A fun little conversation over on the Parasol Protectorate Facebook group sparked this blog. So thank you, Gentle Facebooker, for the prod in the articulate direction. My character names & how I pronounce them in my head The Parsolverse Here are a few specific names from my series that I get asked about a lot… Tarabotti […]
Jun302011
Pronouncing Names & the Meaning Behind Them, Plus How does Gail Choose Names?
Apr292011
In Which Your Intrepid Author Takes A Balloon Ride In The Interests Of Research
Details for Writers of the Floating Persuasion So as you may have guessed (ore read), Gentle Reader, from the time frame, my characters don’t float by dirigible they float by balloon instead. So I decided for my birthday I’d recruit five friends and go up in a balloon to see what it was really like. […]
Apr202011
23 of the Silliest UK Place Names: Provided by Gail, Because She Can
23 Very Silly Place Names of a UK-ish Nature Pratts Bottom Wetwang (East Yorkshire) The Land of Green Ginger (Hull) Drumahoe (Northern Ireland) Bonkle (Lanarkshire Scotland) Shop (Cornwall) Half Way (btw Barnsley and Sheffield) Nempnett Thrubwell (nr Bristol in South West England) Giggleswick (Yorkshire) Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobw (Anglesey, Wales) Heckmondwike Tooting Bec (nr London, southeast side) Pity […]
Mar252011
In Which A New Series is Set Afloat: The Finishing School
My darling Gentle Reader, I have A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. I’m certain you are all trembling in your boots (nice, stylish, pretty boots). For you have been wondering for months, Gentle Reader, yearning to know only one thing in life . . . what is Miss Gail’s Secret Project F? Is she planning to take over […]
Jan272010
In The Beginning There Was Confusion
I am beginning a number of projects right now, Gentle Reader. I’m not afraid of the blank page, in fact, I kind of like it. There are so many possibilities. But, that said, this is still an odd time for me as a writer, I always feel a little spacey and scattered when I’m starting […]
Sep242009
30+ Best Early Steampunk Books: An Entirely Non Preferential List from Gail Carriger (2009)
Much discussion recently on the subject of steampunk literature as I enter into the field for the first time with Soulless. (Yes look at the date of this blog post, it’s from 2009.) Here’s a steampunk booklist (as of 2009*): The Windup Girl ~ Paolo Bacigalupi New Amsterdam ~ Jonathan Barnes The Somnambulist ~ Elizabeth […]