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Fairy tales are not friendly things. They're dangerous wastelands filled with people who would slit your throat for a magic bean...and the idea that they stopped happening just because we grew up and moved out of the deep dark forest is ludicrous. The narrative has been here all along, watching us, waiting for the moments when we give it opportunity to strike.

There's no such thing as "happy ever after." There's only "once upon a time."

I am delighted to announce that, beginning May 21st, my first serial novel will be publishing on the Kindle via 47North. With a new chapter every two weeks, Indexing will follow the brave women and men of the ATI Management Bureau as they try to protect the everyday world from the predatory stories that are lurking just beyond the edge of sight.

You can see the gritty details here.

With hardships and horrors aplenty, Indexing is a fusion of fairy tale and modern police drama, sort of a "Once Upon a Time meets Criminal Minds" elevator pitch of a story. It's been a lot of fun to write, and the price point is excellent for a new story every two weeks. The print edition will be out in December for those of us who don't do Kindle.

I'm very excited to have the opportunity to tell this story. I hope you'll like it as much as I do.

erikagillian

May 11 2013, 01:48:27 UTC 4 years ago

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Is there a reason you're using the AT instead of the ATU? :) Just messin' with you, I've been over at the wikipedia entry for the Tale Type Index and the Talk page is amazing.

We've pre-ordered, I can't pass up that much actual folkloristics :)

Can I ask what classes you took at Berkeley in Folklore? I took Forms and Narrative, and a independent study (to avoid having to take technique in any other part of anthro and collect some folklore, interpret it and write a paper for Dundes? Easy-peasy!). And a class in the German department on Carnival. I was only there two years, I wish I'd had more time. I graduated in 1990, so I'm a bit out of the loop these days :)

seanan_mcguire

May 11 2013, 02:11:51 UTC 4 years ago

I'm using the AT over the ATU as a primary source because I own a full AT, and that makes my reference work easier. :)

I did Forms and Narrative! And buckets more, because that was my major. But this was back in 1997, so it's been a while.

May 11 2013, 03:28:57 UTC 4 years ago

They allowed you to major?? I am *so* jealous! Would that it had it been so when I was there! I liked historical archeology (and great professor for that too, if you ever want to do something in that direction, his books and the books he had us read were great. Actually, he had a book, In Small Things Forgotten, by James Deetz, that has his study of gravestones in Massachusetts that is way cool. Also? You can date colonial sites by sorting and counting the clay pipes that are there :) But by the time I left I hated all cultural anthro, most physical anthro (mostly the professors were the reason for this), and most archeology. I adored folklore, and was good at it. I think if I ever am well enough, no matter how old, I'm going to try again :) Not at Berkeley, alas, they no longer have folklore.

I used to work in bookstores (Pegasus on Solano Ave, Pendragon on College Ave, Diesel before it was on College Ave), so when a full Motif Index came in they asked if I wanted it, it was $250 at cost but I bought it anyway. I finally got a Tale Type Index from Amazon of all places. I'd tried to get it from the university that publishes it and a person I knew on irc from Finland but we never managed that.

I'm afraid I'll geek folklore as long as you let me, so you may just want to thank me for buying the serial :)

May 13 2013, 15:32:06 UTC 4 years ago

They allowed me to major!

Thank you for buying the serial. ;)

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