urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2010-02-26T15:51:29Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:208997 2010-02-26T15:51:29Z 2010-02-26T15:51:29Z Melanie, "Lovin' Baby Girl." I am now four days out from the release of <i>A Local Habitation</i> [<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Local-Habitation-October-Daye-Novel/dp/0756405963/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1247670859&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=978-0756405960">Mysterious Galaxy</a>]. The uncontrollable twitching hasn't started, largely, I'm assuming, because I've been too tense to twitch. I literally coughed myself into a migraine yesterday, which only went away when I went home and went to bed.<br /><br />In an effort to keep myself breathing, I am now going to envision my perfect world. A world of sunshine and zombie puppies, where all I have to do is watch horror movies, take long walks, go to conventions, and write. In that world, I don't have to put things aside because there's no time.<br /><br />I want to live there.<br /><br /><b>4 Things I'd Love to Write.</b><br /><br />4. It's been on my "current projects" post for a while now, because hope springs eternal, but I really, really want to write this crazy math/language/Greek philosophy epic urban fantasy monster called <i>The Nativity of Chance</i>, which should probably have moved into the head of Tim Powers, but wound up with me instead. It's book one of a trilogy, and it's so deliciously messed-up that I just want to spend some serious quality time in its loving arms.<br /><br />3. <i>Lady of the Underground</i> is the sequel to a romantic comedy I wrote a few years back, called <i>Chasing St. Margaret</i>. (I'm planning to revise <i>Chasing St. Margaret</i> this year, probably on the plane to Australia, and get it into publishable form, because I love it so.) <i>Lady of the Underground</i> would give me an excuse to spend more time with some characters I really adore, and that's just an awesome concept.<br /><br />2. <i>Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld.</i> It's the tenth book in the InCryptid series, and the story of Alice Price-Healy's quest for her wayward husband (who is going to be getting so punched in the face when she finds him). Don't judge my series-oriented ways. My idea of pacing is not like your Earth idea of pacing.<br /><br />1. The rest of Toby. I want the world to arrange itself so I can write this series until it's finished and over and done. And then I will do a little dance, and it will be <i>glorious</i>.