1811 Slang Pertaining to Cohabitation Heavy baggage ~ Women and children. She wears the breeches ~ The wife governs her husband. Butcher’s dog. i.e. lie by the beef without touching it ~ A simile often applicable to married men. To join giblets ~ Said of a man and woman who cohabit as husband and wife, […]
Jul62015
Victorian Slang Pertaining to Cohabitation (and it’s consequences)
Nov152014
Unscrewing the Bumbersnoot: In which Flywaymen Hijack Waistcoats & Weaponry Signed Editions (The Missing 500)
As many of you have noted, the 500 B&N signed editions of The Finishing School Book Three: Waistcoats & Weaponry have vanished. Here they are, after I signed them, waiting to be shipped… somewhere I suppose I should have known better than to chronicle the evils of the Picklemen. It’s never wise to go openly […]
Oct272014
Victorian Slang for Sophronia in Waistcoats & Weaponry
1811 Slang for Sophronia Taradiddle ~ A fib, or falsity. Quirks and quillets ~ Tricks and devices. To milk the pigeon ~ To endeavor at impossibilities. Sacheverel ~ The iron door, or blower, to the mouth of a stove. Grumbletonian ~ A discontented person. Jerrycummumble ~ To shake, towzle, or tumble about. Rum ogles ~ […]
Oct242014
9 Burning Questions About Waistcoats & Weaponry: Answered!
1. Will the Finishing School Books be made into a lovely omnibus one day? (@SpottyBlanket via Twitter) SFBC produced their own edition of E&E but I don’t know if they intend an omnibus of all four. I think that would be great, so fingers crossed. Right now, however, the only ones in existence are of […]
Jun132014
Waistcoats & Weaponry Cover Art
If you follow the Finishing School on tumblr you have already seen it, Gentle Reader. (And if you aren’t following the blog, you should be, it’s super fun.) But here it is, the cover of Waistcoats & Weaponry Finishing School Book Three out November 4, 2014! {What is Gail’s Book Group reading for June? Fortune’s […]
Oct292013
Gail Carriger’s Finishing School Music Video Lyrics & Story Behind the OTS!
For Curtsies & Conspiracies, the second Finishing School book I got a music video! To be clear this isn’t really a book trailer. Not as you imagine them anyway. It’s an original song about Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing School with live action meets animation. Even if you aren’t into the books or don’t read YA, it’s […]
Sep252013
Using Index Cards to Play With Author Brain, Gail Carriger Works on Waistcoats & Weaponry Finishing School Book
I love outlines, Gentle Reader, but sometimes, especially at the end of the series, I have so many threads to tie up and so many things I want to say in a book, that I find I need a way to organize my thoughts before I even start the outline stage. When it’s disparate points […]