Sarrah
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Gail Carriger:
Your characters always have, and I mean this in the best possible way, insane names. Where do you get the ideas for your names and do you pick names first or do you develop the characters first and then find something fitting?
Gail Carriger
On a very few occasion the character will choose his/her own name (Soap, Dimity), but most of the time my names are cookies, that is: a reward for the careful reader. The name either tells readers something about the character, where he came from, her real identity, his true purpose, or relate to someone historical (Tarabotti), or are some kind of hint or foreshadow (Akeldama). I love names so I always play with them if possible.
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Carson
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Gail Carriger:
Huge fan. Was there a particular source that introduced you to steampunk such as a book or film? My introduction to steampunk was reading the first Parasol Protectorates books by you. I'm interested to know how you decided to write this genre, which you do quite well. Thank you.
Ana Faithe
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Gail Carriger:
Hello Gail! Love your books! I've read Finishing School series, Prudence, and just finished Soulless. And while I can relate to many characters in your books, I could tell from the first few pages Rue and I were very similar in our thinking. So my question is, what was it like getting into her head? What inspired her thought process? Was there an “Ah ha!” moment when creating her?
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