Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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One month in the wild. Where are we now?

As of today, Rosemary and Rue [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy] has been out in the wild for an entire month. It's been spotted in chain stores and independent booksellers, in airports and at train stations, in basically every state in the United States and in countries around the world. We are officially well and truly past the point where my publisher can go "ha ha, tricked you" and order up a bonfire. (Not that I ever really thought that they would, but if you've ever met me, you know that I can be twitchy on an Olympic level.)

I have not yet seen a stranger reading one of my books in a public place, which is probably for the best, as I'd either start to hyperventilate or give myself brain-freeze trying to decide whether I should go over and offer to sign it for them. This doesn't stop me from watching the reading material of the people around me.

Most of the people I know have either purchased Rosemary or swear that they're going to do so Real Soon Now, Honest. (Since I don't intend to check their bookshelves for proof, these assurances are sort of pointless, but they're also really funny, so I'm willing to roll with it.) My mother has probably purchased five or more, but she's my mom, so it's okay.

The page proofs for A Local Habitation have been reviewed and returned to my publisher, which means we're on-track for book two. I'm super-excited. I'm also plinking away at book five (The Brightest Fell), which is rapidly becoming my favorite in the series to date.

Because it's an anniversary, I feel like I should do something to celebrate. So, because it makes sense, I've decided to give away a copy of Rosemary and Rue. Here's the plan:

1) Comment here, telling me why I should give you a copy of Rosemary and Rue. Do you want it for you? Do you want it for your school bake sale? Have you just been dying to test the aerodynamics of a paperback book fed through a wood-chipper? (Actually, I probably won't give you a book for that last one, but I'd love to come over and watch the experiment. With someone else's book.)

2) That's all.

I'll pick a winner tomorrow. Be detailed. Be creative. Detail and creativity count. So does bribery, but that's a distant third.
Tags: giving stuff away, rosemary and rue, toby daye
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asthecrowfly

October 2 2009, 02:38:00 UTC 7 years ago

I'm a teacher. I am so inundated with teaching manuals, employee handbooks, materials on pedagogy, and wading through grant and scholarship applications...I am dying for a fiction book. I read them in tiny spurts these days, like trying to make a good bottle of wine last a realllly long time.

So I would probably try to draw R&R out for days, batting away any spoken conversation from my room mates with "Not done with this chapter yet! Go away!"

I'm also coming down with a cold. Between work related stuff driving me nuts, the divorce driving me crazy, and the incoming plague, a book to cozy up with while hiding from everything would be wonderful. And I can review it afterward, since I wrote my Very First Review this week and found I like doing them.

seanan_mcguire

October 4 2009, 18:06:42 UTC 7 years ago

I'm having a heck of a time making decisions on this one, but my high school English teacher would beat me for not understanding the plight of teachers. Would you be happy if I sent you one of my remaining ARCs? I wound up with a few left over, and that's also a neat thing, from a teaching perspective, to be able to say "look, book in pupae form!"

Anyway, if that sounds keen, go ahead and drop me your address through my website contact form.