urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2016-06-20T12:57:49Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:674090 2016-06-20T12:57:49Z 2016-06-20T12:57:49Z October Project, "Something More Than This." It's time for bullet-point updates! Hooray!<br /><br />* Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 21st) marks the release of <i>RISE</i>, the complete Newsflesh short fiction collection. This book gathers everything from "Everglades" through <i>Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus</i>, along with two never-before-published pieces, <i>All the Pretty Little Horses</i> and <i>Coming to You Live</i>. It's not intended as an introduction to the world--at least four of the novellas are post-the original trilogy, which makes them great whopping slices of spoiler--but I'm incredibly proud of this material, and over the moon about finally having a short fiction collection of my very own. I feel like Stephen King. It's pretty awesome.<br /><br />* Today is the last day of the <a href="http://unicornempire.tumblr.com/post/145529635644/dont-be-the-only-one-stuck-out-of-the-knowe-my">Unicorn Empire T-shirt pre-sale for their gorgeous Toby Daye design</a>. Don't miss out!<br /><br />* CrossingsCon is this weekend! The first ever Young Wizards fan convention, and I'm one of their guests of honor! I keep closing my eyes and remembering standing in my middle school library with <i>So You Want to Be a Wizard</i> in my hand, and I'll be honest: I <i>feel</i> like a wizard right now. In Life's name, and for Life's sake, I feel like a wizard. Because somehow, I have willed the adulthood I wanted into being, and for all that it's not perfect, it's the imperfection that makes it all seem real.<br /><br />Everything is amazing.