#Gail carriger

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Nicky Hemick- All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

Genevieve Lefoux- The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger

Jack Wolcott- Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire

Benji Ovich- Beartown by Frederik Backman

#Nicky Hemick #aftg #the foxhole court #tfc #the kings men #the raven king #all for the game #Nora Sakavic #Genevieve Lefoux #The Parasol Protectorate #Parasolverse #The Parasol Protectorate series #Gail Carriger #Jack Wolcott #Wayward Children Series #Wayward Children #Seanan McGuire #Benji Ovich #Beartown #Frederik Backman #polls #lgbt books #queer book character tournament 2.0

[suzannahnatters]

Subplot Romance

Over the years I've created some twitter threads on writing and history and I've decided it's a good time to start compiling and sharing them on this Tumblr. I'm going to tag them "writing".

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Here's what I've learned about writing subplot romance. (People who write genre romance probably already know this stuff. It's those of us who are mainly leavening romantic subplots into fantasy novels that need this info).

1. Romance = fundamentally character-driven. All internal conflict & internal growth. (Can these two trust each other? Will their character flaws drive them apart?) The more study you put into creating characters and building character arcs, the better your romantic writing.

A romance arc is not the SAME as a character arc, but it 100% NEEDS solid character work undergirding it.

2. Romance needs two ingredients: a compelling reason for the characters to be TOGETHER, & a compelling reason for them to be APART. This forms the conflict in the romance so do not skimp on either.

Eg, a common mistake in male-penned stories: female lead has no compelling reason to want male lead. "He's a good-looking warrior dedicated to winning her throne!" Yeah nah, she's literally surrounded by good-looking warriors dedicated to winning her throne, why's he different?

3. Romance needs chemistry = a believable spark of attraction. Something that blew my mind when I realised it: romantic chemistry =/= sexual chemistry. Sexual chemistry (purely physical attraction) is simply PART of romantic chemistry.

Romantic chemistry is a good deal broader. (Read/watch some good romances to see how chemistry is built by different storytellers. One fave of mine is the Romola Garai EMMA. Peerless friends-to-lovers chemistry. Watch the actors' body language; the way they gravitate to each other; the way their faces light up)

Chemistry tip A: if the driver behind sexual chemistry is lust, the driver behind romantic chemistry is trust. Protag needs/wants someone to trust. It's the way you play with trust/distrust that will create romantic tension.

eg: love interest holds protag's hand. With sexual chemistry, protag simply feels a jolt at the contact. With romantic chemistry, protag feels comforted and trustful - then betrayed when it turns out LI is tracking her pulse to see if she's lying to him (see: MISS SHARP 😇)

Chemistry tip B: if protag is falling for someone, that person should occupy their mind. LI should be mentioned/thought of each scene, even when absent. When present: LI consistently provokes unaccustomed emotion - either positive or negative, depending.

Chemistry tip C: make the characters their best/most lovable/most iconic selves when with each other. Quirkiness, smarts, hilarity. Make these the most fun character scenes in the book & the audience will ship them. Passionately.

4. Build romantic chemistry/attraction through escalating moments of trust and tension. If aiming for happily-ever-after(HEA)/for-now(HFN), then the overall arc is towards greater trust, but you need those moments of tension to give the big payoff scenes appropriate catharsis.

OTOH, if you're writing a tragic/backstabby romance, you need the trust/comfort moments in order to sell the big tragedy/betrayal.

5. Trust, comfort, & happiness are POWERFUL. This is what genre romance thrives upon. Even in dark/spiky stories, the most surprising thing in the story can be the moment when the LI DOESN'T betray the protag. That too can be wildly cathartic. Use it.

6. Just as character-driven skills help you with romance, so if you master romantic writing, you'll be better able to write ALL types of relationship - platonic, friendly, hostile.

OK that's all so far. Two book recs: ROMANCING THE BEAT by Gwen Hayes & THE HEROINE'S JOURNEY by Gail Carriger teach you the rules/expectations of genre romance so you'll know what the rules are for a happy romance subplot & how to break them for a tragic version.

#Writing #writing romance #Miss Sharp's Monsters #Romancing the beat #Gwen Hayes #The heroine's journey #Gail Carriger #romance tropes #writing tip

[auntieblues]

“Steampunk is...the love child of Hot Topic and a BBC costume drama” ― Gail Carriger

original auntieblues

#steampunk #otter #auntieblues #gail carriger #illustration

[the960writers]

So your favorite author has a new book out! Yay!

How can you best support them and their book and continued career writing the things you want to read?

#Gail Carriger #supporting authors #how to support authors

[therefugeofbooks]

Currently reading Soulless by Gail Carriger

#what even is this book 🤡 #booklr #books #book photography #soulless #gail carriger #alma? #books and coffee #books and food #the refuge of books

[haveyoureadthiscomic-poll]

#soulless: the manga #soulless #parasol protectorate #the parasol protectorate #gail carriger #yen press #eol manga #manga #graphic novel #graphic novels #poll

[empyrean11]

About a quarter of the way through India Holton’s The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. And it’s just utterly delightful!!

Vibes very much like Finishing School series by Gail Carriger. Very proper ladies entirely matter-of-fact about being vicious spies/pirates, etc.

