Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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A few awesome announcements.

First up, my short story, "Let's Pretend," will be appearing in the anthology Ladies of Horror, coming out in 2010. "Let's Pretend" originally appeared at The Edge of Propinquity (where my Sparrow Hill Road series will be launching in January). It's one of my rare vampire pieces, and is...nasty.

(It's also one of those stories that really makes me want to write "DVD extras" for a lot of my work. The first draft was written during a game of Three Beers and a Story. How do you play? Well, you drink three beers. And you write a story. Personally, I prefer Three Long Island Iced Teas and a Story, but that's sort of the X-Games variation.)

Secondly, the Orbit catalog for Spring/Summer 2010 is live, and includes the official press release on Feed. The book is available for pre-order now, and I am beginning to accept its reality, which is both exciting and terrifying. How did I get here? Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?

Finally, because it is THE MOST AWESOME OMG, Barnes and Noble has named Rosemary and Rue [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy] as one of the best urban fantasy releases of 2009. You'll pardon me while I scream like a girl, won't you?

2009 is drawing to a close; the number of days it has left to present me with awesome things is dwindling steadily. But this is a year that brought me my first anthology, my first novel, my first book release party, the first gathering of the Traveling Circus and Snake-Handling Show, my first Maine Coon, my first solicited artwork-for-pay that wasn't a personal commission, my first solo guest of honor slot, and so much more. 2009 is going down in the record books as a pretty good year to be a blonde.

Thanks for being here.
Tags: feed, good things, publishing news, rosemary and rue, short fiction
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copperwise

December 18 2009, 01:08:52 UTC 7 years ago

You ROCK.

That is all.

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 01:10:53 UTC 7 years ago

Well, you know what?

SO DO YOU.

bardling

December 18 2009, 01:29:10 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, how cool! :)

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 02:12:23 UTC 7 years ago

I'm really thrilled.

fullcontactmuse

December 18 2009, 01:33:43 UTC 7 years ago

That is wonderously cool! Go you!

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 02:12:33 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you!

angel_vixen

December 18 2009, 01:42:43 UTC 7 years ago

Bravissima! Here's to many more successes!

AngelVixen :-)

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 02:12:46 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you! Here's hoping. :)

tsgeisel

December 18 2009, 01:46:18 UTC 7 years ago

You'll pardon me while I scream like a girl, won't you?

Well, you *are* a girl (based on observational data), so you don't even need any pardons for this...

Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 02:13:04 UTC 7 years ago

This is true! But I try not to scream like one. ;)

wendyzski

December 18 2009, 02:02:13 UTC 7 years ago

The book is available for pre-order now
and is on my Giftmas list :)

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 02:13:29 UTC 7 years ago

YAY!

tollers

December 18 2009, 02:09:43 UTC 7 years ago

Squeeeee!!

That's awesome! And as much as I love Toby (and think B&N has most excellent taste!), I'm so so very excited about Feed. I want to be able to introduce my friends to Shaun and Georgia and the zombies and watch their reactions. I can't read it again for the first time, so I have to get the first-time experience again vicariously. :-)

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 02:14:12 UTC 7 years ago

Given the last time you saw the manuscript, you may find this read to be closer to your first time than you think. There have been a lot of edits and changes, and they've made it a much better book (although some things, of course, could not be undone).

vixyish

December 18 2009, 02:12:47 UTC 7 years ago

Hot damn, congrats!

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 02:14:38 UTC 7 years ago

SQUEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahem.

That is all.

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seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 15:15:39 UTC 7 years ago

That approach to screaming like a girl makes me very happy.

Yay enjoying my book!

it_aint_easy

December 18 2009, 02:20:07 UTC 7 years ago

You'll pardon me while I scream like a girl, won't you?

Well, you ARE a girl and this seems like awesome news, so I have difficulty finding anything to hold against you here. :{)} Congrats!

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 15:15:56 UTC 7 years ago

Glee! Thanks, and I'll be mailing you about recording real soon now.

stakebait

December 18 2009, 02:23:03 UTC 7 years ago

Mazel tov!

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 15:16:10 UTC 7 years ago

Whee! *hugs and spins*

okayokayigive

December 18 2009, 02:35:54 UTC 7 years ago

Wooo! Congrats!

