Gossip columns and editorial adventures.: seanan

Gossip columns and editorial adventures.

* Item: according to the latest issue of one of the totally random-ass gossip magazines that I like to read while I'm waiting for my groceries to be rung up, Miley Cyrus is in talks to play Snow White in the adaptation of The Stepsister Scheme. Now, Jim keeps insisting he knows nothing about this rumored movie project, but I see how it really is. He just doesn't want everyone he knows with nieces under the age of sixteen to mob him demanding Hannah Montana tickets. YOU CAN'T FOOL ME, JIM. I'll be expecting tickets for Gracie and Alanna stat. And me, of course. I'll, uh, need to keep them company. That's it.

* Item: I sometimes wish we had a gossip-column for the urban fantasy circuit, not because I actually want to get stalked, but because I want an excuse to write sentences like 'Is the author of Dead to Me a secret serial killer?' or 'Has David Wellington managed to wake the Great Old Ones in Central Park? WE HAVE PICTURES.' And then I remember that I don't actually need an excuse, and my life becomes awesome once more.

* I'm doing my editorial revisions on An Artificial Night, sort of hand-in-hand with my second rewrite of Late Eclipses of the Sun. I'm really not sure which is more painful, although right now, I'm inclined to vote editorial revisions. It's incredibly difficult to keep my inner perfectionist from kicking in when I'm just supposed to be making small changes, and I'm pretty sure I'd get in trouble if I let myself get sucked into a full revision. (As for who I'd get into trouble with, well...trust me, there'd be a line. It would form remarkably quickly, and many of them would have access to sticks. Sharp, pokey, pointy sticks.)

* Anyone who thinks it's strange that I'm editing book three when book one (Rosemary and Rue, mass market paperback, DAW Books) isn't coming out until September needs to have a long chat with Kate about the sort of lead time I prefer to build into my projects. There may be flow charts involved. Wear comfortable shoes.

What's up with all of you?

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seanan_mcguire

February 4 2009, 19:23:02 UTC 8 years ago

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You should totally track down Anton Strout and give him a poke with a sharp stick. Or, y'know, a cheery greeting. Tell him I sent you, for my evil plan is OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY.

8 years ago

wendyzski

February 4 2009, 19:26:51 UTC 8 years ago

Tell Phil he has to be nice to you, or IWendy will publish the pics she has of him in 1989 in a yellow yarn wig pretending to be Swedish....

February 6 2009, 19:59:50 UTC 8 years ago

Your threats delight me.

bkwrrm_tx

February 4 2009, 19:37:29 UTC 8 years ago

I would so totally subscribe to the fantasy world gossip rag. That would make my life complete. :-)

February 6 2009, 20:00:12 UTC 8 years ago

It'd be awesome. With awesome sauce on the side.

sdelmonte

February 4 2009, 19:39:51 UTC 8 years ago

Am back on NYC time and back at work. Not much more to add.

February 6 2009, 21:18:28 UTC 8 years ago

But hey, making it home alive wins points.

kyra_neko_rei

February 4 2009, 19:41:46 UTC 8 years ago

As I mentioned in your other journal: REALLY BIG SNAKE. (Not mine. Earth's. Early Tertiary.)

Have been run ragged dealing with bureaucratic issues from school. Hell has all the bureaucrats, but unfortunately puts them on long leashes so they can create mayhem up here.

However, am pleased with myself, and relieved, for having finished everything.

Wrote excellent robot porn that exceeds my usual standards after nearly a month of not being able to write anything.

Lots of driving. *is happy* Also, Death Star novel featuring Darth Vader has been read, and reentering an old favorite fandom is always a treat.

February 7 2009, 20:22:17 UTC 8 years ago

Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.

Also, robot porn yay! But mostly? Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.

February 8 2009, 01:09:50 UTC 8 years ago

Yesyes. Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.

And you don't really have to worry about this one eating the cats. It is too big. (Maybe. Do normal-sized boas go after flies and bees?)

fireriven

February 4 2009, 20:10:16 UTC 8 years ago

I am SICK with some stupid gastrointestinal crap and a dumb sore throat, so I can't seem to find my motivation to do stuff like write. Fie!

But, like person above said: GIANT SNAKE.

February 7 2009, 20:22:32 UTC 8 years ago

Giant snakes just make everything better, it's true.

azurelunatic

February 4 2009, 20:18:53 UTC 8 years ago

Looking for a job.

February 7 2009, 20:22:41 UTC 8 years ago

Best of luck!

beckyh2112

February 4 2009, 20:54:51 UTC 8 years ago

You impress me with your lead-time. I currently haven't even started two short stories that are due at the end of the month, and I'm writing this lj comment instead of finishing the school assignment that's due in fifteen minutes.

Yeah, I may be a little weird.

On the possibly-plus side, for the first time since I got Red Roses and Dead Things on Thursday, I managed to put on a song that wasn't from that cd in my iPod.

I still woke up with a song ("Protective Coloration") running through my head, though.

February 4 2009, 21:14:29 UTC 8 years ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one who'll wake up with a Seanan song running through my head. It just makes it quite disturbing to find yourself humming "Pretty Little Dead Girl" or "Silent Hill" while you're wandering to the bathroom in your dark house in the middle of the night.

archangelbeth

February 5 2009, 02:02:10 UTC 8 years ago

Silent Hill might be disturbing. Pretty Little Dead Girl? Excellent middle-of-night humming! O:D

February 7 2009, 20:23:20 UTC 8 years ago

My OCD often manifests as a crippling fear of missing deadlines.

And hey, there's nothing wrong with knowing your best methods of survival!

elucreh

February 5 2009, 01:09:59 UTC 8 years ago

Ooo, that reminds me, THANK YOU for reccing Stepsister Scheme! It's been years since I enjoyed a new book that much without first sitting around for a year going WHERE IS IT I WANT THE NEXT BOOK BY THIS AUTHOR NOW, and I was so glad to find that I could love a new author again!

February 7 2009, 20:23:49 UTC 8 years ago

You're totally welcome! I really loved it, and I'm really enjoying watching people discover its awesome.

palmer_kun

February 5 2009, 01:44:11 UTC 8 years ago

According to this, there are talks about Snow White's role is apparently going to Lindsay Lohan.

This source simply cites Cyrus, Lohan and Megan Fox as being linked to roles, without specifying who would be who.

Make of that what you will.

February 7 2009, 20:24:14 UTC 8 years ago

According to Jim, neither he nor his agent know anything about this. So the gossip is hysterical.

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