Dearest Gentle Reader, Here’s a story about me asking you, my readers, for emotional support and why. Over the years many have told me that they seek out my books for comfort. Well, recently, I took to my Facebook group to ask for the same in return. Essentially, I asked them to tell me about […]
Feb202024
How do my books make you feel? This author asks her readers for emotional support.
Nov212023
Protected: So how’s the new book series doing, Miss Gail?
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Nov92023
50+ Best Bits of Sci-Fi, Science & Cultural Research for Tinkered Starsong
Dearest Gentle Reader, here’s all blog posts and research I did for the Tinkered Starsong books. There was a lot of background work for this series, so I hope you enjoy all the behind the scenes insight. Tinkered Starsong DVD Extras! Pronunciation Guide for the Tinkered Starsong Books + Alien Linguistics (no, literally) I have […]
Aug302023
In which Miss Gail Invents a Tea! Deep Blue Abyss AKA Space Oolong
I’m not going to bury (drown?) the lead, Gentle Drinker, because I have invented a tea. Well, created a tea. With help. You can read on for the story about how it happened, my taste testing, and more. But for now, I’m delighted to introduce you to… Tea Punk Teas Presents In Collaboration with Gail […]
Aug152023
10 Great Kpop Singers & Why They’re Inspiring (Tinkered Starsong Character Influences)
Demigod 12 (the second book in the Tinkered Starsong series) is all about touring and shows and performing on different alien worlds throughout the galaxy. We get to know several cantors and their voices much better in this book. So I thought I would use Demigod 12 to talk more about singers and writing them […]
Aug72023
10 Songs Behind the Tinkered Starsong Series & Why – The Divine Kpop Playlist (BTS, GOT7, BTOB)
With Divinity 36’s release, Gentle Reader, I got quite a few of you asking me about “the music that influenced the godsong” in these books. Of course there is a ton of K-pop, because these books are all about music as a form of entertainment, influence, and power. So I mulled and whittled and finally […]
Jun232023
Pronunciation Guide for the Tinkered Starsong Books + Alien Linguistics (no, literally)
How to say that alien name? That weird word Gail made up? And why did she do things the way she did? Tinkered Starsong Pronunciation Guide! Here’s a video of yours truly going though all the weird words in the Tinkered Starsong series and how to say them.* Warning: It’s all the words in all […]
Jun192023
What is an author style guide? How about a style sheet?
In putting together a pronunciation guide post and video for my science fiction series (aliens make everything complicated, including language) I realized I’ve never talked about what a style guide actually is (for us fiction writers, I mean). I started to amend that post with an end note on this subject, and then realized I […]
May292019
10+ Great Queer Cozy SciFi (books similar to the Tinkered Stars)
Miss Gail, you cry, The 5th Gender was like my FAVORITE new thing. Or maybe it was Tinkered Starsong you loved? Please write more? Why thank you, Gentle Reader. I hope to soon, but I can only type so fast. OK, how about recommending something to tide me over? Now that, I can do! Gail’s […]
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 […]
Sep122012
Dear Author, How Could You End the Series?
Today, Gentle Reader, I introduce a new occasional series of installments of questions I get constantly. How Could You End It? I’m delighted you liked the series but it is finished. I believe in leaving a party while I am still enjoying it, and, perhaps more importantly, while others are still enjoying my company. I’ve […]
Feb272012
Ending a Series Part 2: Emotions
There’s a sense of listlessness at the ending of a series, Gentle Reader. I’ve felt it for years as a voracious reader, now I feel it as an author for the first time. It’s a little like breaking up with a partner you still love plus losing friends through time and distance plus ending a […]