Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: quixotic
  • Music: OK Go, "A Million Ways."

We're gonna wreck it!

Hey, San Francisco peeps: tomorrow night is the first ever Shipwreck event at The Booksmith in San Francisco, and I'm one of the competing authors. What's a Shipwreck? Well, to quote the website:

"Good theatre for bad literature? Marital aid for book nerds? Competitive erotic fan-fiction at its finest? Shipwreck is all of these things.

Six great writers will destroy one great book, one great character at a time, in service of the transcendent and the profane (and also laughs). Marvel as beloved characters are plucked from their worlds and made to do stuff they were never meant to do in places they were never meant to see."

Our inaugural book is The Great Gatsby, and uh. We surely have fucked things up. It's competitive erotic fanfiction, which is 1000% as horrifying as you think it is, and you're going to need to be there to believe it. (For the six or so of you who have read my entry, the competition part of things is blind, for the sake of fairness, so please don't comment revealing which character I was assigned.)

If you're in the Bay Area, it's just $10 to suffer indignities that none has ever suffered before, and to hear some hysterically filthy stuff read by a Shakespearean actor. Come for the LOLs, stay...well, stay for the LOLs, and the booze.

Shipwreck!
Tags: fanfiction, in the wild, party games, silliness, support local bookstores, where's seanan
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  • 34 comments

vulpine137

June 20 2013, 01:01:18 UTC 4 years ago

I am so terrified....I wish I was near the Bay Area ;)

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:07:54 UTC 3 years ago

It was so wrong.

dragonsally

June 20 2013, 01:12:14 UTC 4 years ago

And again, I wish I lived near you!

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:08:03 UTC 3 years ago

Me, too!

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hsifyppah

June 20 2013, 06:52:45 UTC 4 years ago

YES DEAD.

I JUST. DEAD.

gfish

4 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

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beccastareyes

June 20 2013, 01:22:44 UTC 4 years ago

I regret living on the East Coast.

rhoda_rants

June 20 2013, 02:32:30 UTC 4 years ago

You and me, both. Them San Franciscans have all the fun parties! *pout*

seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

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priscellie

June 20 2013, 01:36:04 UTC 4 years ago

That sounds AMAZING. Wish I could be there!

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:08:37 UTC 3 years ago

I wish you had been.

rhoda_rants

June 20 2013, 02:31:57 UTC 4 years ago

This. Sounds. Awesome.

Will you post your entry when you're done? Is that allowed?

dr_ollipop

June 20 2013, 17:47:11 UTC 4 years ago

Will you link to *all* the entries, if they're posted?

Or (if we fear copyrights and etc) would you be willing to link to a representative sample of similar high quality hilarious social commentary/smut, written by awesome people who you totally don't know? 'Cause either would be great.

Living in San Francisco would be even better. I wish I could have been there.

seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

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deire

June 20 2013, 03:12:26 UTC 4 years ago

We need this in Michigan. *eyes Jim Hines meaningfully*

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:08:56 UTC 3 years ago

Yessssss.

maverick_weirdo

June 20 2013, 03:44:28 UTC 4 years ago

When I went to the recent release of "The Great Gatsby" my main complaint about the film was that while Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio are both good actors, they lacked the "on screen chemistry" to inspire slashfic.

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:09:04 UTC 3 years ago

Ha!

bekitty

June 20 2013, 03:58:34 UTC 4 years ago

Please let this be videoed. I would so love to be there! :)

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:09:19 UTC 3 years ago

I believe there are now clips on the You of Tubes.

notalwaysweak

June 20 2013, 07:49:12 UTC 4 years ago

Oh my gods, I wish I could be there.

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:09:27 UTC 3 years ago

It was hysterical.

gement

June 20 2013, 18:02:59 UTC 4 years ago

Oh good lord.

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:09:38 UTC 3 years ago

Yesssssss.

ladymondegreen

June 20 2013, 21:06:29 UTC 4 years ago

Clearly this is a phenomenon that needs to tour.

Have a terrific time!

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:09:48 UTC 3 years ago

I did!

indilwen

June 21 2013, 09:12:26 UTC 3 years ago

I WANT TO BE AT THIS THING. I want to be at this thing so much.
I'm going to be at a metal show, which is cool too, but oh man, I'm missing competitive erotic fanfiction? I know I don't even need to say this, but...have fun!

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:10:00 UTC 3 years ago

Which metal show?

indilwen

3 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

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danaoshee

June 22 2013, 02:36:17 UTC 3 years ago

It was hilarious.
Also, the website I mentioned about the dress is https://www.eshakti.com/. If you want to order, sign up first, and you should get an order with a coupon. Also customization is free on the first order, the better to hook you in. :p

seanan_mcguire

July 29 2013, 15:10:13 UTC 3 years ago

Ooooooooooooooo. Thank you!!!