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The Sumage Solution Launch Party At Borderlands in San Francisco

Posted by Gail Carriger

 

Tomorrow I’ll be doing something fun, Gentle Reader. It’s the kind of thing I can only do with an indie book. I’m having a launch party before the book is officially on sale.

I know, right? But… I CAN.

(Insert evil laugh here.)

For those of you in the Bay Area, here are the details…

Early Borderlands Gets The Book

July 15, 2017, 3pm
Sumage Solution Launch Event at Borderlands Books
Call ahead to reserve a signed copy (yes they’ll ship so you’ll get it ASAP, and yes I will dedicate it to your or to a friend or to an elder god, you know, whatever you want):

888-893-4008

The book will be available to buy (at this event ONLY) three days BEFORE official release. And yes I’ll be signing there, if you are coming to the event.

If the book isn’t enough of a draw, I’ll be there nattering away at the Borderlands Cafe where they have lovely nibbles and delicious tea. I know this about the tea because they asked me which kind I recommend. And now they stock it. This is how awesome they are.

Miss Carriger at Borderlands back in 2013

Borderlands is a truly wonderful little independent bookstore, even if you can’t make my event you should make them one of your stops if you’re ever in San Francisco.

{Coop de Book: Gail’s monthly read along for July is The Sumage Solution by G. L. Carriger.}

SCRIBBLES ROUND UP

  • Meat Cute ~ A Parasolverse Short
    Status: Rough draft complete.
    Possible anchor short story for Secret Project A or SS collected/omnibus in 2018 0r 2019.

OUT NEXT WEEK!

The Sumage Solution: San Andreas Shifters #1 by G. L. Carriger
Contemporary m/m paranormal romance featuring a snarky mage and a gruff werewolf. Hella raunchy. Super dirty. Very very fun. Spin off of Marine Biology.

Can a gentle werewolf heal the heart of a smart-mouthed mage?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
Under Inspection, from the Parasol Drills series (N18) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1888
American.

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

Stop Overpacking for Trips With a “Luggage Audit”

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

9 Reasons Audiobook Growth Is Soaring

Book News:

Freadom Library says of Manners & Mutiny:

“I think this book is a great way to finish it off. It had all the things I loved about the previous books but it was also filled with twists and turns that blew me away. The action was on point, specially [sic] precarious in this one.”

Quote of the Day:

Questions about Gail’s Parasolverse? There’s a wiki for that!

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Miss Gail Is Away On Writing Retreat

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My darling Gentle Reader,

I am currently away from home in a super secret location (floating in a dirigible high above the clouds, of course) typing away on a two week writing retreat. I’m not entirely sure yet what I will be working on, but I promise to coo all about it in the Chirrup when I get home.

I was so excited about this trip (two whole weeks!) that I invested in a new “computer & related equipment” transport bag. After investigating all options I went with this puppy: Kenneth Cole Reaction Casual Fling Computer Overnighter

I’m cautiously optimistic about it. It’s been years since I owned a rolling briefcase (my last one was during my first master’s degree). My needs when traveling with a full writer station aren’t quite the same as those of your bog standard academic (ah, past lives). I include things like a remote mouse & keyboard, my beloved roost laptop stand (so everything is ergonomic), notebooks, dictation mic, and so on. Only one way to truly test it…

I will be back before you notice. I promise, I’ve left fun goodies to drop in my social media feeds while I’m away, so hopefully you won’t feel abandoned or bereft. Well, except here in the blog which is hardest to arrange when I’m without reliable internet.

So while I’m gone, working hard to finish more stories for next year, here’s what I’ve done so far…

And here’s this for you to amuse yourselves with, feel free to share and enjoy.

And here’s because I love you:

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Sumage Solution by Gail Carriger

The Sumage Solution

by Gail Carriger

Giveaway ends July 10, 2017.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

{Gail’s monthly read along for June is Local Custom by Lee & Miller.}

COMING SOON

The Sumage Solution: San Andreas Shifters #1 by G. L. Carriger
Contemporary m/m paranormal romance featuring a snarky mage and a gruff werewolf. Hella raunchy. Super dirty. Very very fun. Spin off of Marine Biology.

Can a gentle werewolf heal the heart of a smart-mouthed mage?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)
Reverse Arms, from the Parasol Drills series (N18) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1888 American, Commercial color lithograph

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

How A Laptop Ban Could Cause A “Summer of of Travel Hell” for Passengers and Airlines

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

Indie Authors, Buy Your Own ISBNs

Book News:

Gail Carriger on comedy in SFF and the heroine’s journey

One of my favorite interviews in recent memory.

