Gail Carriger: The Heroine’s Journey The Epilogue... podcast

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Welcome to the Epilogue...this time I'm talking to award-winning and best selling author Gail Carriger! We discuss her Parasol Protectorate and Finishing School series, the archaeology of writing, writing connected series, and most especially, the Heroine's Journey--what it is, the structure, and viewing as an alternative to the Hero's Journey.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
02:19 The Parasol Protectorate
13:28 The Archaeologist Role of the Author
22:58 Alien and Normal in Science Fiction
35:11 The Heroine's Journey
45:09 The Hero's Journey vs. The Heroine's Journey
56:41 Genre and Audience Alignment
01:01:54 Finding Your Role as an Author

Gail's Information:

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 two 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.

Gail's Books Mentioned:

The Heroine's Journey

Soulless (Parasol Protectorate Book 1)

Prudence (Custard Protocol Book 1)

Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School Book 1)

Crudrat (Tinkered Stars Book 1)

Divinity 36 (Tinkered Starsong Book 1)

The Sumage Solution (San Andreas Shifters Book 1) [High Heat]

Gail Carriger photo credit: Vanessa Applegate.

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