Dear Gentle Reader, here’s my latest Live Q&A – Post-Reticence writing life, future plans, and more! Upcoming Projects I’m Excited About! I talk about Meat Cute and plans for audio and digital. The Enforcer Enigma is coming! Heroine’s Journey non-fic. Blog post featuring my story ideas and possible future books. Stuff I’m Into! My lipstick […]
Sep202019
Post Reticence Q&A, Future Plans, Meat Cute Release Info (Video)
Sep162019
Reticence subjected to the Page 69 test! (Custard Protocol Behind the Magic)
Dearest Gentle Reader, This post first appeared over on the Page 69 Test Blog Blog run by the lovely Marshal Zeringue. This is a fun way for my to analyze my own writing without actually, you know, analyzing my own writing. I used the UK paperback edition of the book as that tends to be the […]
Sep22019
Reticence Special Extras (Custard Protocol Special)
Have you JUST finished this book? You want this blog post: What Happens After Reticence? All Your Questions Answered! Reticence released in August of 2019 Reticence is the final book in the Custard Protocol series. It takes place after events in Competence and contemporaneous with those in How to Marry a Werewolf. (At least at […]
Aug122019
Some Super Fun Reticence Stuff ~ Links & Video (Custard Protocol Special Extras)
My darling Gentle Reader, Reticence has now been launched into the world, hooray! Reticence Update Here’s all the behind the scenes stuff for Reticence while you read or after you finish! I really hope you enjoy both the book and the extras. Release Q&As plus Tidbits Behind the Scenes Research What Do All Those Latin […]
Aug92019
What Happens After Reticence? All Your Questions Answered!
But, you say. Miss Gail, you say. No more Parasolverse? Wait…. NOOOOOOOOO! Your End of Series Questions Answered! Is this the last Custard Protocol Book? Yes. Anything is possible, but for now, Rue and her crew are off about their own business and tired of me messing with them. Is this the end of the […]
Aug72019
What Do All Those Latin Phrases Mean in Reticence? (Custard Protocol Behind the Magic)
So in Reticence one of the love languages between Percy and Arsenic is, in fact, another language: Latin. In this post I’m going to talk all about it, Gentle Reader. There shouldn’t be any obvious spoilers, but you can save this post to return to later (or as you read) if you’re super worried. Percy […]
Aug52019
Reticence Release Q&A and More!
My new book, Reticence, hits stores tomorrow, Gentle Reader. I hope you are excited to read Percy’s book and to visit more and very different parts of the world. You are in for a great deal of hijinks and silliness and a couple big reveals that I think will shock and delight about the world, […]
Aug22019
Tidbits & Behind the Scenes Research for Reticence (Custard Protocol Special Extras)
So here’s some bits and bobs I researched for Reticence! I don’t think these are very spoiler-y but if you are super worried you might want to save this to read after you’ve finished the book. These are things, Gentle Reader, that may assist with comprehension but are not at all necessary. Party Inspiration For […]
Jul292019
Introducing A New Character, Arsenic! Researching Lady Doctors in the Victorian Era for Reticence (Special Extras)
Reticence may have Percy on the cover but it opens with a fabulous new character, Arsenic! This is a teaser post and shouldn’t contain any spoilers so… read on! The opening scene… WANTED: Airship Doctor Physician welcome, surgeon preferred. Remuneration according to experience level. Education open to negotiation. Progressive philosophy and equable temperament preferred. Must […]
Jul222019
Why Dress Characters in Victorian Sportswear? (Claw & Courtship Custard Protocol Special Extra)
I love me some Victorian sportswear, Gentle Reader. In How To Marry A Werewolf, Faith the main character (an upstart American girl) is a proponent of the great freedom and joy in the bicycle suit. In Reticence, new character Arsenic wears all manner of sportswear from a golfing costume to a bicycling suit as well. […]
Jul122019
Dressing Percy & Quesnel for the Custard Protocol Books ~ Victorian Fashion for Men 1890s (Special Extra)
With Reticence coming out soon, and it being Percy’s book, I thought I might do a bit on men’s fashion for a change, Fashionable Reader. Here’s a quote from Reticence on the subject of Percy’s appearance… “The others looked interested, surprised, and resigned according to their natures. Except Percy, who looked like none of those […]
Jul32019
Reticence: Two Covers, Pick Your Favorite? (Custard Protocol Behind the Magic)
Reticence and Competence each have two difference overs, Gentle Reader. TWO! 2! TwwwOOOOOOoooooooooo. Reticence Covers Which one? Print Editions? You can call or visit your favorite local bookstore! Ask them to “Order it from Ingram.“ Borderlands offers signed editions of the USA Hardcover. They will ship worldwide. Use the SIGNED button under the book’s image on […]