Copy edits (AKA CE) always seem to take longer than I think they should. The following occurred, gentle reader while working on Prudence but many of my CEs are like this. So I decided, yesterday afternoon to keep track, for a few hours, of why that might be the case. This isn’t an exact record […]
What Does A Copy Edit Pass Looks Like? Gail Carriger’s Internal Dialogue
Prudence Promotional Material Exclusive Sneak Peek!
So, Gentle Reader, in addition to cover copy there’s promotional material copy for a book these days. By that they mean the wordage used in online venues, bookstore pamphlets and other advertising. I got special permission from Orbit to let you guys see the Prudence extra copy first! Here you go… ON BEHALF OF QUEEN, […]
Crudrat Drops, Prudence Tease, Plus 4 Book Reviews!
Hello Gentle Reader, I’m back on the grid after several days of restorative rest and relaxation. While Gail Was Away Crudrat audiobook released to backers! Hooray! I will let you know when it’s available for purchase to the general public. (Official kickstarter announcement.) What Gail Got Up To I managed to stay on top of […]
6 Questions Answered About the New Custard Protocol Series
So, before I left for NY, I revealed the cover for Prudence. Sales Conference in NY presenting said cover This generated gratifying excitement and no few questions around the social medias. Here I answer six of the more pressing… Does the (really soon!) release date [March 17, 2015] affect the release of the last Finishing […]
Prudence Cover Reveal! Book One of the Custard Protocol Series – and a Custard Pie Recipe
My dear Gentle Reader, you have been waiting so patiently and I am delighted to reward you with, the cover art for… Prudence The Custard Protocol: Book One Coming March 17, 2015 Photo by Shirley Green, Illustration by Don Sipley, Design by Lauren Panepinto The inevitable questions… When when when? March 17, 2015. Yes […]
Prudence Has A New Name! Announcing the Custard Protocol Series
OK OK, see what I did there, Gentle Reader? Oh, I’m being so trixy. So you knew that she wasn’t going to be Prudence. Although, Prudence is still the title of the first book. But the series, the series is getting a new name! For the past year or so I have been referring to […]
Analytical Versus Creative or Why Gail’s Life Went Bang Prudence & The Custard Protocol
I was going to just let it drop and see if you noticed. Of course you’d notice, Gentle Reader. No actually, I wasn’t, there was never a time when I wouldn’t have confessed all. You know me, I’m not that kind of lady. But this one, Gentle Reader, this one is a difficult confession. So […]
Changing Release Dates
Some of my more crafty Gentle Readers out there have already spotted this fact ~ yes my release dates have changed. Etiquette & Espionage (The Finishing School Book the First) is still releasing February 5, 2013. It will be in hard back. You can pre-order on Amazon or any fine bookstore online or near you. […]
Victorian Travel Times
So you are writing something set in the Victorian era? How long will it take your characters to get from one place to another? Below I calculate travel times by horse, train, dirigible, and werewolf. Gentle Reader, occasionally the curious ask me how I calculate travel times, sooo… I wrote this blog post! Before writing […]
Prudence: A Peek At Gail Carriger’s Research
I’m writing the first Custard Protcol book right now, Gentle Reader, set in 1895. There are the usual pauses for research and as I thought you might enjoy a look at the rabbit holes I have been chasing over the past month in pursuit of fodder for Prudence. Mainly so Rue can blow it up […]
Medical Common Sense and Plain Home Talk, Gail Carriger’s Parasolverse Research
Rummaging about in my research books for inspiration and getting sucked yet again into Medical Common Sense and Plain Home Talk by Edward B. Foote, M.D., 1871. This book contains such delicious chapter titles as: The Causes of Nervous and Blood Derangements (Violating the Moral Nature, Bad Habits of Manhood and Womanhood) Common Sense Remedies […]
In Which Gail Gets Into It About Sundowners
I had an interesting question from my Swedish publisher, Gentle Reader, addressing the subject of Sundowners. All About Sundowners in the Parasolverse They were hoping I could sort it out for them. “Alexia also suspected there were a few sundowners left among the ranks, though not used much anymore.” ~ From Soulless Later on in […]