Today Little Brown launched two very exciting things. The Finishing School tumbler feed blog. That includes sample material, as well as DVD extras about the Academy, forthcoming lessons, and . . . My first official book trailer! As a rule, I’m a little nervous about book trailers, but I’m quite chuffed with this one. It’s […]
Jan252013
Etiquette & Espionage Book Trailer & Tumbler
Jan212013
10 Questions About Etiquette & Espionage
As I am sure you are now aware, Gentle Reader, Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School book the First) is coming! Eeep! I’ve been busy plotting fun blog posts and much silliness for the ramp up to the February 5th release date. Here are some of the questions I anticipate being asked the most… 1. Will […]
Jan182013
Bumbersnoot Art!
Bumbersnoot is a new and excitingly silly character in the up-coming Finishing School series. On his first introduction… It had four legs—four very short legs—and a small, spiky tail. Steam emanated slightly from its underbelly, and smoke came out from under its leather earflaps. It looked a little like one of those sausage dogs the […]
Jan52013
Etiquette & Espionage Final Cover
Today in the mailman brought to me . . . Three Amazon Packages Two Copies of Page Proofs and An Early Print of E&E! Etiquette & Espionage final embossed cover Etiquette & Espionage final back cover Etiquette & Espionage final spine cover & spine underneath Book News: Jenaveve Lester fan art of Gail Quote of […]
Dec132012
Changing Release Dates
Some of my more crafty Gentle Readers out there have already spotted this fact ~ yes my release dates have changed. Etiquette & Espionage (The Finishing School Book the First) is still releasing February 5, 2013. It will be in hard back. You can pre-order on Amazon or any fine bookstore online or near you. […]
Oct222012
Victorian Travel Times
So you are writing something set in the Victorian era? How long will it take your characters to get from one place to another? Below I calculate travel times by horse, train, dirigible, and werewolf. Gentle Reader, occasionally the curious ask me how I calculate travel times, sooo… I wrote this blog post! Before writing […]
May162012
All About ARCs of Etiquette & Espionage
My darling Gentle Reader, I am in the enviable position of being In Demand. Well, my new book is. Or, more to the point, my new book which isn’t out until next February is. It’s not secret in some circles (namely Goodreads) that ARCs of E&E are getting out into the universe. There have even been some […]
Mar162012
Etiquette & Espionage: ARC Cover Art!
Today I am delighted to reveal to you, Gentle Reader, first on the internet, the Advanced Reader Mock-Up Cover for Etiquette & Espionage: The Finishing School book the first! This is only the rough version that will appear on the paperback ARC’s (not for resale, press only). The actual version will be slightly different and […]
Dec62011
Snafus and Copy Edits
It’s been a nasty few weeks, Gentle Reader. I lost a huge chuck of my prepared blogs (with links to reviews and images, etc.) due to an unavoidable snafu (entirely my fault). Plus I’m being epically killed by copy edits. It’s not that these edits are particularly bad or brutal, in fact the copy editor […]
Aug292011
World Building: How Gail Built the Parasolverse by Explaining History Backwards
This is a reboot of a blog I did back in September of 2009 when I was first launching Soulless into the world. I’m an archaeologist & I’m constantly distressed by history. Back in my days as a practicing archaeologist, I was constantly distressed by history. This was, as you may well imagine, professionally terribly […]
Aug112011
Espionage in the Aether: Guest Presentation For the Intellectual Salon
Today, Gentle Reader, I invited Mr. Micah Lee, noted scientist in good standing, to present here the proceedings of his recent talk, given at the Royal Society Tea & Biscuits Event, presided over by Lady Maccon. Lady Maccon pronounced Mr. Lee’s findings most intriguing and was convinced my readers would agree. (For the careful reader, […]
Jul122011
Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men & A Boat derails me for hours investigating mongers
I recently listened to Huge Laurie reading an abridged version of Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men and a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog). Before you ask, Channing Channing of the Chesterfield Channings came into being in my head long before I had even heard of Jerome K. Jerome. However, listening to the book […]