Current projects, April 2012.: seanan

Current projects, April 2012.

It's time for the April 2012 current projects post, coming to you live from the wilds of Maine! This is the post in which I tell you what I'm working on, and you finally understand why I don't have time for tea. To quote myself, being too harried to say something new: "These posts are labeled with the month and year, in case somebody eventually gets the crazy urge to timeline my work cycles (it'll probably be me). Behold the proof that I don't actually sleep; I just whimper and keep writing."

Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Blackout, Ashes of Honor). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.

Not everything on this list has been sold. I will not discuss the sale status of anything which has not been publicly announced. Please don't ask.

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Parasitology.
Forced Evolutions, book one. Science fiction/medical thriller, near-future setting, first-person protagonist. Sally "Sal" Mitchell is having a lousy day. Month. Year. Life. The first book in the new Mira Grant duology. Status: 95,000 words in, 50,000 words to go, give or take a chapter.

The Chimes at Midnight.
Toby Daye, book seven. Urban fantasy/fairy tale noir, modern setting, first-person protagonist. I can't say much about this book yet, but the file is set up, and I've started on chapter one.

Half-Off Ragnarok.
InCryptid, book three. Paranormal romance/urban fantasy, modern setting, first-person protagonist. The first of two Alex Healy stories. Again, I can't say much, but I have a file.

Echo.
Echo, book one. YA science fiction about parallel universes. Sort of Fringe meets The OC. With mathematicians and science, because I'm still me. Status: in outlines, getting ready to write the sample chapters.

Sit, Stay, I Hate You.
Coyote Girls, book two. Young adult horror/paranormal romance, modern setting, first-person protagonist. Having survived the events of Lycanthropy and Other Personal Issues, Clady would really like it if her life would settle down and get, y'know, easy for a little while. Clady is not going to be terribly happy with me, either. Status: about halfway through chapter one, stalled while I work on other things.

The Nativity of Chance.
High modern fantasy ranging across the country, through the wonderful lands of Oz, and through a lot of explosions. Pythagorean philosophy meets the works of L. Frank Baum, alchemy meets modern technology, and a pair of cuckoos meet their destiny. Status: researching.

Pretty Poison Apples.
The sequel to Nativity of Chance, and that seasonal monarchs book I've been threatening to write forever. Stop looking at me like that. Status: researching.

How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea.
The 2013 Newsflesh-universe novella. Details to come; animal husbandry in Australia is involved.

"Stingers and Strangers."
The fourth Jonathan Healy and Frances Brown story, in which things are decided, debts are paid, and trouble is started.

There are lots of other books floating around here—some finished and slated to be worked on further, others pending getting started—but these are the ones you're likely to hear the most about, at least currently. I'll update this list from time to time, as things move from "project" to "print" and new things take their places on the workshop floor.

aliciaaudrey

April 15 2012, 16:15:21 UTC 5 years ago

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Does this mean we will be in fact *seeing* InCryptid book three?

talkstowolves

April 15 2012, 16:28:18 UTC 5 years ago

Generally best to click through the Incryptid tag and see if an announcement's been made. If book 3 will be seeing print and that's public knowledge, it'll be there!

seanan_mcguire

April 15 2012, 16:37:01 UTC 5 years ago

No, it means I'm writing it, and that I'm hopeful. As I've said many, many times before, not everything on this list has been sold. I am not subtle or secretive when something is going to be printed.

Maybe I shouldn't list things without a guaranteed publisher. Or maybe I should just discontinue this list.

peachtess

April 15 2012, 16:46:09 UTC 5 years ago

I like the list so my vote is keep. Maybe a note on each story whether its been sold, not sold, and not planning on being sold (meaning free) might help. I know that there are sometimes gray areas where you can't say anything while your publisher and agent are working on the contracts but if you take the stance of, "If I can't announce anything publicly its listed as unsold" that should fix that.

April 15 2012, 16:49:00 UTC 5 years ago

If I have to start doing extra work, the list stops. Seriously. I can't add another field; I already miss things.

phoenixsansfyr

April 15 2012, 16:46:19 UTC 5 years ago

I like knowing what you're working on, whether it's been sold or not! Because you have such a wide variety of projects and it only takes time for things to sell, really.

dornbeast

April 15 2012, 16:49:38 UTC 5 years ago

Another option would be to add, "Not everything on this list has been sold. I am not subtle or secretive when something is going to be printed," to the boilerplate for these posts.

Or, I could hit myself on the head with a pillow.

April 15 2012, 17:04:34 UTC 5 years ago

That's a good one!

dormouse_in_tea

April 15 2012, 17:23:44 UTC 5 years ago

Which part? ;P

Alex! Oh, Alex, The One Who Makes Sense. I want to meet him. We already approve of him around these parts.

Envying you Maine!

April 15 2012, 23:23:44 UTC 5 years ago

Right. One pillow-thwacking coming right up.

April 15 2012, 21:31:51 UTC 5 years ago

Oh, jeez, I didn't think I'd start a fuss/create stress by asking. x.x I'm really sorry!

April 16 2012, 13:47:18 UTC 5 years ago

It's mostly just that I am really, really, REALLY upfront when things are sold, and so it frustrates me when people ask, instead of checking tags and going "nope, no post." Or checking my bibliography and going "nope, not listed."

April 16 2012, 21:34:41 UTC 5 years ago

I usually see such things, but I'm on a busy project right now and ergo wondered if perhaps I'd missed the notice and it honestly didn't occur to me to look. I am sorry, again.

April 16 2012, 23:25:55 UTC 5 years ago

It's okay!

elialshadowpine

April 16 2012, 06:05:08 UTC 5 years ago

I like hearing what you're working on even if it hasn't been sold!

Although if you're getting stressed by people asking about stuff that hasn't been sold, would listing (not sold) beside the WIP names help?

April 16 2012, 13:47:35 UTC 5 years ago

No, because that is one more step, and then this is not worth it anymore.

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