So there is some awesome stuff going on in the Kickstarter realm, some of which is relevant to my interests in the sense that, well, I'm involved.

First off, we keep hearing about "women destroying science fiction", but what does that really mean? Well, the crew at Lightspeed Magazine really want to find out. We've long since blown our original goal out of the water, but if we can shake up a little bit more, women can also destroy horror. I really, really want to destroy horror. It would be awesome. So check it out!

If you want a little more information, check out this fantastic interview with Christie Yant, who will be editing this special issue. And to get you a little more interested, here's a quote from the interview:

"I have a story in hand from Seanan McGuire (and she seemed only slightly disappointed that I was merely asking her to write a story, and not actually acquire demolition materials)."

So yes, I will be destroying science fiction. Check it out.

Less destructively but still awesomely, the Kickstarter for Streets of Shadows is open now. This urban fantasy noir anthology should be a lot of fun, and I've already finished my story, so I'm naturally eager for it to fund. Check it out!

And that's today's Kickstarter news.

...she's going off about something that you said. She doesn't get your humor like I do.

This is the shape of my 2014, with travel dates and everything. Beautiful travel dates. Hope to see you sometime in the months to come. It's a brand new year! It's shiny and mostly unused! I hope you kept the receipt!

Publications

"Blocked," February 17 (website)
Half-Off Ragnarok, March 4.
"The Ghosts of Bourbon Street," March 15 (Website).
"Jammed," April 1 (Games Creatures Play).
"We Are All Misfit Toys in the Aftermath of the Velveteen War," April 8 (Robot Uprisings)
"The Lambs," April 15 (Bless Your Mechanical Heart).
"Knit a Sweater Out of Sky," May 13 (Dead But Not Forgotten).
"Stingers and Strangers," May 13 (Dead Man's Hand).
Sparrow Hill Road, June 3.
The Winter Long, September 2.
Symbiont, November.
"The Fixed Stars," November 4 (Shattered Shields).

"The Happiest Place...," unknown.
"No Sooner Met," unknown.
"Each to Each," unknown.
"Driving Jenny Home," unknown.

Conventions/Appearances/Travel

Boskone 51, February 14-16, Boston MA.
FOGcon 4, March 7-9, Walnut Creek CA.
Norwescon 37, April 17-20, Seattle WA.
Phoenix Comic-Con, June 5-8, Phoenix AZ.
San Diego International Comic-Con, July 23-27, San Diego CA.
Loncon 3 (Worldcon 2014), August 14-18, London England.
Shamrokon (Eurocon 2014), August 22-24, Dublin Ireland.
Windycon, November 14-16, Chicago IL.

Westercon 68, July 2-5 2015, San Diego CA.

No fixed deadline/being written/unsold:

"IM"
"Oh Pretty Bird"
"Bury Me In Satin"
"White as a Raven's Wing"
"Fruiting Bodies"
"Fiber"
"Carry Me Home"
"Pixie Season"
"These Antique Fables"
"Lures"
"Pathologies of the Apocalypse"
"The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell"
Echo
Still Catch the Tide

Again, to clarify some recent confusion: some things, especially novel-length things, may appear more than once, on both the "publication date" and "being written" lists. This is because the "being written" list is an aggregate, which also includes "no fixed deadline" (IE, being written on spec or for the website) and "unsold" (IE, being written because I can). So new books will appear there for a long time before they vanish, since books take a long time to write, but may also have pub dates listed higher up.

Look at that list. It's so shiny!