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Publication schedule and notes for 2011 (remaining), early 2012.

April: Short story, "Riddles," in the anthology Human Tales from Dark Quest Books. This is a fairly small press, so you may need to buy the book online or ask your local bookstore to special-order a copy if you want one.

Short story, "Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box," through the Orbit electronic fiction program. This story is being released on April 18th, as a Kindle download. It's a Mira Grant story, but is not set in the Newsflesh universe.

May: Novel, Deadline, from Orbit/Orbit UK, under the name Mira Grant. This is the second book in the Newsflesh trilogy. I do not have ARCs. Please do not ask me for ARCs. Deadline is e-ARC only, and I do not have download codes or physical copies. All asking does is add stress to an already stressful time, and then I have to go hide under the bed for a little while.

September: Novel, One Salt Sea, from DAW. This is the fifth of the October Daye books, and was preceded by Late Eclipses. It will be followed by Ashes of Honor, probably in September 2012.

March 2012: Novel, Discount Armageddon, from DAW. This is the first of the InCryptid books, and will be followed by Midnight Blue-Light Special, probably in March 2013. Yes, InCryptid is taking the March slot in my year. Yes, I consider this a good thing. Doing two Toby books a year is fun, but I need to diversify sometimes.

That's the schedule!
Tags: deadline, discount armageddon, mira grant, one salt sea, publishing news, release dates, short fiction, toby daye
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It doesn't disturb me, it depresses me, because so many people seem sure I have a secret stash that I'm just not sharing.

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kyburg

6 years ago

paradisacorbasi

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seanan_mcguire

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micheinnz

6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

That is a happy-making schedule. Can I just fast-forward the world to May 31? That won't disturb anyone much, will it?
No, please don't. I have a lot of deadlines between here and there, and if I miss them, I have to throw myself into the snake pit.

priscellie

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keristor

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keristor

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seanan_mcguire

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sheistheweather

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mrs_norris_mous

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

Will "Apocalypse Scenario #683: The Box," be issued in non-Kindle electronic format also? I realize you have no control over this, but I am curious.

I have absolutely no idea. You'd have to check with Orbit.

ashabardon

6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

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ashabardon

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markbernstein

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deakat

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bercilakslady

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dormouse_in_tea

6 years ago

March 2012: Novel, Discount Armageddon, from DAW.
Eeeeee.

Doing two Toby books a year is fun, but I need to diversify sometimes.
I will miss the double-Toby fix each year, but I look forward to meeting Verity.
Well given that I started reading Toby books in January I was kind of expecting another book this month.....

I received two copies of Feed for my birthday and one has started wending it's way as a copy to get people interested in you. One friend who I have given your Toby books to and who enjoyed them enough to read all four so far said about feed "It is a superb book", he commented on the hardness of the science and that while you might appear to be fluffy with cuddly dragons et al that you really wanted to be Greg Egan. Which I think was meant to be a complement.

dornbeast

6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

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professor

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vixyish

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seanan_mcguire

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

I like the fact that you can say "taking the March slot in my year". They like you enough to keep you pumping out books. Though I can't imagine what it's doing to your head to need to get so many out.
I always wrote this much. Now I just have to focus and finish.
So, you have books coming out in March, May and September. Once you get all three Newsflesh books out, will you drop back to March/September, or does it depend on the Publishing Gods?

(Seriously, I am in the 'buy all the books so Seanan can feed her cats', so I'd be excited if you could keep 3 books coming out a year. OTOH, I understand that that is an impressive feat of literature, so would rather 'less books and author who still loves her work' than 'deadlines have made Seanan unleash the zombie and/or plague and/or dinosaur apocalypse: sorry for the inconvenience'.)
It depends on a lot of factors, including whether Orbit wants another Mira Grant trilogy and, not to be crass, how much they're willing to pay me. If they enter the realm of "quit your day job" offer, I'll be able to write FOUR books a year, no sweat.

beccastareyes

6 years ago

deakat

6 years ago

Oh, yay! I was afraid I'd have to wait until June for Deadline. That'll teach me to pay attention.

