Hello my darling Gentle Reader, Quick first update: My boxed set is on SUPER sale right now! (No idea how long this will last, I wasn’t told ahead of time and it might be a mistake.) It is up at $6.99 for ALL 5 BOOKS (ebook USA & Canada ONLY). This is insane. I’ve never […]
Apr172020
Silly stories of Gail the Fangirl, Bonnets and Glue Guns, Defy or Defend (Video)
Dec232019
Tour of the New Office + Writing Q&A (Video)
Dearest Gentle Reader, Some of you have been waiting a while for this one! Finally a tour of my new office digs! This is my last Live Q&A of the year. Don’t worry more coming in January! The Video! OFFICE TOUR! The octopus decal wall stencil on my closet. Teapot decal wall stickers in the […]
Nov62019
My Octopus Collection! (Video)
Just a little video for you today Gentle Reader, as I begin the arduous process of shutting down my old office and the fun of decorating my new one. Here I am talking about my octopus collection… So many tentacles! I also have an octopus Pinterest board. Hope you are having a lovely octopus-filled day! […]
Oct282019
Miss Gail’s Scariest Author Stories, Happy Halloween! (Video)
For Halloween this year, I did this video telling some of my scariest author stories, Gentle Reader. Shiver in horror as I reveal the worst book tour ever, disastrous adventures in airport bathrooms, being orphaned, abandoned, stranded, and that time when hundreds of books went missing. Are you ready for the fear and terror? Well, […]
Oct142019
Miss Gail’s Childhood Favorite Books & Research Bookshelf Reveal (Video)
Darling Gentle Reader, In this video I talk you through some of my favorite children’s books and how they influenced my writing. Then I show off some of my non-fiction research book collection (secondary resources). What I use, what I keeps on hand and why. Gail Carriger’s Research & Children’s Books CHILDREN’S BOOKS Peter Pan […]
Oct42019
10 Most Popular Gail Carriger Quotes
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
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 […]
Sep132019
16 Future Writing Projects I Might Try AKA Authors Don’t Need Your Ideas
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 […]
Jul32019
Reticence: Two Covers, Pick Your Favorite? (Custard Protocol Behind the Magic)
Reticence and Competence each have two difference overs, Gentle Reader. TWO! 2! TwwwOOOOOOoooooooooo. Reticence Covers Which one? Print Editions? You can call or visit your favorite local bookstore! Ask them to “Order it from Ingram.“ Borderlands offers signed editions of the USA Hardcover. They will ship worldwide. Use the SIGNED button under the book’s image on […]
May242019
Researching Gender Fluidity & Representing it in Fiction
I’ll be honest, Gentle Reader, I wrote The 5th Gender, basically in the space of one week without internet. So while I was writing it. I just let it come… So to speak. But after that, I did a ton of research, as indeed I did for Custard Protocol, San Andreas Shifters & other Tinkered […]
May102019
The Author’s Contentious Relationship with Mothers & Motherhood (Miss Gail Confesses)
Dear Gentle Reader, I was recently reflecting on motherhood in my books. It might appear, from my stuff, that I have a contentious relationship to moms and motherhood. I must state up front that this is not because of my own mum, who is awesome, but more likely because I’m not a mother myself. I […]
Jan72019
Getting Cozy with Gail Carriger, A Very British Concept
Gentle Reader, something unexpected for you today. A proper article. As we move along collectively rereading my books, I wanted to muse a bit on the idea of cozy. I think it’s endemic to all my writing, but particularly the Parasolverse. If I were to be asked for a defining description of all my writing, […]