urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2010-01-25T20:43:19Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:194602 2010-01-25T20:42:58Z 2010-01-25T20:43:19Z Emilie Autumn, "Dead Is the New Alive." In addition to writing more books than is strictly good for me*, I write a lot of short fiction and even a few essays. I love the act of writing, the process of editing and finishing something, and some stories want to be shorter than novel length. Some stories <i>need</i> to be shorter than novel length. I really love "Lost," but it would lose a lot of what makes it work (at least for me) if I tried to stretch it out much longer. "A Citizen in Childhood's Country" is the same way. I may go back to that universe, but the story itself is complete and closed.<br /><br />Anyway, this year, I joined the writing staff of <a href="http://www.edgeofpropinquity.net/">The Edge of Propinquity</a> as one of their universe authors, telling the story of Rose Marshall, whose adventures began the night that she died. I'm currently committed through 2010; after that, Jennifer (the managing editor) and I will look at my time commitments, and decide whether I'll be chasing Rose down the highways of America for a second year. This is actually awesome, because it means I get to treat my twelve stories as a self-contained "season." I keep picturing it as a television show on HBO or maybe the BBC, complete with opening credits and screaming theme music. It's fun.<br /><br /><span class="ljuser i-ljuser i-ljuser-type-P " data-ljuser="talkstowolves" lj:user="talkstowolves" ><a href="http://talkstowolves.livejournal.com/profile" target="_self" class="i-ljuser-profile" ><img class="i-ljuser-userhead" src="http://l-stat.livejournal.net/img/userinfo_v8.svg?v=17080?v=158.1" /></a><a href="http://talkstowolves.livejournal.com/" class="i-ljuser-username" target="_self" ><b>talkstowolves</b></a></span> has <a href="http://talkstowolves.livejournal.com/85988.html">posted a long, lovely Rose Marshall retrospective</a>, including a review of the first <i>Sparrow Hill Road Story</i>, "Good Girls Go To Heaven." She says...<br /><br />"In one short story thus far, <i>Sparrow Hill Road</i> has managed to introduce me to an area of folklore previously unconsidered and left me considering it (i.e. truck-drivers and highway diners); evoked a believable urban legend and made the central figure of that urban legend multi-faceted and sympathetic; and enchanted me and fired my imagination with the intoxicating glimpses of a myriad of Americas, clothed in daylight, twilight, midnight. The other sides. The ghostside."<br /><br />Also...<br /><br />"I absolutely cannot wait to see more of this series unfold and discover where Rose Marshall goes. Also, though I am always excited to investigate my best-loved field, I cannot deny that Seanan has provided me with a fresh infusion of enthusiasm for urban folklore."<br /><br />Meanwhile, over in <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/doctorwho/5565271.html">the Livejournal Doctor Who community</a>, the author and essay list for <i>Chicks Dig Time Lords</i> [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chicks-Dig-Time-Lords-Celebration/dp/1935234048/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1264450955&amp;sr=1-1&amp;tag=seanacom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0756405718">Amazon</a>]|[<a href="http://mysteriousgalaxy.booksense.com/NASApp/store/Product?s=showproduct&amp;affiliateId=SMG&amp;isbn=978-1935234043">Mysterious Galaxy</a>] has been announced. This is my first real non-fiction sale, and I'm thrilled. Especially since Tara, my dear friend and graphic designer, is one of the book's two editors, which makes this very much a "family affair."<br /><br /><i>Chicks Dig Time Lords</i> is small press, and won't be available in all stores, but can be ordered online, and I hugely recommend it for fans of <i>Doctor Who</i>. Yay!<br /><br />It's gonna be a fun, fun year.<br /><br />(*I have three coming out in 2010: <i>A Local Habitation</i>, <i>An Artificial Night</i>, and my debut as Mira Grant, <i>Feed</i>. It's a wonder I get any sleep at all.)