Word count -- CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT.

[seanan_mcguire]

Words: 2,125.
Total words: 65,130.
Reason for stopping: I need to shower and finish packing.
The cats: Alice, eating; Thomas, unknown; Lilly, currently on top of my foot.
Music: Florence and the Machine.

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 One Salt Sea (and yes, the title similarity is intentional).

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 need 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.

I am happy.

Comments

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Ooooh oooh oooh , where will that story be found?

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Assuming everything is organized properly, I will tell you.

Until then, I won't. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I look forward to both the story and the novel.
You are coming to Chicon, aren't you? We missed you at WFC, and we didn't get to last year's worldcon, so we are Seanan-deprived.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I will see you there!

[anne_d]

I really like being able to go and fill in things that Toby doesn't know, and doesn't need 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.

I like writers who create worlds that, how can I put this, existed before the story and outside the story, and feel like they keep on going after the story. That's one of the reasons you're on my short list of Very Good Authors.

I hope this makes sense, it's way too early in the morning.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

It makes sense. :)

[kimuro.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to reading this.

Coincidentally, this week I was discussing the differences between selkies and roane, mer-folk and sirens with a friend who had a need to know.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[mythos-amante.livejournal.com]

More stories? YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

I worship you!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Aw.

[lysystratae.livejournal.com]

I haven't had enough coffee yet; I read the cat status as Alice eating Thomas.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

...that would be bad.

[yellowblackhaze.livejournal.com]

I really enjoy seeing these little explorations around the main story, so look forward to the short story when it appears.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

It will be announced when it is.

[arison.livejournal.com]

I love that your worlds exist outside of just your main character's realm. It makes them so well-rounded. Can not wait to see what happens with "In Sea-Salt Tears". And, you know, Chimes.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[ruggedo.livejournal.com]

A good friend of mine lead me to a Florence and the Machine concert a couple of months ago and I found it to be an experience. It was tribal, and ritual, drums and dreams. I felt a bit like I had come upon a faerie circle and was allowed to join the celebration. I can understand how it might lead to 2,000 words that were that satisfying to write.
I had never felt much before the concert when I heard FatM, but after I had taken part in the magic, their music now can transcend most any other feelings I have in that moment.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

For me, the music has very little to do with whether or not the words are satisfying.

It's all about the words.