Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: tired
  • Music: Fun, "Some Nights."

A question of questions.

This has been coming up a lot lately, and in the interests of my not snapping inappropriately at anyone, I figured it was time to make this post again. So...

Please. Please, I am begging you, please don't ask "when can we read X" or "does this mean you'll be writing more about Y." If I haven't told you, I can't tell you.

My schedule for the next six months is tight enough that I've been cancelling dinner dates and social outings left and right, and I didn't have that many of them to start with. And that doesn't include more Velveteen, more Rose, or more anything else that I haven't already announced publicly, on this blog.

I love having an involved, active community here that I can talk to, learn from, and listen to. And I do appreciate knowing what you want to see more of. But if something is happening, confirmed, and at a point where I can say "this is happening," then I will say it without prompting. Asking about it over and over again in comments and email just makes me tired and sad and grumpy, and unfortunately, I'm only human: the 200th time I'm asked something, I will snap, which especially sucks if this was your first entry into the conversation.

So please. Don't ask me these questions. I can't answer them, so you won't get any satisfaction, but you will make me sad.

And that sucks.
Tags: requesting things, shameless plea
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anderyn

February 13 2013, 21:08:07 UTC 4 years ago

I hope I haven't done any of this -- I *am* appreciative of your work, and I can be bouncy about wanting more *naow!* -- but I understand that good work takes time, no matter how much I wish I could just read all the stories you have in store right this minute, and that you have to consider contracts and schedules and all of the business end, as well as the creative end. Anyway, my apologies if I have given even the slightest whiff of entitlement.

seanan_mcguire

February 14 2013, 18:26:50 UTC 4 years ago

I completely understand and support bounciness, and it's not entitlement that's the problem, honestly; it's being asked questions I would be answering if I could, and don't bring up because I can't.

Thank you for being here.