10 things about October Daye,: seanan

10 things about October Daye,

Welcome to my book release countdown! With A Local Habitation available in North American stores as of March 2nd, we're ten days out, and so I give you...

10 Things About October Daye.

10. Toby developed her caffeine addiction as a result of trying to hide her fae nature from Clifford Marks, her human ex-boyfriend. Humans are diurnal, fae are not, and so she needed a lot of coffee to stay awake during what were, for her, sleepy naptimes. You can often recognize fae who've played fairy bride by their raging Starbucks addictions.

9. It wasn't until she moved Home that Toby began refusing to be called "October," since her name is really nothing even remotely weird by fae standards. After six months of being teased by the other changelings, she started demanding people call her "Toby," and was happy to support her requests with hitting.

8. Toby has a secret weakness for name-brand cereal.

7. Cagney and Lacey are the first cats Toby has actually adopted on her own. She actually hadn't spent that much time around cats before the two of them; Amandine didn't allow them in her tower, Shadowed Hills is really more a "rose goblin" kind of place, and Devin hated them.

6. Toby loves James Bond movies and old musicals. Really old ones, the ones where nothing needs to make sense as long as it can get you to the next musical number. She can't carry a tune in a bucket, but she still sings along if she's alone.

5. Toby's illusions aren't good enough to let her visibly age her mortal glamour, and has looked roughly the same age for as long as anyone in the human world has known her. She avoids her neighbors as much as possible because she wants to stay put as long as she can, and when they figure out she isn't aging, she'll have to move.

4. Despite the fact that she hates courtly settings, Toby has been thoroughly schooled in courtly behavior, and can dance multiple forms of waltz, foxtrot, and other formal forms. She can also behave herself at dinner parties. She just generally doesn't bother.

3. Toby sets her wards every morning before she goes to bed, even knowing that the sun will destroy half of them before she wakes up. It's the only way she can get to sleep.

2. If she could go anywhere in the world for dinner, and know that she wouldn't be interrupted, Toby would probably go to the Outback Steakhouse. And eat an entire cow.

1. Toby likes people. She just wishes she remembered how to trust them.

paradisacorbasi

February 20 2010, 19:14:26 UTC 7 years ago Edited: February 20 2010, 20:03:03 UTC

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Item 5 can be explained by HGH, Botox, and Loreal, especially in California. That and humans' ability to rationalize away anything weird.

Just to make clear I wasn't taking shots. I was just peanut gallery-ing playfully.

seanan_mcguire

February 21 2010, 19:52:04 UTC 7 years ago

I got that, honey. :)

7 years ago

kathleenfoucart

February 20 2010, 19:16:33 UTC 7 years ago

*love*

But now I'm curious as to which name-brand cereals! *ponders*

dimloep_suum

February 20 2010, 19:20:43 UTC 7 years ago

I'm guessing Cocoa Puffs and Cap'n Crunch.

dornbeast

tsukara

mariadkins

February 20 2010, 19:36:31 UTC 7 years ago

now you got me wanting to write one of these about sami. that would be fun ... where's my pen?

February 21 2010, 19:53:21 UTC 7 years ago

Hee.

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February 21 2010, 19:53:34 UTC 7 years ago

Good, 'cause there's more coming.

aryana_filker

February 20 2010, 20:09:49 UTC 7 years ago

:) Now I'm thinking about doing this for one of my own novel characters. I always love to learn as much about a book character as possible - especially when those facts are not mentioned in the books. As long as they are mentioned by the author, they're canon.

February 21 2010, 19:53:56 UTC 7 years ago

Pretty much, although I reserve the right to change anything not actually in official print.

beccastareyes

February 20 2010, 20:34:04 UTC 7 years ago

One would think that those rare humans who are more crepuscular or nocturnal by choice would be more likely to attract fae attention than the normal joes who sleep at night. But they might be less novel.

February 21 2010, 19:54:27 UTC 7 years ago

The heart wants what it wants.

Often, the heart wants goths who think going to bed at dawn is totally normal.

starletfallen

February 20 2010, 21:09:17 UTC 7 years ago

I was laughing and squeeing and rolling my eyes up until #1.

Then I wibbled. :< Poor Toby. *cuddles her and feeds her and loves her forever*

February 21 2010, 19:54:39 UTC 7 years ago

controuble

February 20 2010, 21:18:02 UTC 7 years ago

***** (5 stars)
Just finished reading it - ZOMG good!
Will we get to find out what the new look in Tybalt's eyes means in the next one? ::impatiently waiting for Sept::

February 21 2010, 19:54:52 UTC 7 years ago

YAY!

And yes.

filkerdave

February 20 2010, 21:18:36 UTC 7 years ago

Toby loves James Bond movies and old musicals.

I totally want to write a James Bond musical now.

February 21 2010, 19:55:08 UTC 7 years ago

That would be awesome.

naurwen

February 20 2010, 22:15:21 UTC 7 years ago

I have the urge to visit my next Starbucks now!

LOL @ 2. Good thing she doesn't do that. Might look... um... unusual?

February 24 2010, 16:19:22 UTC 7 years ago

I'm sure they've seen worse.

sdelmonte

February 20 2010, 23:48:05 UTC 7 years ago

So who's her favorite Bond? And does she prefer Astaire or Kelly?

I would love to watch a James Bond film with her. Well, with any noir PI of note, but definitely Toby.

February 24 2010, 16:19:34 UTC 7 years ago

Connery, and Astaire.

Chuckles...

ladyallyn

February 20 2010, 23:50:42 UTC 7 years ago

She could come hang out with the tinysquish geeks... They'd think nothing of the caffeine addiction, late nights and curious eating habits. The turnover is high enough that they'd never hang around long enough to notice she's not aging. (just in case she needs to come to Seattle for a while)

Re: Chuckles...

February 24 2010, 16:19:44 UTC 7 years ago

Ooooooooooooo, good points.

ladyfox7oaks

February 21 2010, 00:08:15 UTC 7 years ago

#10 sounds frighteningly familiar.... (Says the Mountain Dew addict) I wonder if Mom ever...???

Naaaaah.
...
Maybe?
#6 is WONDERFUL!! And- again, frighteningly familiar... (Says the gal who stayed up way too late watching "Call me Madam", "Singing in the rain", and several others just a few nights ago..)

#5- Dudette lives in Cali, her un-aging won't be noticed. :D

oh- and one more thing? Yeah- dropped by Borders last night and got "Rosemary and Rue"! (Decided I couldn't wait for Amazon to ship!)

February 24 2010, 16:19:56 UTC 7 years ago

Hee!

Also, yay. :)

markbernstein

February 21 2010, 03:03:57 UTC 7 years ago

Score! Following up on a comment to a previous post of yours, I stopped by the local Barnes & Noble this evening. The book display was up, in all its fully stocked glory, and in a highly visible spot. My copy of A Local Habitation is sitting just to my side as I type this. :) :)

February 24 2010, 16:20:05 UTC 7 years ago

Awesome.

amanda_nye

February 21 2010, 04:53:38 UTC 7 years ago

coolness!

February 24 2010, 16:20:14 UTC 7 years ago

I amuse easy.

February 24 2010, 16:20:51 UTC 7 years ago

I would not be all that surprised.

mgucciard

February 21 2010, 11:10:01 UTC 7 years ago

Score! Looks like Evanston, IL
Borders got it early - there was already an obvious dent in the (cover out!) stack on the shelf when I snatched up my copy yesterday. I clearly wasn't the first to find/purchase at this location.

Much Joy.

-M

February 24 2010, 16:20:59 UTC 7 years ago

Woo!

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