Quote of the Day:

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!
Share & Enjoy!

Steampunk Worlds Fair

Posted by Gail Carriger

 

I branched out from my normal color profiles at Steampunk World’s Fair this year. (As ever you can find out more about my outfits over on Retro Rack.)

For now, Gentle Reader, sufficient to say I dressed for heat, or tried to with corsets involved, and it ended up being cold. Then I added layers. So the outfits were odd meldings of attire I normally wouldn’t put together. Also I went for lighter colors, because, why not?

The Embassy Suites hotel has the most amazing atrium, a perfect setting for steampunk. Most of the time I hung out there or walked between the two hotels just watching the remarkable costumes go by and saying hello to familiar faces.

Also, one of my book covers turned up… in the flesh!

 

Pretty flipping amazing, no?

Had a truly remarkable panel on women in steampunk and the arts with Leanna Renee Hieber, Ashley Rodgers, and Nikki Woolfolk. One of the highlights of the convention for me.

But my favorite thing? Ashley’s AMAZING one woman show, Pass Fail. It was so so good. I belly laughed and then sobbed in equal measure. It’s kind of stand up, meets spoken word, meets heart-wrenching confessional. If you have the opportunity, you owe it to yourself to experience this phenomenal piece.

All in all a great convention and a joy to return. I do hope I get to go back again in a few years. Such a great con.

Want more?

{Gail’s monthly read along for May is Radiance by Grace Draven.}

UP NEXT

Poison or Protect audiobook coming soon! Can one gentle Highland soldier woo Victorian London’s most scandalous lady assassin, or will they both be destroyed in the attempt?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

Twelve Victorian Era Tips on the Etiquette of Ladylike Letter Writing

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

Writers’ Most Frequently Asked Questions

Book News:

A reminder Imprudence Goodreads giveaway is still going on.

Quote of the Day:

“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.”

~ Henry Ward Beecher

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!
Share & Enjoy!

Gail Is At Steampunk Worlds Fair

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I am off to the Steampunk World’s Fair in New Jersey this weekend!

This will be my first steampunk event as a returning guest. I am very honored and quite looking forward to it. It’s so so nice to go off to an event with a good idea of what to expect. I am a creature of habit (I attended my local con as a faithful fan girl for 15 years) so you can imagine how appealing this is.

Familiar faces! Old friends and new acquaintances.

It’s a great event. I hope it’s not quite as hot as it was last time. (Hilariously in the photos from my first year you can see my outfits get smaller and smaller and less and less layered. This year I’m bringing only lightweight stuff. I’ll have a number of outfits you’ve never seen on me before, because HEAT.)

I might just have some super fun swag to give away if you run into me at the convention, just ask!

Want more?

Can’t Make It?

I’ve a Goodreads giveaway for Imprudence going on right now. You can enter if you’d like.

 

{Gail’s monthly read along for May is Radiance by Grace Draven.}

UP NEXT

Poison or Protect audiobook. Can one gentle Highland soldier woo Victorian London’s most scandalous lady assassin, or will they both be destroyed in the attempt?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

1900 Longchamp, France Antique-Royals tumblr

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

What My Birthday Looked Like

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

From Teaspoons to Tea-sots: The Language of Tea

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

Women in SF&F Month: Gail Carriger

Book News:

Quote of the Day:

“If the police are the Government’s right arm suppressing crime, then the Protectorate is its very powerful left arm.”

~ Roland St. J. Braddell 1921

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!
Share & Enjoy!

Gail is in Alaska

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My dear Gentle Reader I am in Alaska for the next week at the Alaska Steamposium steampunk event.

I do hope to see some of you at the event. (I can promise it’s unlikely I’ll visit Alaska again anytime soon.) The Steamposium is at the The Alaska Experience Theater in Anchorage, April 15~16.

After that, the AB and I are having a mini vacay so I won’t be online much until the end of next week. Unless the internet in the hotel is a great deal better than internet in hotels is wont to be. (And the AB is a great deal less persuasive than normal in actually getting me to stop working.)

