Fifty days to book release: guess what's in MY pockets.

[seanan_mcguire]

Wow. Here we are again.

As of today, we are fifty days from the release of Pocket Apocalypse, the fourth book in the InCryptid series, and the second book narrated by Verity's older brother, Alexander Price. This is it for him, at least for right now; this is where he takes a bow and wanders off into the wings to do something else for a while. Verity will be taking over again for book five before she hands the baton off to their little sister, Antimony, to narrate books six and seven. And just the fact that I can type that sentence with a straight face proves that I am the luckiest girl in the world.

So where are we right now? Well, I'm gearing up for some more giveaways, some of which will be totally effort-free (RNG 4 LYFE), some of which will require a little more work (fan artists, start your engines). I'm editing book five, and prepping for book six, which is the first in my new two-book contract. Thanks to everyone who bought Half-Off Ragnarok and made it possible for me to write Antimony's books. Please keep reading, so I can keep going. I want to make it all the way to the end of this series.

I'm still not sure what I'm going to do as a pre-release countdown this time (or whether I'm going to do one at all). Suggestions are totally welcome! And of course, we'll have another new short story going up on the website around the time the book comes out, featuring another Johnny and Fran adventure. We're coming to the end of their time as the focus of our historical narratives. I'm excited to be moving on Alice and Thomas, one of my all time OTPs, but I'm going to miss Johnny and Fran.

Thank you all, so much. Thank you for allowing me to tell these stories. Thank you for being here. And thank you for buying my books. This was a series that had a very narrow market when it started, and you bought enough copies to make DAW see that it had an audience, and that I should get to continue. Soon, we'll break through the candy shell and expose the true darkness of what people keep assuming is my fluffiest universe. Soon.

I can't wait.

Comments

[susanblack.livejournal.com]

As an Australian, I just want you to know that your tag is 100% accurate :)

And hurray for Pocket Apocalypse, I am looking forward to it!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I am so excited!

And also so braced for people yelling at me about the stuff I got wrong on purpose. (Alex has never been to Australia before, so he does things like "assume every log is a crocodile." Shelby corrects him, but still.)

[joyce.livejournal.com]

I am so, so jazzed for the Antimony books. (Not that I don't love them all. I do. But.)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I'm just so happy that those got green-lit!

[lazzchan.livejournal.com]

I weep at the end of Fran and Johnny, because I love them both so much, to itty bitty pieces, but I glee at the thought of Alice and Thomas, because I still am reading in my head of "no, really don't try that" for Thomas' curiosity of things that are bad and dangerous.

I am REALLY looking forward to Pocket; Alex is hilarious in all his dryness and we're getting a roommate to read the books, as we told her about the SCIENCE! Aeslin mice. (Yes, she is a scientist).

... and you're writing in Australia. Someone will be dying at some point, I'm certain. XDD

[tylik.livejournal.com]

Oh, gods yes. I'm not certain Aeslin mice would be less trouble for more help getting bench work done than my undergraduate assistants, but I'd like to find out...

[sirfox.livejournal.com]

she's writing. Somebody will be dying at some point. (this is not a bad thing, just seems to be the shape of the universe)

Would like to see an inCryptid critter illustration contest. :}

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I love Alice and Thomas so much.

They are so screwed.

[calico-reaction.livejournal.com]

Thank you for writing! It's so fun to enjoy your words! :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you. <3

[vincentursus.livejournal.com]

Yay! More Incryptid. ^_^

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yes! So soon!

[anne_d]

I'm a grownup, I can wait... But it's going to be a long wait...

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Aw.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Huh. See, that is the first time someone's called Rose "fluffy."

[marziek.livejournal.com]

``I am excessively diverted. But it is so strange!''

These books are so much fun. Thanks for writing them. :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reading them!

[scarletandjade.livejournal.com]

Fluffy? I can see how someone would say that. But having read a lot of your books, I feel like we're just waiting for the other shoe to drop. And since we've been in for 3 books in this series and it hasn't, it's probably going to be some big stompy boot that belongs to a 50 foot tall giant.

Any chance that you are planning to publish a collection of the Incryptid short stories? I honestly could read a whole John & Fran book, and I'm super thrilled about Alice & Thomas next!

Thanks for writing such awesome stuff!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Whether or not there's a collection of the short stories isn't up to me: the publisher needs to believe that there is interest. The best way to show that is to buy the books, and to email DAW's public-facing email (from the Penguin site) to indicate that you would like to see a short story collection.

[kalorlo.livejournal.com]

Eeee, awesome! More Alex will be good, and I am so looking forward to Antimony's books. I really enjoyed the short stories with her in (and seeing how her and Verity's views of each other compare).

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[pamela adams (from livejournal.com)]

Fluffy, yes. But fluffy in the same way as my cat, who lies with fluffy belly exposed, waiting for the foolish person to try and skritch it, so she has an excuse to grab with teeth and claws.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Hee hee yes.

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

What's in your pocket? The One Ring; that's what I'm guessing. :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Probably.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

And thank YOU for sharing your wonderful stories with us!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Quite welcome.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Yay!! I love this series so much, and not just because of the crazy creatures and the DRAGON. I swear.
Looking forward to Antimony's books. She sounds, um, less sane than the rest of them. Which should be great.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Annie is special.

[greg rheam (from livejournal.com)]

50 days? How are we suppose to last that long :)

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

One day at a time.

[purplepinkdot.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited for Pocket Apocalypse, Alex has forever warped my visits to the zoo.

Maybe you can ask folks for their best definition of a "pocket apocalypse" and choose your favorite. .

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, good thought.

[kouredios.livejournal.com]

Darkness. YES. I am so looking forward to the future of this series.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[phoenix-singing.livejournal.com]

I am so ready for this book. Alex! <3

Semi-related: A coworker just read ROSEMARY AND RUE and I think she's hooked. Mwa ha ha!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

CORNKITTY I MISSED YOOOOOOU

[nurseiris.livejournal.com]

Australia and Antimony? Yay!!!!! I am sorry to see Johnny and Fran come to an end, (I second the "I could read a whole book of them" or perhaps the collected short stories) but I'm super excited for Alice and Thomas! Yay incrypted, so much yay!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Whether or not there's a collection of the short stories isn't up to me: the publisher needs to believe that there is interest. The best way to show that is to buy the books, and to email DAW's public-facing email (from the Penguin site) to indicate that you would like to see a short story collection.

New Incryptid

[metairiegirl.livejournal.com]

I/ve had this book pre-ordered for so long that it feels as though I should be getting book 5 Just love this series. And the short stories are great--Johnny and Fran stories may be my favorite but I want all of them. Please considered a short story collection.

RE: New Incryptid

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Whether or not there's a collection of the short stories isn't up to me: the publisher needs to believe that there is interest. The best way to show that is to buy the books, and to email DAW's public-facing email (from the Penguin site) to indicate that you would like to see a short story collection.