Yearly Archives: 2009

Portland! New Gothic Charm School Merchandise! And When Not To Explain That You’re Not Wearing A Costume.

Forgive the Lady of the Manners if this post seems a little scattered, Snarklings. The trip to San Diego Comic-Con was amazing, but just the teensiest bit overwhelming. But oh yes, the Lady of the Manners wants to go back next year. Be sure to scamper over to the Lip Service Webzine to read the book tour diary installment about all the hijinks!

Thank you to all of you Snarklings who came to the Gothic Charm School autograph session or who recognized the Lady of the Manners in the Exhibit Hall and said hi! Meeting the people who read Gothic Charm School has been the best thing about the book tour. The Lady of the Manners wishes that she were able to visit more cities and meet more of you, but alas, a book tour budget only stretches so far. Continue reading

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Of San Diego Comic-Con, Portland, And A Reader Suffering School Torments.

The NYC stop of the Gothic Charm School tour was oodles of fun, Snarklings! (If a bit humid.) The reading at The Mysterious Bookshop was lovely, and the Lady of the Manners was delighted to meet all of you who turned up there. The picnic at the Green-Wood Cemetery was everything the Lady of the Manners had hoped for and more! Goregously-dressed creatures, a historic cemetery, and weather that turned out to be pleasant instead of sweltering and sticky like the day before. Pictures from the events can be found over at the Gothic Charm School Flickr Group! Continue reading

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Of New York, Lip Service, And Answering Reader Questions!

Busy times, Snarklings! Busy busy times! So the Lady of the Manners is going to give you several updates in a bullet-point style, and then yes indeed, answer some questions from readers! And finish up with a reader question that she intends to address more fully, but needs your help to do so. Continue reading

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Of NYC And San Diego ComicCon!

Goodness, Snarklings! The California stops for the Gothic Charm School book tour were all sorts of fun, and it was lovely to meet all of you who were there. But where oh where is the Lady of the Manners going to be next? New York! And San Diego ComicCon! Continue reading

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Of Events, And Of Finding The Gothic Charm School Book In The Wild!

Snarklings! The Lady of the Manners is incredibly giddy with how well the release party for the Gothic Charm School book went! Swarms of you turned up at the University Village Barnes & Noble in Seattle, and made the Lady of the Manners feel very loved indeed. Thank you.

Speaking of events: remember there are Gothic Charm School reading & signing events in San Francisco/Burlingame and Los Angeles this weekend! Come meet the Lady of the Manners and Pete Venters, the book’s illustrator! Continue reading

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Of TV Interviews And Picnics In New York!

Exciting news, Snarklings of the Pacific Northwest! The Lady of the Manners will be on Seattle-area TV! (The Lady of the Manners is very excited about this, and could probably continue to use exclamation points about it throughout this entire post. But she will try to restrain her exuberant punctuation, for the sake of everyone’s sanity.)

Yes, the Lady of the Manners was interviewed about Gothic Charm School and the upcoming book by Seattle KING 5’sEvening Magazine. The episode featuring Gothic Charm School airs on Monday, June 22nd 2009, at 7:00PM PST. The Lady of the Manners doesn’t know when in the episode her segment will air, just that it is scheduled for Monday, June 22nd.

But wait! There’s also exciting news for East Coast Snarklings! You clever creatures who have been looking at the Events! page know about the reading & signing that the Lady of the Manners is doing in New York at the Mysterious Bookshop on July 17th. Well! The very next day, from 1:00 ”“ 4:00PM, there is going to be a Gothic Charm School picnic/tea/wear-your-best-gothy-finery party at the historic Green-Wood Cemetery! Yes, the afternoon of July 18th will be a very fancy event, indeed. The Lady of the Manners will be posting more details about the picnic at Green-Wood, don’t you worry, Snarklings. But she wanted to tell everyone the news right away, so people in the NYC area could mark their calendars and start making plans. Continue reading

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Presenting Video Number Three!

Oh gracious, Snarklings, has another week scurried by already? If so, surely you know what that means: time for another Gothic Charm School video!

Remember how in Gothic Charm School: Video The Second, the Lady of the Manners talked about some common questions and assumptions about Goth? (You do remember that, don’t you? The Lady of the Manners would be very sad to think that you didn’t watch the video.) Well, in the third and final (for now, perhaps) Gothic Charm School video, the Lady of the Manners finally turns her attention to her fellow Goths and offers up some advice about how to deal with such questions and the attention they may receive. Continue reading

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Imminent Radio Interview! And Helpful Clicky-Links

An Internet radio interview, Snarklings! The Lady of the Manners is going to be interviewed on the SuicideGirls.com radio show on Sunday, June 14th, at 10:30PM PST. Be sure to tune in!

The Lady of the Manners would also like to remind you to scoot over to the Events! page here at Gothic Charm School, because she would love to see lots of you Snarklings at the various stops on the Gothic Charm School book tour.


And in other exciting news, the Gothic Charm School book is also available on Kindle, and Kindle for the iPhone! Continue reading

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Presenting Video The Second!

So remember last week, Snarklings, when the Lady of the Manners unveiled the first of the videos to promote Gothic Charm School and the upcoming book? Well guess what? It’s time for the second video! This one is about common questions and assumptions that Goths are confronted with all the time. Questions such as “Is that a costume?’ and “Are you a vampire?” Assumptions such as that we’re all depressed, and all support ourselves by working in coffee shops or doing tech support on the graveyard shift. Continue reading

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Gothic Charm School: The First Video!

Oh Snarklings, the Lady of the Manners is all aflutter with excitement about what she has to share with you in this post! Because this is the post unveiling the first Gothic Charm School video! Continue reading

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