{Gail’s monthly read along for April is Brother’s Ruin by Emma Newman.}

OUT NOW

Romancing the Inventor in Audiobook. A maid bent on seducing a brilliant cross-dressing scientist who’s too brokenhearted to notice. Or is she?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

See the Best Octopus Fossil Ever Found

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

Writing Conferences and Festivals

Book News:

Me and my agent, Kristin Nelson‏ + 50 Teens at Colorado Teen Lit festival

Quote of the Day:

“He can hardly keep clock-work in his throat, but from the sounds one might suppose that about ten main springs had all broken at once, and he was doing his best not to swallow any of them.”

~ J.H.M. Robson 1894

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!
Share & Enjoy!

 

Gail Is At Confusion in Detroit & A Giveaway

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I’m off to Detroit, Gentle Reader, for ConFusion. I hope to perhaps see you there. If not, I’ll catch on the flip side or on Instagram or what have you.

I may drop a FB Live if the hotel internet is good enough, or at least shoot something there I can later post to YouTube. Considering I can barely remember to take outfit photos, this may be ambitious.

Meanwhile, I am running a Goodreads Giveaway on Imprudence.

Here’s my schedule for Confusion!

FRIDAY ~ January 20

5:00 ~ 5:50 PM Panel: Dressing Your Fictional World
They say ‘clothes make the man,’ but they also make the man’s physical and social world. Help our panel of writers and costumers build and dress a fictional world, and learn how you can use costume details to enhance the depth and verisimilitude of your work.

7:00 ~ 7:50 PM Opening Ceremonies
Welcome to Friendship is ConFusion! Meet our GOHs and SubPress special guests, and hear what the ConCom has in store for you this weekend!

8:00 ~ 8:50 PM Reception
A meet and greet between ConFusion attendees and our GoHs and SubPress special guests. Mix, mingle, and enjoy some sweet treats. This is a very popular event, so plan your time accordingly!

SATURDAY ~ January 21

11:00 ~ 11:50 AM Panel: The Nostalgia of Failure
Steampunk and other historically-focused fantasies often engage with fundamentally flawed technology. Whether it’s airships or clockwork machinery, there’s a certain mystic around pre-industrial age invention. Why the fascination with the patently impossible? And is there a reason once-popular sub-genres built on these ideas have fallen out of favor?

1:00 ~ 1:50 PM Panel: Gail Carriger Q&A
Come ask author and Pro Guest of Honor Gail Carriger all your burning questions!

2:00 ~ 2:50 PM Panel: You Got Your Romance in My Science Fiction
Love stories have always been a part of science fiction and fantasy. So why do so many science fiction fans and creators spend so much effort vilifying romance? Who are the great romantic couples in SF&F?

4:00 ~ 4:50 PM Autograph Session
Come meet your favorite authors, artists and musicians and have them sign things! (Please limit your signing requests to 3 items per person.)

SUNDAY ~ January 22

10:00 AM ~ 10:50 PM Kaffeeklatsch with Pro GOH Gail Carriger
Join our Pro Guest of Honor for coffee, tea, and conversation. Limited to 10 participants. Sign up at OPS.

12:00 ~ 12:50 PM Panel: All About Keikaku
Our panelists discuss the unexpected plot twists of trying to express the same story using words from a different language, and how translation impacts the reader’s perception of a story.

1:00 ~ 1:50 PM Panel: Romantic Leads
What makes a good romantic lead? In straight romance, does the guy need to be tough, a bad boy? Does the woman need to be feisty but soft and not like other girls? What happens when your romantic leads are queer and/or genderqueer? How do those heteronormative tropes get replicated or subverted?

3:00 ~ 3:50 PM Closing Ceremonies
Come say goodbye to our Guests of Honor and Special Guests, and learn what we might have in store for you for next year!

And, now I’m back! Here are some pictures from the event!

Kaffeklutch crew

Self & my dear friend, Mur Lafferty

{Gail’s monthly read along for January is A Brother’s Price by Wen Spencer.}

OUT NOW

Romancing the Inventor

Romancing the Inventor: A Supernatural Society Novella

A steampunk lesbian romance featuring a maid bent on seducing a brilliant cross-dressing scientist who’s too brokenhearted to notice. Or is she?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

via fawnvelveteen-tumblr Arthur Hacker – Lost Parasol

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

This neck doesn’t scratch itself, Human.

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

6 Things You Should Know About Flying, According to Flight Attendants

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

The Editorial Critique

Book News:

Fan Art: Alexia Chibi

Quote of the Day:

“I wish the cyberpunk dystopia that we actually live in had more ninjas and day-glo colors.”

