My dear Gentle Reader, I won’t be doing a breakdown of my SteamCon outfits (too many parts) but there are pictures, around the web. Also, I am consolidating all three days into one post (plus the two day drive back), mostly because they have all run together in my head. However, I do recall that […]
Nov292010
SteamCon Report
Nov102010
The Steampunk Bible, Gail Is Away, Marmite, and More
I’m on a road trip up the Pacific North Coast for the next week and a half, and then it is Thanksgiving. I’m not certain how frequently I will be online. Apologies, Gentle Reader, I’m certain you know how the Holliday Season goes. Tra la! It’s been a long month my dears and this one […]
Nov32010
Ketchup Blog and Missive Worms
My dearest Gentle Reader, I am remiss. There is this Thing that happens to us scribblers. We get all tangled up with the end of a project, and then visitors from abroad descend and conventions come knocking at the door. One has put off missives and interviews and calling cards in order to finish the […]
Oct132010
Yen Press, NYComicCon Photos, Interview, and Old Lists
The official Yen Press announcement! Soulless turns to the Manga side. My agent goes to NY ComicCon, visits the Parasol Protectorate display and blogs all about it. Interview over at the Book Yurt. Here is a sample: Byrt: You’ve mentioned you deliberately set out to subvert Campbell’s hero’s myth with the Demeter Myth – can […]
Oct62010
Gail Carriger’s Thoughts on Steampunk in New Zealand and Marmite
My compliments to the Kiwi dairy farmers! The milk, cheese, and yoghurt was marvelous. So, thank heavens was the tea. Still not as strong as Twinning’s Gold label but we fond ourselves drinking Auckland based Chanui black tea of a morning. Described as: A strong full bodied blend that was the choice of English lords […]
Sep172010
WorldCon AussieCon4 Final Report
But first, the usual minutia. I have neglected to mention three things. First, Soulless, Changeless, and Blameless have now been released in the UK. The internal text is basically the same as the US editions (sadly no translation to the Queen’s English) but the size is different. The books aren’t trade size, but they are […]
Sep152010
Gail Carriger Tells a Story about Steampunk & Finding a Hair Dresser in Australia
But first, a new interview with Kevin on Writer’s Grove: KH: I know that your books are primarily written to be entertaining—at which they succeed magnificently—but I also enjoy the subtexts of various culture wars. Alexia’s Italian heritage and her soulless condition mark her as “other” in Victorian London, and she becomes associated with quite […]
Sep72010
Quick Check In After WorldCon AussieCon4
I am back from Australia, Gentle Reader, for about 3.5 seconds before jetting off on book tour. But I did want to drop a quick post so you didn’t think I’d entirely abandoned you. Great upset at the Hugos. I lost the Campbell, no that wasn’t the upset, the upset was that there was a […]
Aug112010
How to Throw Your Own Parasol Protectorate High Tea
Today, Gentle Reader I have a template for you to throw a Parsol Protectorate High Tea, basted on the first one I ever threw myself! Invitation You are cordially invited to a Parasol Protectorate High Tea. There can be no more delightful way to enjoy the last of summer than with delicious nibbles and a […]
Aug62010
Q&A, Booklaunch, Naming Inanimate Objects
Extra long audio interview up on Zombie Popcorn Radio. You can get it as a podcast too. We never actually talked about zombies, but I may have let a few other tid-bits out accidentally over the course of such a long interview. Books Inc has officially announced my Blameless book launch party in San Francisco, […]
Jun302010
I’m going to OryCon, SteamCon, and PoppyCock Land
Watch the Sky’s book club asks me five fun questions here’s a sample: Can you conceive any way your book would work if the main character was male rather than female? Another fascinating question, and yes. Alexia is rather masculine in some ways, especially for a Victorian female. It’s official I’ve accepted invitations to be […]
Apr262010
Murder by the Book: Houston, We Have Carriger!
Travel to Texas proved itself far less incommodious than one generally expects departing out of SFO. Early morning on a Saturday would appear to be the best kind of time. I was much surprised to find a small offering of food on the flight, Cheerios (of all things) and a real banana. Wonders may never […]