Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Bit by bit, I conquer this puny planet...

Mindy Klasky has been talking about "author branding" lately. Is it a bad thing that my brand is "slightly maniacal but easily distracted Disney Halloweentown Princess on a never-ending quest to dominate your puny planet"? I mean, it doesn't fit very easily on a T-shirt...

Anyway, today is a day for awesome news that is awesome. Those of you who follow dianafox will have already seen the first part of this: the Newsflesh trilogy (Feed, Deadline, Blackout) has sold to Egmont in Germany. Egmont is also the German publisher of the Toby Daye books. Because of this (and some questionable black marks on Mira's legal record, but that's beside the point), they'll be publishing the Newsflesh trilogy under the name "Seanan McGuire." I like being confusing!

Meanwhile, rights to the first three Toby books (Rosemary and Rue, A Local Habitation, and An Artificial Night) have sold to Azbooka in Russia. Vixy is very excited, because she actually speaks Russian, and will thus be able to read my books in a whole new language. I'm very excited because dude, Russia.

Soon, my conquest of your world will be complete, and my collection of foreign language editions will require its own shelf.

Yay!
Tags: a local habitation, an artificial night, blackout, deadline, feed, good things, mira grant, publishing news, rosemary and rue, so the marilyn, toby daye
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Thank you!
Congratu-frackin'-lations!
Glee.
Wooooooot! That's both excellent news!

Come over to my LJ and let's celebrate together, I will dance madly around your house or mine with you! :)
Yay!
Congratulations! That's awesome news.
I'm hugely excited.
Egmont is also the German publisher of the Toby Daye books. Because of this (and some questionable black marks on Mira's legal record, but that's beside the point), they'll be publishing the Newsflesh trilogy under the name "Seanan McGuire." I like being confusing!
Ha! Oh, there's going to be an international incident.

Soon, my conquest of your world will be complete, and my collection of foreign language editions will require its own shelf.
I do need to buy some more bookshelves.
Yes. Me vs. Mira, massive public smackdown.
Dude Russia!

World Domination

New World Order
New World Order
I shall be a kind mistress.

Maybe.

xjenavivex

7 years ago

*bouncebouncebouncebouncebounce*

I'm DYING to see what the Russian titles will be!

Also: note to self: learn German...
Ooh, neat icon! A BLOODY TREE OF DEATH.

ladyfox7oaks

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

One by one, the countries fall to your dominion.

(Mua ha ha)
Soon I shall rule all.

filkferengi

7 years ago

Поздравления!

(Hopefully, you can't go TOO far wrong with one-word machine translations. *wry grin*)
The first book will be called Borscht.

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

Congrats! The covers should be very ... interesting!
Oooooooooooooh, yeah.
“Questionable black marks”? They caught you unleashing test zombies in downtown Munich to study how fast they spread?
No, they caught Mira unleashing the test zombies.

This is when having an alter-ego can prove useful!

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

Congratulations!

But I hope "author branding" isn't meant too literally.
It's in case they escape to another 'stable', so they can be reclaimed by the original owner. Either that or it's a painful way of getting a tattoo...

(I just have an incentive to re-learn Russian...)

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

That's great news! Congratulations! (Now I can think about getting the Toby and Feed books in German to practice my reading skills.)
Awesomesauce.
Wondrous! I plan to buy the English version of Toby for the German exchange student currently staying with my parents, and if I can get the Russian Toby-books for my brother, that will be even more awesome!

AngelVixen :-)
Hee. That rocks.
Congratulations!
Thank you.
I, for one, WELCOME our new Halloweentown Princess Over-er- Lady...
You are wise, and shall be spared from the cornfield.
talking about "author branding"

..sniff sniff.. smells done .. release them back into the herd..
Yay!
Hey, random praise alert from a fan:

http://rosefox8.livejournal.com/1313052.html
Squee! <3
I think I just realized what's been causing the blackouts in SF and C-Town. YOU. WRITING A BOOK CALLED BLACKOUT. CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE FOR A WHILE, PLEASE. LIKE WORKING ELECTRICITY.
...whoops. Sorry!
From BBC News: "Velociraptor's cousin discovered".

Welcome to the family!
This is AWEESOME!!!!

If I get a Spanish-language one, maybe I can learn more of the language?? It's a fantasy, anyways!

I read "A Local Habitation" and loved it! Your writing was very enjoyable in "Rosemary and Rue," and is even better this time around!
Awesome! So glad you liked it. :)
Very cool... and I look forward to your domination of the planet :)
Thank you.