~ Overheard in Borderlands Bookstore

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!
Share & Enjoy!

Gail Carriger Talks About The Food In Singapore

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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 on my Ate It Weird Pinterest board. If I can, I’ve likely tried it: ostrich, alligator, crocodile, frog, snail (both types), Morton Bay bug, guinea pigs, alpaca, haggis, horse, head cheese, sweetbreads and other offal, homemade chicha beer (yes, THAT), any fruit I can get my hands on (generally I know the Spanish word for it), and so much more.

My general philosophy is I will try anything 3 times (on the theory that the first two times it might have been ill prepared). Until Singapore I had only 2 exceptions to this rule:

  1. Raw sea urchin (or uni) and yes I am willing to try it cooked.
  2. Andouillette sausage, the traditional pig colon kind. Yes it tastes EXACTLY how you would expect.

And now:

3. Durian

Durian Ice Kacang = Disgusting

I am terribly sad to say I have added durian to the list of NEVER AGAIN. Look, yes it tastes a bit like custard apple (cherimoya) meets passion fruit (maracuya) and I LOVE both those fruits, but frankly, mostly, it tastes like baby poop mixed with gasoline. And I can’t imagine any circumstances where that will change.

No, not even Durian Baked Alaska

The worst part?

It repeats on you. Or it did me. It’s been weeks and I am still terrified to burp. A durian burp is like that scene from Thelma & Louise where they explode the gas station. With added vomit.

Singapore Food: The Good

Now that I have totally grossed you out, I’m going to wax poetical about all the actually amazingly yummy  food in Singapore.

First of all, there are fresh fruit juice stands everywhere and I learned real quick not to ever pass one up. Sometimes they frap it with ice, sometimes they whip it so there’s a fruit foam at the top, and sometimes it’s more like a single-fruit smoothie. Not matter what, yum!

Hotdog Juices

Okay, maybe not hotdog juice.

Secondly, lets talk kaya (coconut jam of deliciousness). I liked the green kind with pandan best. Why is this not a thing EVERYWHERE? Why? Watch Gail wail into the deep. I want to buy kaya at my local supermarket. And while we are at it, can we add Apple Banana Butter (as in from the Apple Banana, not a mix of apples and bananas) and Passion Fruit Curd to this list? Look, I’m telling you there is a wide world away from stupid old strawberry out there. (Not that I dislike strawberry jam but COME ON.)

Kaya Pau

Kaya Pau – the steamed sweet bun form of kaya

Finally, can we talk desert?

Oh, were we already? Okay but look, look at all the gelatinous deserts! I love them so.

buffet-deserts

Singapore Food: The Ugly

I was a wiggly delighted Gail the first morning in Singapore because after breakfast I got to proudly bop along and claim I’d stuck 6 things in my mouth and I’d no idea what they were. Still don’t. Came from an unlabeled pickled-things bar. I adore pickled things.

Anyway, the first place we stayed at offered this amazing breakfast buffet with All The Things.

Around the World Breakfast

Around the World in One Breakfast: Top, L-R: Italian marinated tomatoes, Indian upma, Korean pickled items, Scandinavian smoked salmon on American hash brown patty in the Jewish fashion, Chinese red bean paste pau, French cheese and bread, egg white omelet with Thai spices & chili sauce.

What a food looks like doesn’t bother me much. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the opportunity to try Singapore’s fish head curry. At first I avoided it because it thought it’d be just like a normal Thai red or yellow curry. Turns out it traditionally comes with more tamarind in it than other curries and it has more Indian spices. After learning that, I tried hard to get hold of it, but I’d left it too late. So I have a good reason to return to Singapore.

Singapore Hawker Center Food stand

Singapore Hawker Center Food stand

I also never got to try the chili crab. I tried the local crab at a raw seafood bar, which tasted a bit like a mix of Snow and Dungeness. I’m a crab fan, but the chili crab I found to buy was always too expensive, I suspect I was there off season.

In Singapore Corn & Beans are a desert. So there.

In Singapore Corn & Beans are a desert. So there.

So what was the first hing I ate when I landed to remind me I was home? The first thing I always eat, Pinky, fish tacos nor cal style.

“It is hot — so hot! — but not stifling, and all the rich-flavored, colored fruits of the tropics are here — fruits whose generous juices are drawn from the moist and heated earth, and whose flavors are the imprisoned rays of the fierce sun of the tropics.”

