Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: NCIS on the television.

Working my way through Wednesday, one minute at a time.

So I'm hammering away on the sequel to Feed (which is potentially going to be going through a name change before much longer; watch this space for news), and I have about 13,000 words to go before the book is over. It's a little weird to realize that I'm so close to being finished with the first draft. Feed took me the better part of two years to write...but then, Feed required me to front-load a lot of the research, reading, and world construction that this book is cheerfully benefiting from. Half the work is done for me already.

I guess this means book three will be a cake-walk, huh? Or something like that.

(I find myself planning another trilogy after this one is finished, involving genetically-engineered parasites, mind-control, symbiotic evolution, and lots of other lovely things. The books are called Parasite, Symbiont, and Predator, at least for right now. Because I really needed to be working on more books, right?)

The German editions of Rosemary and Rue showed up today, and they are absolutely gorgeous. The book is called Winterfluch in German, and wow, do they have nice standard paperbacks over there. My mother promptly stole a copy, because that's what my mother does, and I've placed one ceremonially on my expanding shelf o' Things What I Wrote. I'm sure it's semi-cheating to have multiple editions of the same book, but if it has a different cover, I really don't care. It's increasingly amazing to look at the shelf. Stunning, and amazing. I can't wait to add Feed in the US and UK editions.

I'm catching up on NCIS before I head off to bed, to dream of zombies and parasites and cupcakes and blue cats and all those other wonderful things that keep me busy through my days. Hope your week is going wonderfully, and remember, Locus says you need a copy of Rosemary and Rue.
Tags: feed, mira grant, my mom is nuts, rosemary and rue, too much tv, writing
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...go 2 levels up... Expand

naurwen

February 7 2010, 22:37:04 UTC 7 years ago

I also think it's one that's not too stereotype-kind... there are so many out there that get copied and copied and copied... :p

seanan_mcguire

February 9 2010, 15:50:53 UTC 7 years ago

True. NCIS: Los Angeles worried me a bit, but it seems to be doing okay without distracting from the original.

naurwen

February 9 2010, 15:58:38 UTC 7 years ago

uh, ok, I hadn't even known that one existed. Isn't shown here then. :p