Eastercon was a blast! Panels are so much more intellectual in this part of the world, and the bickering is a hoot. Had a marvelous time nattering and swilling tea and nattering and swilling more tea. Am loosing my voice and sloshing slightly. Here’s my first panel discussing the monarchy trope in fantasy, taken by […]
Apr92012
Eastercon
Apr82012
In Which Gail’s UK Experiment Commences!
After an utterly painless flight ~ no I mean it! ~ arrived in London safe and sound. (Go Virgin Atlantic! Really painless! It helped that I had an exit seat, no squalling infants, nice travel companions, and sleeping pills.) I was immediately confronted by that most British of qualities, (dis)service. This is that ineffable idea […]
Mar92012
New York Times, Manga Times, and European Times (Parasol Protectorate)
After all my fussing, Timeless made NYT at #17, USA at #98, and PW at #12. Thank you so so much for buying, Gentle Reader! I won’t lie, the Amazon pre-sales hurt. They spread out Timeless‘s numbers over three weeks, instead of one, which means about 1/3 didn’t go towards the “first-official-week-on-sale” listings at all. […]
Mar52012
Timeless Book Tour Recap
Apologizes for the radio silence, my dear Gentle Reader. I’ve been on book tour for Timeless and the Soulless manga. It was a blast, but quite busy and rather exhausting. It was the classic fly, land, hotel, change, event, hotel, sleep ~ wash and repeat. Fitting food into the mix was an exercise in mathematical […]
Feb282012
Goodbye Parasol Protectorate Tea for Timeless
So we had our Goodbye Parasol Protectorate Tea-party on Sunday, Gentle Reader, and raised enough money to buy two wheelchairs for the Variety Children’s Charity! There was a fun little raffle as well as a bar and the cost of admission. I’m so proud of my fans! It was not only a fun event, but […]
Feb72012
Announcing the Goodbye Parasol Protectorate Tea Party for Timeless
SF in SF and Variety Children’s Charity of Northern California cordially request the honour of your presence at The conclusion to the Parasol Protectorate series The Timeless Tea Party & Book Launch with author Gail Carriger Sunday, February 26 Doors open: 1:00pm Tickets: $20 at the door (cash only, please!) Please RSVP to request tickets […]
Nov222011
The Last Convention of 2011 Teslacon
Teslacon was my last convention of this year, and what a way to go out! There were travel adventures that included ~ but were not limited to: missed flights, extensive lay overs, being verbally attacked by a psycho psychic, sushi consumption, Cleveland, lost luggage, and freezing cold. Luckily (or unluckily for her) the lovely and […]
Oct182011
Gail Carriger Returns from Germany! The Frankfurt Book Fair & Beyond
Well, Gentle Reader, I am back in the land of interweb access and full sized blankets. I had a wonderful time in Germany where they seem quite fascinated with good Italian coffee and gelatto, amazing cheese, and marvelous pastries. A girl can live on such things. Don’t know what to do with tea, those Germans. […]
Sep262011
FenCon Recap
I had a wonderful time at FenCon, Gentle Readers. It has renewed my faith in conventions. Let me explain . . . I tend to think of conventions as coming in categories: SF/F local cons (anywhere from 200 to 2000, but usually around 800) steampunk cons (you never know they seem to be growing exponentially) […]
Apr222011
In Which Tamora Pierce Has Victorian Breakfast Consequences
Ah, Gentle Reader, I was ceased with the sudden mad desire to read Tamora Pierce on Wednesday night. Possibly because I’m trying to get in touch with my teenage self while writing this Finishing School young adult series. Well, my teenage self took over.Stupid teenage self. It was 11:30 when I picked up First Test […]
Apr142011
Gail Carriger Has Returned from LA
Seven hours of driving, Gentle Reader. Seven. From a girl who has a standing work station because she doesn’t like to sit still for over 20 minutes. I packed my little car with snacks like I was going along with Hannibal over the Alps. Man the elephants! Full steam ahead. (Oh, what if Hannibal had […]
Apr12011
Packing For LA & Other Crisis Of Fashion And Organization
Packing is so exciting, but darlings, it takes me yonks! My goodness, you’d think I was planning a small invasion of a fashionable country ~ probably one whose main export is hats. The devil is in the stilettos, it’s a careful balance of which ones are worn when and in what order (simply can’t have […]