~ The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella Brid, 1883

{Gail’s monthly read along for November is Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger. Oh don’t look so shocked.}

OUT NOW

Romancing the Inventor

Romancing the Inventor: A Supernatural Society Novella

A steampunk lesbian romance featuring a maid bent on seducing a brilliant cross-dressing scientist who’s too brokenhearted to notice. Or is she?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

Les Modes Parisiennes Saturday, July 1, 1865 v. 45, plate 5

Les Modes Parisiennes Saturday, July 1, 1865 v. 45, plate 5

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

Ruffles Chicken & Seawed

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

A Fashionable Coiffure: Rolls, Plaits, and Other Popular Hairstyles of 1863

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

“I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.”
~ Gustave Flaubert

Book News:

The Parasol Protectorate made this list of 16 Complete Urban Fantasy Series to Binge-read all the way through.

Quote of the Day:

“Cheese – milk’s leap toward immortality.”
~ Clifton Fadiman

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!

Gail Carriger is in Singapore

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Right now, as this drops (through the magic of the internet) I am on a 18 hour flight to Singapore. In coach. Pity me! Lilliput is under new management for the next 10 days, and I am about to appear at the Singapore Writer’s Festival!

Saturday November 12 4:00pm ~ 5:00pm

Panel: Steampunk and Cephalopods with Gail Carriger

She writes steampunk comedies of manners mixed with paranormal romance and has a huge liking for cephalopods. She is the author of the Parasol Protectorate, Custard Protocol, and Delightfully Deadly series for adults, and the Finishing School series for young adults. Meet the New York Times bestselling author and ex-archaeologist Gail Carriger as she shares her love for steampunk and octopuses, as well as what’s next in the pipeline.

Sunday November 13 10:00am ~ 11:00am

Masterclass: The Gothic Roots of Steampunk (and Everything Else) with Gail Carriger

Do you know that most genre fiction was born out of Gothic literature? Science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and romance are all genres which borrow tropes and archetypes from the Gothic tradition. Steampunk is perhaps the most indebted to that tradition. Gail Carriger, author of the Parasol Protectorate and Custard Protocol series for adults, and the Finishing School series for young adults, will give a talk on Gothic tropes as a resource for budding writers.

{Gail’s monthly read along for November is Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger. Oh don’t look so shocked.}

OUT NOW

Romancing the Inventor

Romancing the Inventor: A Supernatural Society Novella

A steampunk lesbian romance featuring a maid bent on seducing a brilliant cross-dressing scientist who’s too brokenhearted to notice. Or is she?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

Fashion plate, 1877, France via shewhoworshipscarlin tumblr

Fashion plate, 1877, France via shewhoworshipscarlin tumblr

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

No High Heels Crossing Sign Sidney, Australia

No High Heels Crossing Sign Sidney, Australia

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

7 Creative Chairs All Book Lovers Will Love

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

“We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.”

~ Somerset Maugham

Quote of the Day:

“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.”

~ James Bryce

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!

Romancing the Inventor Ketchup (Supernatural Society Video)

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Romancing the Inventor has now been out 10 days, Gentle Reader. I cannot thank you enough for all your love and support. Particularly those who took the time to review and to comment and let me know that you enjoyed it. It really does mean a lot. And I notice, I do.

You know what? This book has be really fun from start to launch. And I don’t say that about most book launches!

Facebook Live Meets Spoilers

I did some Facebook Lives yesterday (a longer Q&A and a shorter spoilerific) that I hope some of you managed to watch. OK I know some of you managed it, because you were there, and I love you. The spoilerific one on the Squee Group will be deleted at the end of day 11/7/2016. I’m not comfortable leaving it up there for posterity. In the future, I’ll not even bother to upload those ones for replay. They will be a catch it only when live kind-of-deal. Since I didn’t warn you this time, that’s not fair, but going forward you have been warned.

Gail Carriegr Facebook Live Q&A https://www.facebook.com/gailcarrigerllc/

Travel

Tomorrow I leave for Singapore. I have blog posts scheduled to drop for while I am away but I’m not sure how much I, personally, will be online. So don’t drink all the tea while I’m gone.

