Super Sneaky Victoriana Research Tips

by Gail Carriger
[In honor of her new book Soulless, which impressed me with its groundedness in the Victorian world, I asked author Gail Carriger to blog about the art of finding good research sources for Steampunk writing. This is her contribution - thank you very much, Ms. Carriger! -JDS]
I’ve said it before and I’ll [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Creativity, Idle Musings, LanguagePosted on October 10th, 2009

Etiquette by the Full Moon

A review of Soulless by Gail Carriger

There is only one thing worse than having a soul, and that is not having a soul. Or perhaps having too much? I think I’m getting ahead of myself.
To backtrack, I just finished reading Gail Carriger’s debut novel Soulless, now available for preorder from Amazon and scheduled [...]

5 Comments »Filed under: Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on July 28th, 2009

Dealing In, Episode 7 pt. 2

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On this second half of episode seven of Dealing In, Gail Carriger sings the DOOM! song, the quartet gets musically adventurous, Chris Lester gets so tipsy he can’t follow the jokes, and we handle all your voicemail. If you thought the first half was zany — you ain’t heard nothin’ yet!
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No Comments »Filed under: Podcasts, PredestinationPosted on April 5th, 2009

Dealing In, Episode 7 pt 1

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On this episode of Dealing In, Gail Carriger brings a touch of prurient Victorian wit to the proceedings, while Chris Lester gets re-acquainted with scotch and Kitty Nic’Iaian reminds us all why she’s around: To keep the rest of us in line!
Topics Mentioned
Prophets of Panimendorah
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Metamor City
Gail Carriger’s Soulless
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1 Comment »Filed under: Podcasts, PredestinationPosted on April 4th, 2009

Episode 21 fix

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Fix for the problems some of you had with accidentally grabbing ep 12.
Marian Shelley emerges from her convalescence to discover whether or not she can actually face the world after what she’s lived through. On Luna, Brittany runs into an unusual character, while on Nineveh Joss gets a not-quite-unexpected visitor.
Larry Bushey, Host of [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Podcasts, PredestinationPosted on March 19th, 2009

Predestination, Episode 21

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Marian Shelley emerges from her convalesence to discover whether or not she can actually face the world after what she’s lived through. On Luna, Brittany runs into an unusual character, while on Nineveh Joss gets a not-quite-unexpected visitor.
Larry Bushey, Host of the Going Linux Podcast, brings us the Story So Far.
Cast this [...]

1 Comment »Filed under: Podcasts, PredestinationPosted on March 18th, 2009

Dealing In, Episode Six pt 1

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Heya Everyone, episode six of dealing in is here. Due to my long absence a LOT of feedback had piled up. This one’s an hour long, and it’s part one of two or three. My cohorts and I deal with an epic email from a former drunk emailer, now sober, we [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Podcasts, PredestinationPosted on February 25th, 2009
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