Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Glee, "Four Minutes."

Bits for a Friday, plus the Rising is starting RIGHT NOW.

Point the first: If you're on Twitter, and either don't watch my Twitter feed or haven't checked in yet this morning, do a search for the #FEEDFriday hashtag. Seriously, this is hammered awesome, in addition to being your opportunity to win some free copies of Feed. Which is pretty cool. They make great gifts! Also great doorstops.

Point the second: While you're enjoying your zombie adventure, maybe you should stop off and take a look at http://www.thefeedbook.com/. Don't worry. I'll wait here for your shrieks of ecstatic glee at how insanely awesome that website is. I'm doing the flaily Muppet arms again. Now with an undead flair. Which...is a little disturbing, really.

Point the third: Yes, I have seen today's XKCD. Sometimes I think the cartoonist is peeking through the windows of me and my friends. And then I realize that no, we're just a type. Scared yet?

Point the fourth: I am almost done with my mind-numbingly massive full-sheet comic page explaining the Campbell Awards and expanding on my eligibility. Vixy and Cat Valente play the part of my lovely assistants, thus sparking the statement "The hardest thing I have left to draw is Cat Valente being eaten by zombies." My life, occasionally so difficult.

Point the fifth: I was in the car with my mother yesterday, and commented that I had purchased my tickets to Australia. The following conversation ensued:

Mom: "And you're coming back with a tiara."
Me: "Well, yes, I hope so, but..."
Mom: "You are."
Me: "Okay."
Mom: "I've been praying every night to the tiara gods."
Me: "...there are tiara gods?"
Mom: "There are now."
Me: "What do those even look like?"
Mom: "I don't know. But they're wearing tiaras."

So apparently I have the backing of the tiara gods in the upcoming race for the Campbell. Thanks to my mother for letting me know about this endorsement. Also, and perhaps more importantly, my mother is insane.
Tags: awards and stuff, feed, good things, mira grant, my mom is nuts, so the marilyn, website updates, zombies
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darcy807

May 1 2010, 03:05:25 UTC 7 years ago

So far at the store I work at, we have sold 3 of 8 copies which is pretty good for a first few days. I also created a endcap of zombie fiction and FEED is front and center there. And finally it goes on the MM Tower on Tuesday. :) You rule.

baka_kit

May 1 2010, 03:22:29 UTC 7 years ago

It's times like this that I miss working at Borders. The pay sucked, the customers made me *facepalm* and don't get me started on Corporate, but I could push my favorite authors' books to lots of people every day.

seanan_mcguire

May 3 2010, 15:14:16 UTC 7 years ago

You are a glory and I adore you right now. Selling books makes me happy.