Also, thank you thank you thank you - my signed cover flat arrived a few days ago, and I squealed and danced around the room a bit before carefully storing it with my bagged and boarded comics. :)

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 15:16:27 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, yay! I love knowing that things got where they were supposed to go.

eevieivy

December 18 2009, 02:45:08 UTC 7 years ago

Yay! Go you! :D And congrats.

seanan_mcguire

December 21 2009, 04:06:22 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you!

ladymondegreen

December 18 2009, 02:50:58 UTC 7 years ago

*does the dance of happy, happy, happy*

seanan_mcguire

December 21 2009, 04:06:35 UTC 7 years ago

*observes*

mskauri

December 18 2009, 05:28:07 UTC 7 years ago Edited:  December 18 2009, 05:31:11 UTC

Congrats, congrats, congrats!! All the adulation is SO deserved! BTW, I think "Three Long Island Iced Teas and a Story" (or perhaps the West Coast version, Long BEACH Iced Tea?) is a fabulous idea! You'd kick my ass in the story part, but the Three Long Islands/Beaches would be a hell of a lot of fun!

Can't wait to have more of your work on my bookshelves!

seanan_mcguire

December 21 2009, 04:07:25 UTC 7 years ago

Yay, and thank you!

cleothyla

December 18 2009, 08:44:35 UTC 7 years ago

Congrats!( please excuse any typos as my kitty is laying on one of mt arms and I am typing this one handed)I think you allowed to scream like a girl for that last bit!

seanan_mcguire

December 21 2009, 04:07:42 UTC 7 years ago

Kitties always make typos forgivable in my book.

iwishthat

December 18 2009, 09:28:54 UTC 7 years ago

Awesome! You most definitely deserve it. :)

(And cheers for you being one of the few people I seen call 2009 a good year, can we trade? ;) )

seanan_mcguire

December 21 2009, 04:08:03 UTC 7 years ago

(No, we can't. I'm sort of attached to my 2009.)

iwishthat

7 years ago

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keristor

December 18 2009, 09:45:06 UTC 7 years ago

Amazon UK still don't have Feed listed. If they still don't in the new year I'll order from the US instead.

Orbit UK -- don't have a catalogue for next year yet. In fact their catalogue saying "books published in 2009" only goes up to March 2009. I wonder if they are looking for a website maintainer...

That is a /lot/ of 'firsts' for one year! Go you!

seanan_mcguire

December 18 2009, 15:15:13 UTC 7 years ago

Here's the link to pre-order the UK edition of Feed from Amazon UK:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feed-Newsflesh-Trilogy-Mira-Grant/dp/184149898X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261148806&sr=8-1

Cheers!

keristor

7 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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ex_esssjay

December 18 2009, 10:11:33 UTC 7 years ago

Congratulations! I love reading your lj as your work ethic is a great kick up the ass for me. You deserve your fabulous year!

seanan_mcguire

December 23 2009, 18:25:05 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you!

jongibbs

December 18 2009, 12:17:13 UTC 7 years ago

Yay! Execellent news. Especially the B&N recognition :)

seanan_mcguire

December 23 2009, 18:25:13 UTC 7 years ago

I squeed.

kara_gnome

December 18 2009, 12:37:00 UTC 7 years ago

LOL, how awesome! Congratulations, what a wonderful year :)

seanan_mcguire

December 23 2009, 18:25:25 UTC 7 years ago

I have the glee.

bigherman

December 18 2009, 18:07:46 UTC 7 years ago

''2009 is going down in the record books as a pretty good year to be a blond.''

REPRESENT!

seanan_mcguire

December 23 2009, 18:25:57 UTC 7 years ago

Huh; you don't gender "blonde." How interesting! (I learned it as "blond" for the male hair color, "blonde" for the female.)

bigherman

7 years ago

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emurphy42

December 25 2009, 16:21:18 UTC 7 years ago


Three Beers and a Story. How do you play? Well, you drink three beers. And you write a story. Personally, I prefer Three Long Island Iced Teas and a Story, but that's sort of the X-Games variation.


If there's ever another Nerdly Beach Party, you so have to show up and do some sort of group event along these lines.

seanan_mcguire

January 2 2010, 06:50:39 UTC 7 years ago

Drunken authors trying to write in English are awesome.