By special request Gentle Reader, I give you some of my favorite things to do when visiting London couched in terms of character preference and influence on the Parasolverse. Day One – Physical Improvements Felicity & Evelyn ~ Wander down Oxford Street and look at shops, perhaps buy shoes, perhaps buy more than just shoes. […]
Feb32012
Gail Carriger’s 10+ Things You Must Do When Visiting London: 3 Days Planned for Lovers of the Parasolverse
Oct32011
New Series Announced! The Parasol Protectorate Abroad: Prudence & Imprudence
It’s official, Gentle Reader! The announcement has been made. In addition to writing the new YA series, The Finishing School, and shepherding the Soulless manga into existence, I will be writing a new adult series for Orbit called the Parasol Protectorate Abroad the Custard Protocol. If you’ve finished Heartless you know who that series will […]
Aug292011
World Building: How Gail Built the Parasolverse by Explaining History Backwards
This is a reboot of a blog I did back in September of 2009 when I was first launching Soulless into the world. I’m an archaeologist & I’m constantly distressed by history. Back in my days as a practicing archaeologist, I was constantly distressed by history. This was, as you may well imagine, professionally terribly […]
Jun302011
Pronouncing Names & the Meaning Behind Them, Plus How does Gail Choose Names?
A fun little conversation over on the Parasol Protectorate Facebook group sparked this blog. So thank you, Gentle Facebooker, for the prod in the articulate direction. My character names & how I pronounce them in my head The Parsolverse Here are a few specific names from my series that I get asked about a lot… Tarabotti […]
Apr292011
In Which Your Intrepid Author Takes A Balloon Ride In The Interests Of Research
Details for Writers of the Floating Persuasion So as you may have guessed (ore read), Gentle Reader, from the time frame, my characters don’t float by dirigible they float by balloon instead. So I decided for my birthday I’d recruit five friends and go up in a balloon to see what it was really like. […]
Sep242009
30+ Best Early Steampunk Books: An Entirely Non Preferential List from Gail Carriger (2009)
Much discussion recently on the subject of steampunk literature as I enter into the field for the first time with Soulless. (Yes look at the date of this blog post, it’s from 2009.) Here’s a steampunk booklist (as of 2009*): The Windup Girl ~ Paolo Bacigalupi New Amsterdam ~ Jonathan Barnes The Somnambulist ~ Elizabeth […]