Lilliput Suitcase, Gail Carriger Travel

I’ve an 18 hour flight: 4 magazines (Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, RWR, Locus), notes for a class I’m teaching to review, hundreds of books to read, dozens of podcasts to listen to, and 4 possible projects to work on (first pass on SAS novel, RTW novella outline, CP3 novel outline, some possible shorts). I even banked a few movies. I know, look at me getting caught up on pop culture. Not to mention the fact that I intend to try to sleep at least 6-8 of those hours. In case you wondered, I don’t mind long plane rides!

Being original and creative on a plane can be hard for me, so I’ll likely do the first read of SAS (which I was going to hold of on, but a review of next year’s production schedule means I need to move quicker than I thought), as that’s less brain power. But I wanted to bring options, just in case.

Gail Carriger On The Go Set Up: iPad Mini, blue tooth keyboard, scrivener iOS

This will be the first heavy test of my remote writing set up using Scrivener for iOS, my tiny bluetooth keyboard, and my iPad mini. I’m hoping it goes as well as it did on tour last July.

For those of you doing NaNoWriMo, very best of luck. And to all of you have a wonderful few weeks and I’ll chat with you when I get back.

{Gail’s monthly read along for November is Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger. Oh don’t look so shocked.}

OUT NOW

Romancing the Inventor

Romancing the Inventor: A Supernatural Society Novella

A steampunk lesbian romance featuring a maid bent on seducing a brilliant cross-dressing scientist who’s too brokenhearted to notice. Or is she?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

Fashion plate, May, 1877, England via shewhosorshipscarlin tumblr

Fashion plate, May, 1877, England via shewhosorshipscarlin tumblr

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

Victorian Tea Boxes New Zealand Museum

Victorian Tea Boxes New Zealand Museum

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

All About Steampunk: Gaiters, Goggles & Glory

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

“I write for the same reason I breathe – because if I didn’t, I would die.”
~ Isaac Asimov

Book News:

E&E made the list of “100 Must-Read YA Historical Fantasy Novels” on Book Riot

Quote of the Day:

“When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.”
~ Susan Heller

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!

Romancing The Inventor Releases Tomorrow! Chat With Gail On Video

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Happy Halloween!

Tomorrow Romancing the Inventor is out in the world!

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You can buy the ebook for $3.99 in all the usual places Amazon, B&N, Apple, Kobo, and directly from me.

The print book ($11.99) should be available as well, if not tomorrow then very very soon. Borderlands will ship you a signed copy if you call or email them.

Romancing the Inventor

Dianna says: “This story will be joyful return for those familiar with Carriger’s earlier work, but should also be a lovely romantic journey for new readers.”

Facebook Live Virtual Tour!

I have two Facebook Live events coming up in honor of this launch.

Tomorrow at 4:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, you can find me on the Parasol Protectorate Group where I’ll be talking about writing Romancing the Inventor and doing a general Q&A. I know that might be a bit early for some of you so…

Sunday Nov. 6 at 6 PM (Pacific Standard Time) I’ll be doing one over on my Author Page. I’m hoping for a spoiler free chat about the book (as some of you will have read it by then). But I’ll be happy to answer any other questions you may have.

Facebook Live Gail Carriger

After that, if I can, I’ll pop into the Squee! Group for a no holds barred spoilerific discussion. That’s assuming I can get Live to work in a group for which I am not an admin.

gail-desk-set-up-with-romancing-the-inventor

{Gail’s monthly read along for November is Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger. Oh don’t look so shocked.}

OUT NOW

Romancing the Inventor

Romancing the Inventor: A Supernatural Society Novella

A steampunk lesbian romance featuring a maid bent on seducing a brilliant cross-dressing scientist who’s too brokenhearted to notice. Or is she?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

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1878 Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French painter, 1841-1919) The Parasol

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

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Your Tisane of Smart . . .

10 Dickenseian Character Names Deciphered

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

“I can’t help but to write, I have a inner need for it. If I’m not in the middle of some literary project, I’m utterly lost, unhappy and distressed. As soon as I get started, I calm down.”
~ Kaari Utrio

Book News:

I Can Read for Miles says of Romancing the Inventor:

“To me, this tone fits with that of Poison or Protect, the previous romance novella Carriger published this summer from the Delightfully Deadly novella series (the Finishing School girls all grown up). Similarly between the two novellas, the sexy scenes are sweet and mildly shown, rather than explicit. This was quite fine with me in both cases, as Carriger seems to be exploring a lot about sexual personalities and perspectives we (or at least I) don’t often see in romance, which tends to be full of alpha males.”

