You may or may not have already noticed that there are lots of queer characters in my books. I know, right? What could be better than rainbow hugs? Below is an ongoing list of books, novellas, and short stories that I have written featuring queer* main characters. All of my books have queer rep, regardless […]
Jun142023
All Gail Carriger’s Queer Books: Fun LGBTQ+ Cozy Stories
May202019
Romancing the Inventor Special Extras
Romancing the Inventor is the second novella I wrote and my first official queer romance. Romancing the Inventor released in November of 2016 Here are some fun blog posts and resources that tie to this story. Research I did, chattering and amusement on the subject of May/December, lesbian, and class conflict relationships. This was also my […]
Apr132019
What the Book Publishing Process is Like + Fan Service Behind the Scenes (Video)
I’m hoping you’ll enjoy my latest video, Gentle Reader. This one is less Q&A and more a bit of storytelling from yours truly. For the first half I talk about how a book is birthed into the world from a traditionally established author perspective using Fan Service as a model. The second half is a […]
Jun262018
Illustrating Queer Characters Madame Lefoux & Imogene by Ace Artemis
Ace Artemis is an amazing fan artist who often draws my queer characters. In honor of Pride month, I’m featuring Ace’s work here in my blog, Gentle Reader. I hope you enjoy Ace’s take on my characters. Follow Ace Artemis on Twitter & Tumblr It’s time for the ladies! Genevieve & Imogene The above is […]
May72018
How to Defend Yourself Against a Vampire, Gail Carriger Style
Just for fun, here’s this, Gentle Reader! Did you want more fun extra bits? Stuff like this goes to my Chirrup members, because I love them bestest. Sign up here. Not into newsletters? Get only new releases by following Gail on Amazon or BookBub! Coop de Book for May is How to Marry a Werewolf (naturally, or should […]
Feb202017
Romancing the Inventor Chapter Titles & Other Quandaries
I have a mad love of chapter titles, Gentle Reader. You may, or may not, have noticed that all of my books have chapter titles. I’ve no idea where this love comes from, that’s the weird thing. Yes many of my early reader books had chapter titles, but it’s not like as I got older they […]
Jan272017
Romancing the Inventor is an Audiobook!
I’m not going to bury the lead, darlings, because that is so not my style. Here, in all its glory is the link to buy Romancing the Inventor in audiobook form on Audible! (Also on iTunes.) Concerning Audiobooks, Tea, & Mild Peril Well my darling Gentle Reader, after scanning a bunch of articles (mostly useless) and poking some of […]
Dec212016
Did You Know Gail Has A YouTube Channel? Video Q&A About Romancing the Inventor
Hello my dear Gentle Reader! I have a YouTube channel. I have, actually had a YouTube channel for a really long time, I just haven’t gotten into it much. However, Kelly and I have figured out how to take the Facebook Live videos I’ve been doing and upload them to YouTube. Well, Kelly has. So […]
Oct262016
Lesbians in Genre Fiction: Books Like Romancing the Inventor & Gail Carriger’s Competence
I did a recent blog post about how Mercedes Lackey opened my heart to writing about LBGTQ characters in genre fiction. Still, I struggled to find other characters (main or side) who represented lesbians in particular, in the genre books I loved to read. I guess I was thinking about characters like Madame Lefoux, who […]
Oct192016
Why this author writes queer characters
AKA Blame Mercedes Lackey, Behind The Supernatural Society Back when I was first transitioning into reading adult books, Gentle Reader, it was pretty natural to cross from children’s fantasy (there was no YA as a category back then) into adult fantasy via Mercedes Lackey. (I still hold that Arrows is, in fact, YA. It simply […]
Oct52016
Romancing the Inventor: Your Questions Answered (Q&A with Gail Carriger)
So my next novella, Romancing the Inventor, finally has all its preorders up and running! Amazon Apple iBooks Kobo Nook Drrectly from me as .mobi, .epub, and .pdf This one is in the Supernatural Society novella series. Thank you to everyone who has already preordered, within 12 hours of the Chirrup going out Amazon had […]
Sep212016
Romancing the Inventor Cover Reveal! (Supernatural Society)
I’m delighted to show you the cover art and blurb for Romancing the Inventor: A Supernatural Society Novella! This cover was designed by the indomitable Starla Huchton, the photo was taken by Pixie Vision Photography, and is used with permission from Donna Ricci. Recognize that name? Yeah, that’s because Donna was the cover model for the Parasol Protectorate […]