urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2012-08-09T04:51:33Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:460423 2012-08-09T04:51:33Z 2012-08-09T04:51:33Z Jeff & Maya, "Seven Cities." Words: 2,125.<br />Total words: 65,130.<br />Reason for stopping: I need to shower and finish packing.<br />The cats: Alice, eating; Thomas, unknown; Lilly, currently on top of my foot.<br />Music: Florence and the Machine.<br /><br />So it's later than I like to be up, and I would have stopped half an hour ago if I hadn't needed to make word count. Which begs the question of "why are you making word count so late?" I'm glad you asked! I actually finished "In Sea-Salt Tears," which is a short story giving a little more background on Elizabeth Ryan, the Selkie clan leader we met at the end of <i>One Salt Sea</i> (and yes, the title similarity is intentional).<br /><br />I really like this story, and even more, I really like being able to go and fill in things that Toby doesn't know, and doesn't <i>need</i> to know, because they're not her stories. She's not the only person who's ever lived in Faerie and had a story worth telling.<br /><br />I am happy.