Quote of the Day:

“[I am] a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals only with the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning.”
~ Samuel Johnson

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!

Gail is at the Gaslight Gathering in San Diego

Posted by Gail Carriger

 

My darling Gentle Reader I am down in San Diego at the Gaslight Gathering this weekend. I hope to see some of you there.

Here is my schedule:

Friday

  • 1:00pm-1:30pm Opening Ceremonies
  • 2:00pm-3:00pm Autograph Session
  • 4:00pm-5:00pm Spotlight on Gail Carriger
  • 5:00pm-6:00pm Meet the Guests Soiree
  • 8:00pm-11:00pm VIP Party

Saturday

  • 10:00am-11:00am PANEL: Gothic Literature and Its Influence on Steampunk
  • 1:00pm-2:00pm PANEL: Zombies, Vampires, and Ghosts – What are your favorite monsters?
  • 2:30pm-4:30pm Saturday Steampunk Tea
  • 5:00pm-6:00pm Autograph Session

Sunday

  • 12:00pm-1:00pm Panel: Taking the Horror out of Monsters
  • 2:00pm-3:00pm Autograph Session
  • 4:30pm Closing Ceremonies

{Gail’s monthly read along for October is The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey.}

PROJECT ROUND UP  

  • Romancing the Werewolf ~ A Supernatural Society Novella
    Status: Outline.
    LBGTQ reunion romance featuring your favorite reluctant werewolf dandy, the return of a certain quietly efficient Beta, and a very unexpected gift.
  • Secret Project SAS ~ Novella? Novel? Who knows.
    Status: Rough draft.
    Something new and different for Gail, contemporary m/m paranormal romance between a snarky mage and a gruff werewolf. Hella raunchy. Super dirty. Very very fun. Spin off of Marine Biology.

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Romancing the Inventor

Romancing the Inventor: A Supernatural Society Novella

A steampunk lesbian romance featuring a maid bent on seducing a brilliant cross-dressing scientist who’s too brokenhearted to notice. Or is she?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

1925 Esther Borough Johnson (British artist, 1867-1949) Tea Table in the Garden

1925 Esther Borough Johnson (British artist, 1867-1949) Tea Table in the Garden

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

Small Octopus Uses Flipflop to Build Its Home

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

Scientists Just Taught an Octopus to Use a Camera

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

10 Writing Mistakes that Give Readers Heartburn

Book News:

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Quote of the Day:

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
~ Oscar Wilde

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!

Where Has Gail Been Lately?

Posted by Gail Carriger

 

Well, Gentle Reader, I snuck off to LA for a weekend. I do this occasionally this time of year. The AB and I love us some stand up and podcasts and so we take our one vacation weekend each year to go down during the off season and enjoy.

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We visited Nerd Mecca for one of the last live Meltdowns. Our first and our last, I guess. It was very fun. I also got to see my much beloved author friend Matt and his lovely lady Nikki.

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Then we nipped over to UCB for another night of standup. Then it was all about LA Podfest which opened with one of my all time favorite podcasts, Doughboys. If you listen to the DQ episode you will hear me ask a question at the end.

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So that’s what I’ve been up to. Now back to your regularly scheduled Gail.

{Gail’s monthly read along for October is The Black Swan by Mercedes Lackey.}.

NEXT UP

Romancing the Inventor

Romancing the Inventor: A Supernatural Society Novella

A steampunk lesbian romance featuring a maid bent on seducing a brilliant cross-dressing scientist who’s too brokenhearted to notice. Or is she?

GAIL’S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .

1873-1875Collection Galleria del Costume di Palazzo Pitti _ OMG that dress!

1873-1875Collection Galleria del Costume di Palazzo Pitti _ OMG that dress!

Your Infusion of Cute . . .

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Not happy to see me packing again.

Your Tisane of Smart . . .

From the Ghetty

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Chimney Sweeps Paris 1851

Organ Grinder Paris 1853

Organ Grinder Paris 1853

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .  

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Three of my major influences: Wodehouse, Austen, Pierce

Book News:

Ramblings and Musings says of the Custard Protocol series: “It always is a challenge for authors to write spin-offs from much-loved series and make it as successful as the first one. But I think Ms. Carriger just did this and more.”

Quote of the Day:

“I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.”
~ Steve Martin

Questions about Gail’s steampunk world? There’s a wiki for that!

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