urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2014-05-11T20:27:57Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:570306 2014-05-11T20:27:57Z 2014-05-11T20:27:57Z Hercules, "Go the Distance." (I realized I hadn't actually said this here yet. Or anywhere. Bad me. So...)<br /><br />I love mermaids.<br /><br />I have always loved mermaids. My one point of contention with Ariel was always that I couldn't understand how someone who came from her undersea world could yearn so much for gravity and oxygen and all the rest. If someone offered me a role in a mermaid AU of my life, I would take it in a heartbeat, is what I'm saying here.<br /><br />Naturally, this has translated to a lot of mermaids in my work. Dianda, in Toby; the finfolk, in InCryptid. Mermaids everywhere, mermaids for everybody. But a lot of people assumed that Mira Grant would never have the opportunity to write about mermaids, which are more of a fantasy staple, after all.<br /><br />Oh ye of little faith.<br /><br />I am delighted to announce that my/Mira's first original Subterranean Press novella, "Rolling in the Deep," will be released next April. It's about mermaids. It's about science. It's about reality television. But mostly the mermaids thing.<br /><br />As with all SubT books, it will be a limited edition, so I recommend saving your pennies now for its terrible, inevitable reality.<br /><br />I am so excited.