Cecilia is young, like the Finishing School girls. But I just love that most of the other pirates are old ladies. And the poor doddering old men!!! 🤣

#bookblr #the wisteria society of lady scoundrels #india holton #finishing school #gail carriger

[bluesadansey]

top 5 underrated books/tv shows

because “underrated” could be defined different ways I’m going to make this list specifically books that regardless of how well they do like, sales wise, on goodreads etc. specifically receive little to no attention in terms of like, book tumblr fandom here xd. 

the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor

The Parasol Protecturate series by Gail Carriger and her Steampunk books in general

Libba Bray’s fantasy series both The Diviners and the Gemma Doyle trilogy

Riley Redgate’s contemporary books Seven Ways We Lie and Final Draft in particular

The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin side note: the other books I listed ik the people who love them really love them even if they’re not as popular as I think they deserve to be but this book is apparently really hated by the general public the reviews I’ve seen are sooo negative lmao but I’m speaking my truth I thought it was a lot of fun and also camp

I was going to elaborate on each one but it was taking too long and I got impatient xd. The first three are certified favorites of mine the other two I just really like

(ask me top 5/10 of anything)

#s speaks #asks #retiredficwriter #mutuals #dosab #gail carriger #Libba bray #the diviners #the gemma doyle trilogy #riley redgate

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#fantasy #books #Etiquette and Espionage #Gail Carriger #Finishing School #poll #result: no #l: English

[mightymur]

[DD] Gail Carriger returns with more wisdom!

This was recorded back in July, but time and things and travel got away with me. Actually what happened was the fact that I can’t spread podcast production across more than one day. If I do, I will forget it needs to be finished. It’s not great spending 4+ hours to produce and upload 2 shows, but if I don’t, one will fall by the wayside. ADHD brain for the win. We will be back in september,…

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#ditchdig #ditchdiggers #gail carriger

[dandy-daisylion]

if anyone needs me. no you don’t. i am in a dome six coma right now. rereading the trilogy and thanking god for my waterproof mascara as i cry my eyes out.

#dome 6 #crudrat #tinkered starsong #gail carriger #PHEX MY BABY #asterism pantheon my beloved #tillam pantheon also my beloved #but obviously i’m an asterism bitch first

[rebuke-me]

sometimes a family is a bubbly lady who was raised by an eccentric gay vampire, her french engineer lover, a practical minded lesbian, a werelioness with an affinity for tassels, an academic redhead who gets pegged, and a female doctor with an assassin mother.  plus the bubbly lady's cousin who tried to kill her and his trans woman interpreter/spy wife

#parasol protectorate #parasolverse #custard protocol #the custard protocol #gail carriger #rue akeldama #quesnel lefoux #primrose tunstell #tasherit sekhmet #percy tunstell #arsenic ruthven #rodrigo tarabotti #anitra floote

[smalltownfae]

This makes me want to check Gail Carriger's books. My thoughts exactly about this book.

#the forgotten beasts of eld #gail carriger

[wildwildwestcon]

Hello to all our amazing friends and fans! We have a new announcement for you today, and it's a doozy!

Please help us welcome back our dear friend and yours, Gail Carriger!

Gail Carriger writes books that are hugs, mostly comedies of manners mixed with steampunk, urban fantasy, and sci-fi (plus cozy queer joy as G. L. Carriger). These include the Parasol Protectorate, Custard Protocol, Tinkered Stars, and San Andreas Shifter series for adults, and the Finishing School and Tinkered Starsong series for young adults. Also nonfiction: The Heroine’s Journey. She is published in many languages, has over a million books in print, over a dozen New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, and starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus, and Romantic Times.

Her first book, Soulless, made Audible’s Best list, was a Publishers Weekly Best Book, an IndieBound Notable, and a Locus Recommended Read. She has received the American Library Association’s Alex Award, the Prix Julia Verlanger, the Elbakin Award, the Steampunk Chronicle‘s Reader’s Choice Award, and a Starburner Award. She was once an archaeologist and is fond of shoes, cephalopods, and tea. Get early access, specials, and exclusives via her website gailcarriger.com

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As always, stay tuned here and to all our social media for more announcements, news, and updates! See you soon for #WWWC12Heroes and #WWWC12Villains!

#gail carriger #steampunk con #steampunk #guest announce

[shsenhaji]

📚 March Reading Round-Up 📚

Read some pretty great books in March, and there's a few I'm still reading that I hope to finish in April!

I was able to continue some series that I've been reading, such as The Murderbot Diaries and Kushiel's Legacy. I also finally finished the Imperial Radch trilogy!

- House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J Maas (partial re-read, Partial re-read, very good, kept wanting to read more, didn’t cry but felt the Emotions, friendship! Connected much more to some characters this time around)

- Divinity 36 by Gail Carriger (Good, engrossing, very emotional, lots of heart at its core, enjoyed it more as I continued reading)

- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (thank you Bigolas Dickolas for the push to finally read this book! Loved the audiobook, beautiful, not as confusing as I’d feared, loved how their relationship developed, the prose and metaphors and language…)

- Traveller's Joy by Victoria Goddard (Good, emotional, heartwarming, some sadness and dramatic irony, friendship!)

- Kushiel's Chosen (finally got to the second book, and it didn't disappoint! So good, kept binging it, so emotional and philosophical, heartbreaking at parts, loved it even more than book one)

- Network Effect by Martha Wells (so good and readable, Murderbot my beloved, loved seeing the characters and their relationships and Three, Murderbot being rescued!!!!)

- Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Read it in one sitting immediately after finishing Network Effect, so very good, loved the themes and characters and how they developed and grew, that ending!)

#mine #reading round-up #crescent city #sarah j maas #house of sky and breath #divinity 36 #gail carriger #this is how you lose the time war #max gladstone #amal el mohtar #traveller's joy #victoria goddard #network effect #martha wells #murderbot #imperial radch #ancillary mercy #ann leckie #kushiel's chosen #kushiel's legacy #jacqueline carey

[mangacat201]

Ich denke dieses Buch – "The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture (English Edition)" von Gail Carriger

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@cal-daisies-and-briars ... Here it is, I butchered the author's name uwu...

#the heroine's journey #gail carriger #required reading