I was just discussing your releases last night with my recently-converted housemate, who's just started to follow your blog posts, and she fretted for a bit about author burnout. She wants to keep reading your books for a LONG time. I assured her as best as I could that you show no signs of slowing down, and I told her to read your monthly current-project posts for proof that we have nothing to worry about.
Well, it's May 31st, so it might as well be June.

I promise burnout is not currently a risk.

paradisacorbasi

6 years ago

alicetheowl

6 years ago

Thank You for being You.
Thank You for doing what You do.
Thank You for sharing what You do with us out here.

I finally got the last of the Wicked Girls posters that I bought framed last week, and gifted this past weekend. There was much Squee, and two more people will be buying everything you've ever done as fast as they can, I think. :)
Oh, yay!
Ooh, "The Box"! And it's Kindle! Yay.
I'm excited!
Somehow I missed that the InCryptid books were bought by Daw. Belated congrats on that.

Fascinated and a bit saddened, Luddite that I am, that there are no physical ARCs of Deadline. I wonder how this sea change is affecting critics, as well as writers.
Yeah, I'm with you, there.
Squee! Deadline in my birthday month. Guess what one of my presents to myself is?

Is Deadline coming out as a Kindle book? I ask, because I'm travelling, and cannot buy books made of paper.
You would have to ask my publisher.

paradisacorbasi

6 years ago

scifantasy

6 years ago

Yay, only 2 months until another book I've been waiting for! Although considering I blasted through Late Eclipses in about <12 hours, I don't know how long Deadline is going to last me. lol
Just don't ask me when the next one is, or I may cry.

myuki_chan

6 years ago

Yayyyy, new Newsflesh trilogy this year! In only a couple months! Eeeee.

And now for the running around in circles.
You have fun, dear.
I am in awe of your productivity. This is my awe face. O_o

Also, I have a copy of Late Eclipses that is taunting me, and I can't read it until I finish exams. Dear god let my sanity survive intact until April, please.

Hooraaaayyyyy, books!
Yay books!
I'm in awe of your writing speed, especially since it's all so good. When you hit the Pratchet point do you think you'll actually speed up, or just do something crazy like sleep?
or just do something crazy like sleep?

I think that might require sneaking up on her with a tranquilizer gun at this point, and I suspect she would react rather badly if we missed.

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

I am so freaking excited for Deadline.

That is all.
Well, yay!
I can't ask for ARCs. I'm too busy being awed by your overall productivity, wanting InCryptid books, and being afraid that someone might think I could ever match your word count.
Good set of things to do instead!
Thanks for the update. I love following an author that takes the time to inform her fans of what's going on.
Very welcome!
Helpful advice for people looking for e-ARCs of Deadline. It hasn't been announced yet, but my guess is that they'll show up at www.netgalley.com, so getting a membership there and proving your chops as a reviewer is probably a good idea, and clearly, a much better idea than poking the author with sharp questions.
The ARCs are likely not going to be announced that widely; the flood of people going "oh, honest, I'm a reviewer, I swear" is sort of scary when that happens with things that have a reasonable amount of early demand.
Can't wait. So, the InCryptid books will be published under your own name?

So I've got all four Toby books as paper and ebook and the first three as audio. Deadline is preordered as paper and on my wishlist as ebook.
Yes. All DAW books are published as me. :)
InCryptid! So exciting! CHEESE AND CAKE!!!
YES!!!!!
Oh, InCryptid. Come here and fill that yawning chasm in my life that is my lack of cryptozoologly fiction.

While two Toby books a year is fun, I am pleased as punch that if the March slot has to be taken, it's being taken with CRYPTOZOOLOGY AND DANCE!

...And anyway, tonally I think September is a better time of year for Toby, it being nearly October and all.
That was sort of my thought process, yeah.
I'm very sorry to even seem like putting more on your "to-do" pile, but will there be any more "Velveteen vs." stories? I can certainly accept if the answer is "No, I don't have enough time," because frankly your schedule is exceptionally aggressive, from what I've seen. Most authors I know of are considered prolific if they put out more than one novel per year.
Yes. I've said before, there will be six this year.
I'd mourn the drop from 2 Toby a year to 1 Toby a year, except that I'm too excited about the prospect of meeting those folks you've been mentioning from the InCryptid universe.

Which is to say, GLEE, BOOKS.
Yay!