{"id":4081,"date":"2024-12-14T09:51:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T14:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2024-12-14T09:51:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T14:51:05","slug":"2024-this-year-in-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marissalingen.com\/blog\/?p=4081","title":{"rendered":"2024: This Year in Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Honestly I&#8217;m so happy with the writing I&#8217;ve been doing this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isn&#8217;t that a great thing to be able to say? And particularly isn&#8217;t that a great thing to be able to say in the face of a year that is otherwise a bit fraught? But for most of the year the work has been there for me, it&#8217;s been energizing rather than draining, it&#8217;s been stuff I&#8217;m really proud of, doing things that I really wanted to do. Picking up themes that I already loved and some that I haven&#8217;t addressed in fiction in quite these ways. Playing with form. <em>Doing the thing<\/em>. Hurrah for the work, when the rest of the world is on fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three poems, an essay, and eleven short fiction pieces to read here. I hope you enjoy them all, but honestly I hope you enjoy even one of them, that&#8217;s great, that&#8217;s all a lot of us get. I have several pieces in the publishing pipeline for next year (some of them quite early next year), and also some additional career stuff that&#8217;s good and weird. And that&#8217;s what we like around here, we like good and weird. We like being able to say, &#8220;really, wow, I&#8230;did not see that coming.&#8221; Stay tuned, you won&#8217;t see it coming, but it&#8217;s fun when it gets here. Until then, the 2024 list: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lost on a World Tree (poem), Not One of Us Issue 77 (January 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/islands-of-stability\/\">Islands of Stability<\/a>, Lightspeed, March 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mistletoe Theodicy (poem), Not One of Us Issue 78 (April 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/a-pilgrimage-to-the-god-of-high-places\/\">A Pilgrimage to the God of High Places<\/a>, Beneath Ceaseless Skies (May 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightspeedmagazine.com\/fiction\/and-the-dreams-that-you-dare-to-dream\/\">And the Dreams That You Dare to Dream<\/a>, Lightspeed, May 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.havenspec.com\/conjured-from-the-rubble\">Conjured from the Rubble<\/a>, Haven Spec, July 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncannymagazine.com\/article\/book-clubs-with-my-imaginary-friends\/\">Book Clubs With My Imaginary Friends<\/a> (essay), Uncanny, Issue 59 (Jul\/Aug 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panthalassa (poem), Analog, Jul\/Aug 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-02766-y\">Denebian Glamour&#8217;s What&#8217;s Hot and What&#8217;s Not for the Next Millennium<\/a>, Nature Futures, August 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clarkesworldmagazine.com\/lingen_09_24\/\">The Music Must Always Play<\/a>, Clarkesworld, September 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncannymagazine.com\/article\/the-wrong-time-travel-story\/\">The Wrong Time Travel Story<\/a>, Uncanny, Issue 60 (Sep\/Oct 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kaleidotrope.net\/autumn-2024\/transits-of-other-lands-by-marissa-lingen\/\">Transits of Other Lands<\/a>, Kaleidotrope, Autumn 2024 (October 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com\/stories\/three-drops-in-the-river\/\">Three Drops in the River<\/a>, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, October 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncannymagazine.com\/article\/on-the-water-its-crystal-teeth\/\">On the Water Its Crystal Teeth<\/a>, Uncanny, Issue 61 (Nov\/Dec 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-04048-z\">Betsy Donnelly&#8217;s Forty-Third Chance<\/a>, Nature Futures, December 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honestly I&#8217;m so happy with the writing I&#8217;ve been doing this year. 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