You're so worried about the maiden, even though she's always waiting...: seanan

You're so worried about the maiden, even though she's always waiting...

...for the next best thing.

We survived Worldcon! Holy crap! And now is the time on sprockets where I do the accounting, because otherwise I lose track of things and then nobody's happy. Have an inchworm post.

This is the current shape of my 2012/2013, with travel dates and everything. Beautiful travel dates. Hope to see you sometime in the months to come.

Publications

2012:
When Will You Rise?, October 2012.
"Rat-Catcher," November 2012.
Velveteen vs. The Junior Super Patriots, November 2012.

2013:
"Laughter at the Academy: A Study in the Development of Schizotypal Creative Genius Personality Disorder (SCGPD)," February 2013.
Midnight Blue-Light Special, March 2013.
Chimes at Midnight, September 2013.
"Train Yard Blues," October 2013.

Parasite, unknown.
"A Dry Death," unknown.

Conventions/Appearances/Travel

2012:
Pacific Northwest Reading Series, Portland, October 15.
Pacific Northwest Reading Series, Seattle, October 16.
Windycon, November 8-11, Chicago IL.

2013:
JordanCon, April 19-21, Roswell GA.
Disney World, May 17-23, Orlando FL.
OASIS, May 24-26, Orlando FL.
Musecon, August 2-4, Itasca IL.
Lone Star Con (Worldcon 2013), August 28-September 2, San Antonio, TX.
SFContario, November 29-December 1, Toronto Canada.

No fixed deadline/being written/unsold:

"Fiber"
"Carry Me Home"
~~"Daughter of the Midway, the Mermaid, and the Open, Lonely Sea"~~
"These Antique Fables"
"Pixie Season"
~~"Velveteen vs. Bacon"~~
"Velveteen vs. The Robot Armies of Dr. Walter Creelman, DDS"
"Velveteen vs. The Fright Night Sorority House Massacre Sleepover Camp"
"Married in Green"
"Loch and Key"
Chimes at Midnight
Half-Off Ragnarok
Echo
"How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea"

Very little movement on the "being written" list this time, quite a lot of movement on the appearances, as 2013 starts to come more clearly into focus. Lots to do, and never enough time to do it in.

I need a nap.

phoenixsansfyr

September 13 2012, 15:01:24 UTC 4 years ago

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Worldcon! A mere hour and a half away from my house! Which is full of Maine Coons!

(I am only a lot excited about this, since AggieCon didn't pan out because of my work schedule. I have GOT to make WorldCon work)

seanan_mcguire

September 13 2012, 15:09:04 UTC 4 years ago

...if I come home from Texas with a Maine Coon, my mother will kill me.

But oh.

BABIES.

4 years ago

xjenavivex

September 13 2012, 15:16:26 UTC 4 years ago

Why is there a line through one?

My oldest daughter (college sophomore) went to bed early last night to continue reading Ashes of Honor.

September 13 2012, 15:32:10 UTC 4 years ago

Because reasons.

Maybe it's finished. Maybe I abandoned it. Maybe I sold it but can't announce it yet. Once it goes to strike through, I no longer discuss it.

wendyzski

ladymurmur

la_marquise_de_

September 13 2012, 15:21:29 UTC 4 years ago

My copy of Ashes of Honour just arrived. I am looking forward to it muchly.

September 13 2012, 15:32:19 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

sleightedge

September 13 2012, 15:59:58 UTC 4 years ago

Since it seems to be officially in the to-be-published column, are you allowed to talk about "Train Yard Blues?" A quick search of your livejournal via google has sadly failed me and I'm positively dying of curiosity...

September 13 2012, 18:09:05 UTC 4 years ago

Soon.

bercilakslady

September 13 2012, 16:01:07 UTC 4 years ago

May I suggest that breathing is a good thing? There needs to be time for breathing, even if there is no time for sleeping.

September 13 2012, 18:09:18 UTC 4 years ago

Yeah, there's really not.

sdelmonte

September 13 2012, 16:33:11 UTC 4 years ago

I am realizing that I have not congratulated you on your Hugo. So..

YAHOOOOOO!

September 13 2012, 18:09:26 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you!

September 13 2012, 16:42:16 UTC 4 years ago

Congratulations on surviving Worldcon.
Especially now since I know of at least 8 staff/concon/guests who have come down with pneumonia since the con.

Because the usual con-crud wasn't good enough for a Worldcon......

(I'm fine - probably since I made it to a grand total of 3 events over 5 days. Your reading, your concert, and Sy talking about how Apollo 13 going boom. Stayed away from infectious people!)

September 13 2012, 18:09:34 UTC 4 years ago

...erk.

yellowblackhaze

September 13 2012, 22:14:45 UTC 4 years ago

More Velveteen in November. Yay!

September 14 2012, 00:29:59 UTC 4 years ago

Yup!

jillheather

September 13 2012, 23:34:06 UTC 4 years ago

Is it deliberate that Chimes at Midnight appears on published in 2013 and also in no fixed deadline/being written/unsold?

So much of your writing coming up to look forward to reading.

September 14 2012, 00:30:10 UTC 4 years ago

Yes, because it's still being written.

September 14 2012, 14:53:38 UTC 4 years ago

That's a sensible sort of reason. In looking at your post again, I have no idea what made me decide that those two groups should be mutually exclusive.

dangerpronered

September 13 2012, 23:51:44 UTC 4 years ago

So, another author that my parents follow posted about an upcoming anthology he is editing! If he is posting about it, would, in theory, other authors in the anthology be allowed to post about it too, or might it be different for the contributing authors versus the editor?

(Trying to be cryptic enough that if it is not allowed, I won't be exposing any details. But, excitement!)

September 14 2012, 00:30:37 UTC 4 years ago

I...

Have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Like, genuinely. You have reached "incomprehensible" in your cryptic.

wfw_sj

September 14 2012, 02:18:46 UTC 4 years ago

You may think this odd, but I'm happiest about the new Velveteen stories!

September 14 2012, 14:26:36 UTC 4 years ago

Not odd at all!

September 14 2012, 16:10:59 UTC 4 years ago

YAY! New Velveteen for my birth-month! And "Rat-Catcher"!!!!!

And I cannot verbalize (type-ize?) how much I am looking forward to "Laughter at the Academy". Truly.

September 15 2012, 17:35:12 UTC 4 years ago

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