So after the Singapore Writers Festival, the AB and I spent a week puttering about Singapore itself. This is my standard procedure. Whenever I accept an invitation to go abroad (which I usually only do once a year) the AB and I try to piggyback a vacation on it. (AB’s job not-with-standing, which is one of […]
Nov302016
Singapore 2016: The City & The Light
Nov282016
Gail Carriger Talks About The Food In Singapore
Meanwhile – in the USA we just gorged ourselves on turquay, Gentle Reader. So here’s my post all about food in Singapore! Yes yes yes (and one great big NO). Singapore Food: The Bad I’m an incredibly experimental eater. You can take a look at some of the wide ranging Things I Have Stuck in My Mouth […]
Nov232016
Singapore Writers Festival 2016: That Time Miss Gail Promised a Minister of Sate She’d Put a Whole Country in a Book
If you, Gentle Reader, do not follow my movements with care and precision, then allow me to say that I was at the Singapore Writers Festival a few weekends ago. Here is a little bit about it. Amazing Lunch First things first, I was invited to the Tanglin Club for lunch. I thought it would be […]
Oct142016
Con Report: Fun at Gaslight Gathering in San Diego
I had a wonderful time at the Gaslight Gathering in San Diego recently, Gentle Reader. I highly recommend it if you can make the trip in future. It’s a well run, entertaining, educational convention. I met up with fans who had driven from Tucson and Las Vegas (waves at the Entwives). And it was a […]
May162016
Amazon Woes: Novella Release Update
So I’ve been trying to update my short stories (I’ve 4 of them) with new cover art and cleaned up interior content (working links, typos fixed, nicer lay out, that kind of thing). Unfortunately Amazon decided to flag me for copyright infringement… On myself…. ??????????????????????? Multiple personality disorder much? I might have thrown a bit […]
Apr292016
Gail Carriger Merchandise Now Available on Zazzle
Those of you who get the Monthly Chirrup got an exciting sneak peek in the April newsletter. For everyone else, here is the Official Announcement… I’ve started puttering about with merchandise! I know, isn’t that exciting? Gail Related Apparel After a great deal of research I chose Zazzle to host my shop and produce the […]
Mar282016
The Carriger-verse Parasol Protectorate Wiki
My dear Gentle Reader, I have a wiki! For the last few months my team and I (yes, I have a team, doesn’t that sound posh?) have been working hard to bring the Gail Carriger Wikia up to date with all my books, characters, gadgets, locations, and much much more. The bulk of what used […]
Jul12015
Pros and Cons of Life… Gail Carriger Style
For today, Gentle Reader, here are some fun tidbits of insight into my personality. Or at least I hope it’s fun… Would try once: Exotic food No thanks: Team sports Too much in my life: Email Not enough: Cherries Fear conquered: Public speaking Not quite there yet: Public restrooms Risky when it comes to: Heights […]
Mar42015
The Business of Being an Author on the Move
Right now, Gentle Reader, my life is full of writing business (as opposed to writing itself). Thank goodness I got so much done at the Super Secret Retreat of Doom! I’m staring down the barrel of a whole lot of travel: Tuscon Festival back-to-back with a week long book tour, then 5 days home before […]
Sep292014
Steampunk Book Suggestions – notes from a convention
Hello my dear Gentle Reader! I’m back. OK so you didn’t even notice I was gone. But I did pay a short visit to a local convention, Convolution, this last Saturday. It was pretty low key with an excellent greenroom and good company. I didn’t stay for the parties. I did get to meet GOH […]
Jun22014
Jay Lake
Jay Lake died recently. I know, Gentle Reader, but that is the stark reality of it. One of SF/F’s beacons as gone dark. I didn’t know him well, but I, like many others, have a Jay Lake story to tell. Since he was a master storyteller, I figured the best way to honor his memory […]
May232014
In Which Gail is in #AmazonJail
Well, Gentle Reader, let’s get to it, shall we? So… Right now there are delays on shipping and an inability to pre-order many of my books on Amazon. In case you were in any doubt, Amazon is, once more, playing at Monopoly. Gail, go to jail. Go straight to jail. Do not pass go. Amazon […]