What inspired The Antics of Evangeline – style

Today I’m talking more aboutthe inspiration behindEvangeline and the Alchemist (coming in June 2016).

The book which sparked the whole Evangeline series was Blameless by Gail Carriger. (Yes, I read her series completely out of order.) Aside from being a cracking good read, I was struck byCarriger’swit and the possibility of silliness within a Victorian world. As soon as I finished the last page, I was hitwith an idea for a character, Evangeline.

I’ve tried writing urban fantasy before (vampir...