Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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What did I publish in 2015?

Welp. That was sure a year. And it sure is over. And I sure did come out with a lot of stuff. Here's what I published during 2015.

Novels.

Pocket Apocalypse
A Red-Rose Chain
Chimera

Novellas.

"Rolling in the Deep"
"Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus"

Novelettes.

"The Way Home"
"Down, Deep Down, Below the Waves"

Short stories.

"No Sooner Met"
"Broken Paper Hearts"
"There is No Room For Sorrow in the Kingdom of the Cold"
"In Skeleton Leaves"
"The Happiest Place..."
"Resistance"
"The Myth of Rain"
"The Star of New Mexico"
"The Moon Inside"
"Survival Horror"
"Reading Lists"
"Something Lost, Something Gained"
"Into the Green"
"Hello, Hello"
"Fiber"
"Snake in the Glass"

Non-fiction.

"That Nitro-9 That You're Not Carrying: Violence and the Companion" in Companion Piece

I also edited Queers Destroy Science Fiction, which I am choosing to believe explains why my output was down from 2014 (well, that, and I was sort of scary depressed for most of the year, and when I'm depressed, I write less). And even with the decrease, that is...that's a lot when I put it all in one place like that. I'm going to back away slowly, and maybe go drink something fizzy and faintly alcoholic.

Yes.
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At the risk of getting overly mushy, I would just like to say that 2015 was pretty damn good for me, because at the end of 2014 I read a book called Rosemary and Rue. Having something to get excited about, to look forward to, it means a lot.

Right now I am on a quest to find all things Fighting Pumpkins, cause Fiber was awesome!
You definitely deserve that drink.
So, three novels, two novellas, two novelletes, sixteen short stories, a non-fiction essay and edited an anthology, all published and that's down on the previous calendar year?

Damn, there are times you are terrifying.

and I was sort of scary depressed for most of the year, and when I'm depressed, I write less

The above output is impressive as hell just on it's own. Even more so when this is just a listing of the work that was published by others, and thus doesn't include *any* of the Velveteen Vs series.

Having some experience of my own with the black dog, and how it makes every little thing a whole lot harder, as if you are covered with several layers of sodden blankets.

This level of already damn impressive output gets ratcheted all the way up to frankly awe-inspiring if you got that past your own illness.

Cut yourself some slack, Seanan. You've achieved something very few people could match, despite the depression lying and weaseling it's way into your thoughts. Be proud instead of how much you have done.

Because when it comes to depression, from here it looks like you've kicked it's sorry arse up, down and sideways, and taken it's lunch money to boot.

Go you!
Thank you for your posts and panel discussions on depression and other unusual topics. You explain so eloquently the insidious lies of one and the reptilian delights of the other.

Hoppy New Year! May lots of reptiles & other loves slither into your life, each with their own delights.

Thank you for an amazing year. You were a big part of how I made it through some really tough times. Depression sucks. I'm sorry it's been hitting you so hard. Fight on. You are a badass.

Seanan, I saw your post on Tumblr about putting your fanfic on Ao3 (but I'm not on Tumblr so I'm asking here!) I went looking for you there and could not find you - although plenty of other people writing fanfic about your books! Where do I find yours?!
Well, this is what I just said on the topic on Tumblr:

You can ask, but I won’t answer.

I’m not trying to be coy, and it’s not like it’s one of the great mysteries of our time–it’s pretty easy to figure out if you have the title of anything fic I’ve written, and since some of my older stories are tied to my real name, you can find that part with Google. But…

Part of why I’m putting things on AO3 is I’ve been fighting a war with myself over whether or not to take everything down completely. I don’t want to do that. I am not in any way ashamed of my fanfic, past, present, or future (because I have no intention of stopping Yuletide, even if that’s the only time I write fic all year). But when I say “I am Seanan McGuire, I write books for a living, here is my fanfic, some of it is ancient,” I have had people reply by critiquing my fanfic as if it were professionally edited, professionally published work.

I know I’m the one who just said “comments and kudos are the cookies fanfic writers live for,” and I meant it. But there’s a big difference between “gosh, you write good Barry Ween, thanks” and “because you are a published novelist, I am within my rights to review this piece of smutty fanfic absolutely ruthlessly, and if you don’t like it, you’re an author behaving badly.” Unsolicited criticism has never been a big part of my fanfic experience, and by tying my professional name to my fannish one, I bring that unsolicited criticism down on my own head.

I hope this makes sense to you. It barely makes sense to me.
It does. I misunderstood that you were keeping your real name off Ao3, so that's what I was searching for. I have a hard time navigating that site anyway if I'm looking for something I don't already have bookmarked, and I thought I was just missing something. Sorry/thanks!
Many fantastic titles on that list! I've managed to find & read most of them, but I still have some catching up to do. Which is quite a lovely place to be in, actually. :-)

Also - happy birthday! May all the joy you've so generously shared with us, your readers, come back to you this year three-fold.