools Sophronia and her friends often wear in my Finishing School series is the chatelaine, Fashionable Reader. I used it as a kind of Swiss Army knife for my delightfully deadly young ladies. (Much as I do with the parasol in the Parasol Protectorate and Custard Protocol series.) Chatelain artemis2apollo-tumblr edwardian-time-machine-tumblr Silver […]
Feb222019
Victorian Clothing Terms Used in the Finishing School Books & What They Mean (Special Extras)
So Fashionable Reader, I use a number of terms for articles of clothing in my Finishing School books. Most of the time I’m aware that some of my readers aren’t familiar with the particulars. I try to use unfamiliar Victorian words in context that allows the reader to at least understand what kind of clothing […]
Feb202019
Manners & Mutiny Special Extras (Finishing School)
Manners & Mutiny, the final Finishing School book, released in November of 2015. It was the first time I finished a series that had been planned as a series from the very beginning. Here are some fun blog posts and resources that tie to this book. Research I did, chattering on the subject of finishing […]
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