Writing
Seanan McGuire
@seananmcguireTracked since May 2026
Creating Fiction.
Observed Aug 20, 2026 · staleModeled revenue
Paid members
3,537
0.5% · 30-day rate from 13 observed days
Total audience
6,247
incl. free followers
Estimated monthly gross
$7.1K
$3.5K–$10.6K modeled range
Starting price
$1/mo
11 membership tiers
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$1/moToast partyTHANK YOU! Everything helps. You will receive a digital download of all stories sponsored by this Patreon, and have access to items as I post them.
$3/moToast party goerDOUBLE THANK YOU! In addition to new fiction, every month, you will be invited to a hangout about, among other things, this month's toaster. Is it a real toaster? Is it a lawnmower? No one knows. I mean, I don't even know. It's a mystery! Funding a mystery is fun, right?
$5/moPoetry and pastryNOW I CAN BUY TOAST. Everything above, plus access to The Poetry Project. Starting July 1st, 2017, I will be endeavoring to follow in Jane Yolen's footsteps and post a poem every day for a year. Structured, free verse, whatever; it'll be on the Poetry Project blog, and you'll get to see it first.
$8/moLearnin' StuffHEALTHY TOAST. Everything above, plus access to one new poetry tutorial a month. This tutorial is one of the places where I am most likely to fail, as people need to ask about poetry forms for me to remember to unpack them.
$10/moPositive toastA REALLY NICE TOASTER. Woo! Everything above, plus you'll receive an email from me every time I post a new story. It will be positive and as helpful as I can make it, with fun stuff about life, writing, whatever, and recommendations for awesome books and movies and comics I've enjoyed in the past month. Also there will probably be cat pictures.
$25/moThings bake slowlyI'LL MAIL STUFF. In addition to everything above, I will send you two chapbooks, each featuring a single short story written for the Toaster Project. Depending on how ambitious I'm feeling, they will either be stapled or hand-stitched; they will definitely be signed. So that's exciting.
$50/moBut they do bakeSO MUCH MAILING. In addition to everything above, I will send you two
chapbooks, each featuring a single short story written for the Toaster
Project. Depending on how ambitious I'm feeling, they will either be
stapled or hand-stitched; they will definitely be signed. So that's
exciting. Exclusive to this reward tier: I will include a hand-drawn art card, either black and white or color, in one of your chapbooks.
$100/moTravel is hard right nowI'LL MAIL MORE STUFF. So I travel a lot for work (yes, conventions are work when you have my job). In addition to everything above, including the chapbooks, you'll receive handwritten postcards from me, at least one every three months (so quarterly), from places like San Diego, Wellington, and New York. Plus, also quarterly, you will receive either a flash fiction story (250 words or less) or a sonnet, again via physical mail.
$500/moButter and booksSO MUCH TOAST. You have my eternal gratitude. Which isn't going to butter your bread, but hey, it's still a collector's item. In addition to everything above, you will recieve a copy of every book I traditionally publish during the twelve months following your initial patronage (single-author only, no anthologies). You might even get them before anyone else on your block, since author's copies usually reach me before they reach stores (although I am also terrible at going to the post office, so it's a toss-up).
$1,500/moYou can eat my toastTHE BAKERY. First off, don't...don't do this. Or if you decide you really want to do this, don't do this for the whole year. Please. I don't want to be the reason you're living on ramen now. But! If you do this, in addition to all of the above (including postcards and chapbooks), I'll send you paper copies of everything I traditionally publish during the twelve months following your initial patronage, along with a thank-you note, anthologies not included (I don't get copies of many of those). You will also get to choose the characters and universe you'd like me to write about for one story. You can't choose the plot, but you can give me an existing setting (from any of my published novels or short stories) and two of the characters featured, within reason (no Oberon and October, for example, as he's not currently an active part of the setting). Want to see Jan and Li Qin again? Want to know what happened when Jeff joined the ATI? I can make that happen. It's up to you.
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Seanan McGuire3.5K members · $7.1K/mo
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Ranking data · includes stale rows| Rank | Creator and why included | Estimated gross | Gap vs Seanan McGuire | Freshness |
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| #1 |  Seanan McGuireProfileWritingEstimated gross position in Recommended cohort | $7.1K | Reference | Aug 20, 2026Stale |
| #2 |  Catherynne M. ValenteWritingContent relevance + business context | $1.7K | $5.4K fewer | Aug 26, 2026 |
| #3 |  Chris BrecheenWritingContent relevance + business context | $1.4K | $5.6K fewer | Aug 26, 2026 |
| #4 |  CE MurphyWritingContent relevance + business context | $1K | $6.1K fewer | Aug 24, 2026 |
| #5 |  Laura Anne GilmanWritingContent relevance + business context | $668 | $6.4K fewer | Aug 13, 2026Stale |
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Article Latest post$1 tier & upAsk An Author: Conventional Thinking.3 days ago
3 days ago at Aug 20 crawl 33 likes 3 commentsYour Piteous Heart - Seanan McGuire.epubYour Piteous Heart. August 2 Your Piteous Heart - Seanan McGuire.pdf Your Piteous Heart - Seanan McGuire.epub Your Piteous Heart - Seanan McGuire.mobiImageAugust 2$1 tier & up 68 6Ask An Author: I don't think that thing's a cat...July 30ArticleJuly 30$1 tier & up 54 8No More Amazement - Seanan McGuire.epubNo More Amazement. July 1 No More Amazement - Seanan McGuire.epub No More Amazement - Seanan McGuire.mobi No More Amazement - Seanan McGuire.pdfArticleJuly 1$1 tier & up 89 14Ask An Author: Subterranean Press.June 29ArticleJune 29$1 tier & up 38 16Let Sirens Sing Your Name - Seanan McGuire.epubLet Sirens Sing Your Name. June 1 Let Sirens Sing Your Name - Seanan McGuire.pdf Let Sirens Sing Your Name - Seanan McGuire.epub Let Sirens Sing Your Name - Seanan McGuire.mobiArticleJune 1$1 tier & up 77 14Eden Sank to Grief - Seanan McGuire.mobiEden Sank to Grief. May 5 Eden Sank to Grief - Seanan McGuire.pdf Eden Sank to Grief - Seanan McGuire.mobi Eden Sank to Grief - Seanan McGuire.epubArticleMay 5$1 tier & up 81 23A Solitude of Space - Seanan McGuire.epubA Solitude of Space. April 1 A Solitude of Space - Seanan McGuire).pdf A Solitude of Space - Seanan McGuire.epub A Solitude of Space - Seanan McGuire.mobiArticleApril 1$1 tier & up 87 9Ask An Author: Where There's A Will...March 21ArticleMarch 21$1 tier & up 53 8In a Yellow Wood - Seanan McGuire.mobiIn a Yellow Wood. March 2 In a Yellow Wood - Seanan McGuire.pdf In a Yellow Wood - Seanan McGuire.mobi In a Yellow Wood - Seanan McGuire.epubArticleMarch 2$1 tier & up 79 6Legacies - Seanan McGuire.epubLegacies. February 2 Legacies - Seanan McGuire.epub Legacies - Seanan McGuire).pdf Legacies - Seanan McGuire.mobiArticleFebruary 2$1 tier & up 83 31Ask An Author: Talk to Me.January 31ArticleJanuary 31$1 tier & up 58 13
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