I had the most fascinating conversation with a translator, Gentle Reader. I have blogged a bit before about how much I enjoy chatting with those who translate my words. It forces me to think about language differently, and how I apply it. Such a discussion started recently with the phrase “mostly dead. A translator emailed […]
Jul112014
Mostly Dead in Translation: Hilarious Times With Foreign Editions
Dec202013
Japanese Cover Art for Curtsies & Conspiracies Plus Ketchup
I believe the translation has now hit shelves in Japan, so here, Gentle Reader is the cover art for Curtsies & Conspiracies in Japanese. Isn’t it the cutest thing ever!?! via Dormaus Uhrwerk (@thedormaus): your name in katakana – Geiru Kyarigaa. I do love the way the Japanese covers always take from a scene in […]
Nov32013
Soulless by Gail Carriger Wins the Prix Julia Verlanger French Award (The Parasol Protectorate)
I am delighted to announce that I have won the Prix Julia Verlanger, a French Award for Sci-Fi and Fantasy. They give the award once a year, to one author. I am quite chuffed. This is my first genre award and my first international award!* The award was announced at les Utopiales de Nantes but […]
Oct252013
7 Fun Questions from Foreign Translators
Many times, Gentle Reader, I get asked what I do with my days besides actual writing. So much. So very much. In fact more of my fiction writing career is spent not writing fiction these days, then writing fiction. (Non fiction is a different matter, for example I have an article in the Huffington Post […]
Jul102013
Japanese Cover Art for E&E
Presenting for you, Gentle Reader, the amazing cover art for Etiquette & Espionage from Japan. This art is for the translation, not a manga version. I love the way they depict the balconies of the school. It’s very similar to how I imagined them. The book has been out in Japan for a while and […]
Sep192012
Latest Parasol Protectorate German Cover: Heartless
I think this is the German Cover for Heartless, although I’m not certain, it could be Timeless. I also have no idea what the title translates to. You can see all my thoughts on the first three German covers here. Not a whole lot has changed. These are also the covers that France is using […]
Sep142012
In Which Gail Interviews the Lovely Morgan Keyes
Today, Gentle Reader, one of my occasional series of interviews with other authors (gasp!) Please kindly welcome Morgan Keyes to the Parasol Protectorate arena. I asked her to stop by because her upcoming book looks like so much fun, as was exactly the kind of novel I would have devoured as a child, or, indeed […]
May42012
Japanese Cover Art for Heartless
Here’s the cover for the most recent Japanese translation, Heartless. This is not the manga but the book translated into Japanese. Book News: Vaginal Fantasy talks a little about Soulless BOOK DE JOUR! Heartless: Parasol Protectorate Book 4 PICK YOUR VENDOR! Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is […]
Apr242012
Gail Carriger Treks Trough Europe on Book Tour: London, Stockholm, Budapest, Barcelona
Forgive me for a massive post, Gentle Reader, but I had so little time on the second half of my trip abroad (aka Gail’s Grand Tour) that I did not have the opportunity to blog, or even make notes, that I feel I must get it all out at once so I am caught up […]
Apr162012
Gail Carriger’s Drink, Shop & Do’s in London
It is one of the great pleasures of my life that, given the type of prose my humble pen has taken to producing, that I have consequently been blessed by tea-centered celebratory events. After a most excellent evening at Foyles and several other cuppas in honor of simply being in England. It was on to […]
Apr22012
Spanish Cover Art for Blameless
For the first two books my Spanish publisher, Versatil, used the US cover art. But for Blameless they switched it up and gave me a new cover. It’s lovely, I like the expression on Alexia’s face, very arrogant. The dirigibles are, in fact, blimps and this is the book the features the ornitopter which I […]
Jun222011
Japanese Changeless Cover (The Parasol Protectorate)
Gentle Reader, here is the cover launch for Changeless, the second Parasol Protectorate novel translated into Japanese (not the manga). I do love their take on the series. And, just because I feel like it, here is another . . . Heartless teaser! “Of course, one knew Lord Akeldama must be able to fight. He […]