The waves are rising, you don't know where you are...

[seanan_mcguire]

...lover, close your eyes and let me be your Morning Star.

This is the current shape of my 2013, with travel dates and everything. Beautiful travel dates. Hope to see you sometime in the months to come. 2014 is now half the list, July 2014 is closer to "now" than January 2013. And other horrifying thoughts. (Most horrifying of all, the first 2015 date has appeared. Gleep.)

Publications

"Empty Nest" (Indexing, episode #8), August 27 2013.
Velveteen vs. The Multi-verse, August 2013.
"Bad Dream Girl," September 1 2013.
Chimes at Midnight, September 3 2013.
"Homecoming," September 10 2013.
"Whiteout" (Indexing, episode #9), September 10 2013.
"Not Sincere" (Indexing, episode #10), September 24 2013.
"Hook Agonistes," September 2013 (co-written with Jay Lake).
"Train Yard Blues," October 13 2013.
Parasite, October 29 2013.
"Frontier ABCs: The Life and Times of Charity Smith, Schoolteacher," November 12 2013.
"Red as Snow," December 2013.

Half-Off Ragnarok, March 4 2014.
"Jammed," April 1 2014.
"Stingers and Strangers," May 2014.
Sparrow Hill Road, June 3 2014.
The Winter Long, September 2 2014.
Symbiogenesis, November 2014.

"The Happiest Place...," unknown.
"Midway Relics and Dying Breeds," unknown.
"No Sooner Met," unknown.
"Forbid the Sea," unknown.

Conventions/Appearances/Travel

Lone Star Con (Worldcon 2013), August 28-September 2, San Antonio TX.
Mile Hi Con 45, October 18-20, Denver CO.
SFContario, November 29-December 1, Toronto Canada.

Boskone 51, February 14-16 2014, Boston MA.
FOGcon 4, March 7-9, Walnut Creek CA.
Norwescon 37, April 17-20, Seattle WA.
Loncon 3 (Worldcon 2014), August 14-18, London England.
Shamrokon (Eurocon 2014), August 22-24, Dublin Ireland.

Westercon 68, July 2-5 2015, San Diego CA.

No fixed deadline/being written/unsold:

Symbiogenesis
"There is No Place for Sorrow in the Kingdom of the Cold"
"We Both Go Down Together"
"Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway"
"Spores"
"Dark Shapes in Rendered Corners"
"Blocked"
"The Ghosts of Bourbon Street"
"IM"
"Fiber"
"Carry Me Home"
"Pixie Season"
"These Antique Fables"
Echo
Still Catch the Tide

Again, to clarify some recent confusion: some things, especially novel-length things, may appear more than once, on both the "publication date" and "being written" lists. This is because the "being written" list is an aggregate, which also includes "no fixed deadline" (IE, being written on spec or for the website) and "unsold" (IE, being written because I can). So new books will appear there for a long time before they vanish, since books take a long time to write, but may also have pub dates listed higher up.

Look at that list. It's so shiny!

Comments

[lazzchan.livejournal.com]

It's so amazing to see all of what you have planned! I'm working on the third or so draft of my novel and numerous short stories and nothing as near as accomplished as this~ It's super impressive and I bow to your skill and management and the amazing, glorious ideas. :D \

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Practice.

Seriously: three years ago I couldn't manage anything like this. Now I have to, or my commitments start slipping, and I can no longer justify things like "going to Disneyland before I have a nervous breakdown."

[lazzchan.livejournal.com]

I can see that-- I'm hoping I get to that stage soon instead of staring at the part of the story that has significantly changed because of an earlier change and wanting to toss the whole thing out. :) Thanks for always sharing what you have. It's truly inspiring.

[lazzchan.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I need to convince you to come over to Darkover Con near Baltimore. :) I got my friend hooked on your books and we both agreed we hope you come out next year.

[laurenthemself]

I should change my username to 'recent confusion'.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Nah, you weren't the only one. :)

[nojh.livejournal.com]

You're "have done" and "to do" lists are inspirational to me. I need to make a point of glancing at them before I sit down to write.

Also I get a little bit of pain everytime I see Parasite's release date. I got my hands on an ARC and loved it but now I see it on your list and go "Ooh! Oh wait. I read that already and now I have to wait another year for Symbiogenesis." It makes me happy-sad. Does that make sense? I'll just have to make a point of re-reading it when I get my actual copy.

Also you might have been asked this before but is there a specific reason (besides the obvious) that you tag these posts Inchworm girl?

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

And sadly, book two isn't likely to have ARCs (Orbit doesn't do ARCs for second/third books in a series), so you'll be waiting more than a year.

Do you know the song "Inchworm"? It was my first "now playing" for this post, and it represents the inching through the lists. It keeps everything central and doesn't clutter the other tags, basically.

[alana lee rock (from livejournal.com)]

I have a probably stupid question... will you be at the LoneStarCon through Monday, or are you leaving early or anything like that? I'm considering going on the final day (with a day pass since it's cheaper) but you would be the biggest reason I'd want to be there... *crossing fingers*

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I am leaving super-early on Monday to catch my flight home.

[alana lee rock (from livejournal.com)]

Bummer... maybe next time you're in Texas then. Just can't afford the prices to attend the convention (or the childcare costs) on the prime days. Hope you have a blast!

[musecalliopeia.livejournal.com]

I *really* need to spank Amazon (or something along those lines) because I can't get anything but what appears to be episode 1 and episodes 6, 7, and 8 in Indexing on my Kindle, and I don't know why.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Eep!