Current projects, May 2012.: seanan

Current projects, May 2012.

And now, the May 2012 current projects post, which makes me a little sad, because I made the April post from Cat's place in Maine, and I am not in Maine now. Oh, well. 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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Midnight Blue-Light Special.
InCryptid, book two. Paranormal romance/urban fantasy, modern setting, first-person protagonist. Currently in the middle of editorial review, which is why it's back on the list.

Sparrow Hill Road.
Ghost Stories, book one. Modern horror/urban fantasy, variable setting, first-person protagonist. Currently undergoing revisions to match editorial input.

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: 101,000 words in, 43,000 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.

liddle_oldman

May 15 2012, 19:13:52 UTC 5 years ago

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Goodness gracious, you're busy.

Of course I'm just now ignoring my tasks to look at my F-list...

seanan_mcguire

May 17 2012, 19:27:58 UTC 5 years ago

I never sleep.

rhodielady_47

May 15 2012, 19:14:36 UTC 5 years ago

Caught up with a neat little horror movie on Netflix this week. The name of it is: Don't be afraid of the dark.
It's a remake of a movie I saw on TV back in the early 70's but it's much better done than the early one.
The guy who did Pan's Labrinth did this one too.
:)

May 17 2012, 19:28:09 UTC 5 years ago

I love that movie!

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May 17 2012, 19:28:17 UTC 5 years ago

Always.

inthemortalcity

May 15 2012, 19:59:56 UTC 5 years ago

I click on these posts every time, just so I can look at the description of Echo and sigh wistfully. It just sounds like the most wonderful thing.

munin

May 16 2012, 01:31:54 UTC 5 years ago

You do that too? Though I click on the post so I can look at the description of Parasitology and Sit, Stay, I Hate You.

azurelunatic

5 years ago

shiyiya

ladymurmur

May 15 2012, 20:08:47 UTC 5 years ago

"fairy tale noir" - I think that's my favorite genre designation ever. :-)

May 17 2012, 19:28:37 UTC 5 years ago

Yay. :)

corinneduyvis

May 15 2012, 20:23:24 UTC 5 years ago

As a YA reader/writer who loves both your Newsflesh and Toby books, man, I cannot wait for your first published YA.

May 17 2012, 19:28:48 UTC 5 years ago

Me, neither.

raveneona

May 15 2012, 21:27:06 UTC 5 years ago

Toby Daye! :) I can't wait to read more!

May 17 2012, 19:28:57 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

yellowblackhaze

May 15 2012, 22:09:36 UTC 5 years ago

I like seeing Sparrow Hill Road on that list and even more that it's titled Book One.

May 17 2012, 19:29:17 UTC 5 years ago

That doesn't mean a book two for sure, just that I'm keeping my options open.

vincentursus

May 15 2012, 22:59:07 UTC 5 years ago

Hm. I wonder who suffers more, Seanan McGuire protagonists or Mira Grant protagonists?

May 17 2012, 19:29:31 UTC 5 years ago

Seanan protagonists.

They're allowed to hope.

anne_d

May 16 2012, 00:16:22 UTC 5 years ago

They all look good to me.

The Husband took Deadline on his five-day business trip last week, and was still reading when he returned. He said he couldn't put it down. :)

May 17 2012, 19:29:37 UTC 5 years ago

May 16 2012, 01:28:49 UTC 5 years ago

So many books on here I can't wait to have a chance to read! I even love reading your little blurb-y bits after the titles.

May 17 2012, 19:29:45 UTC 5 years ago

vettecat

May 16 2012, 03:33:33 UTC 5 years ago

On another front, I was listening to the Wicked Girls CD on the way home tonight and thinking anew how gorgeous your voice is.

May 17 2012, 19:29:54 UTC 5 years ago

Oh, thank you!

talekyn

May 16 2012, 03:34:04 UTC 5 years ago

Dear god you amaze and impress me with the sheer ability to juggle these projects in various stages (and of course with your ability to write them and make me love them and not be, you know, a hack....)

May 17 2012, 19:30:04 UTC 5 years ago

st_aurafina

May 16 2012, 05:16:53 UTC 5 years ago

SPARROW HILL ROAD! *all the happy dancing*

May 17 2012, 19:30:10 UTC 5 years ago

Hee.

May 16 2012, 09:44:58 UTC 5 years ago

Eeeeee, new Jonathan and Fran story! So much InCryptid love.

May 17 2012, 19:30:20 UTC 5 years ago

I love them so.

faecat

May 16 2012, 16:30:41 UTC 5 years ago

Reading these lists, I'm sort of randomly and inexplicably curious about your writing process from a technical standpoint. What's entailed in "setting up the file"? What software(s) do you use for organizing all of your projects?

May 17 2012, 19:30:43 UTC 5 years ago

My brain. Setting up a file just means I've created a manuscript formatted Word doc.

kyrielle

May 19 2012, 15:05:32 UTC 5 years ago

I make happy squeeing noises now as *so many* shinies I want to read. (Some of which I know are also sold, and can therefore count on reading...happy happy.)

Tuesday. Tuesday. So very very Tuesday. I normally work from home on Tuesdays. I scheduled myself to work from home Monday this week so that on Tuesday I will be *driving by the bookstore on my commute thank you very much*.

May 22 2012, 15:05:38 UTC 5 years ago

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