Hello my darling Gentle Reader, Gaslight Steampunk Expo was my last event of 2019 (and my last event for a while I’m taking a travel hiatus). The theme was Ancient Egypt, and here are all the outfits I wore… Blue pattern maxi dress, with blue turban, net gloves, teapot purse. Cream lace skirt + top […]
Oct92019
Everything I Wore to Gaslight Steampunk Expo ~ Vote for Your Favorite!
Oct42019
10 Most Popular Gail Carriger Quotes (Behind the Magic)
Over ten years in publishing (and quite a few books), Gentle Reader, and here are some of the most quoted sections of my books (or interviews) as voted on by Goodreads and social media… #1 Quote = Not from a book at all! I was asked in an interview early on how I felt about […]
Oct12019
Soulless’s Birthday, Stories From A Book’s Misspent Youth (Behind the Magic)
Soulless is having its birthday today, Gentle Reader! Thought I might share a few of my most fun, and most silly stories revolving around the launch of my very first book, some decade or more ago now! I know, right? Shortly after Soulless came out, through no fault of mine, World Fantasy Convention came to […]
Sep202019
Post Reticence Q&A, Future Plans, Meat Cute Release Info (Video)
Dear Gentle Reader, here’s my latest Live Q&A – Post-Reticence writing life, future plans, and more! Upcoming Projects I’m Excited About! I talk about Meat Cute and plans for audio and digital. The Enforcer Enigma is coming! Heroine’s Journey non-fic. Blog post featuring my story ideas and possible future books. Stuff I’m Into! My lipstick […]
Sep182019
Victorian Silhouette & Fashion Explained for Readers, Fellow Authors, & Dilettantes from Gail Carriger (Special Extras)
My dear Gentle Reader, I am so very immersed in the Victorian Era it often doesn’t occur to me to actually explain fashion (or fashion terms). So here is is the massive explanation of pretty things I talk about in the Parasolverse, that you might not know… Ivy and her hat, REM’s character sketch “The […]
Sep162019
Reticence subjected to the Page 69 test! (Custard Protocol Behind the Magic)
Dearest Gentle Reader, This post first appeared over on the Page 69 Test Blog Blog run by the lovely Marshal Zeringue. This is a fun way for my to analyze my own writing without actually, you know, analyzing my own writing. I used the UK paperback edition of the book as that tends to be the […]
Sep132019
16 Future Writing Projects I Might Try AKA Authors Don’t Need Your Ideas (Behind the Magic)
I tend to talk about what I’m actually writing in the Chirrup on a monthly basis, Gentle Reader. But in the interests of accountability, I thought I might post about some of the many projects I’m considering writing, so you can rest assured that I’ll never run out of ideas. It’s possible someone made the […]
Sep92019
Miss Gail in Scotland & Ireland: Her Favorite Whisky, Food, Stand Up & More (Behind the Magic)
So I was recently in Dublin, Edinburgh, and the Highlands of Scotland on a get away (combined with World Con 2019). It was a great trip, mostly because the Isles have finally discovered the rest of Europe is there and stolen their food. Finally. There were Italian and Greek and Spanish places all over, even […]
Sep62019
A Completely Biased List of Funny Books that Make Me LAUGH! (Gail Carriger Recommends Humor & Comedy)
I am often on panels at events having to do with writing comedy and humor (I even teach a class on the subject). Because it comes up a lot and I always want to laugh, I have decided to provide a list here of some of my favorites. In the cases where the author in […]
Sep42019
The 5th Gender is Now an Audiobook! Tinkered Stars in Your Ears
I am delighted to announce that The 5th Gender is finally available in audio! Audible | Amazon | iTunes You can listen to a sample right here right now! It is narrated by the amazing Michael Lesley. I chose him because he works with TJ Klune on his comedic books and I knew he had […]
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