Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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Bits, bobs, and a bunch of whatnot.

1. I am almost ready for Marcon! If by "almost" you mean "a packing list has been made, although no actual packing has been done, and hey, look, I have a set list." I'll pack tonight when I get home; tomorrow, I'll decamp to Kate's, since we need to get up at four o'clock Thursday morning if we want to catch our flight. Oh, the things I do for the love of conventions.

2. Last night was one of those "sleep so hard you wake up feeling hung-over" nights. I appreciate this. I don't get many of those nights anymore, and after I get over hating the universe, I tend to be refreshed and peppy. This sometimes creeps people out, as they aren't accustomed to seeing me peppy. Full of pep! There is nothing more dangerous than a truly cheerful blonde.

3. I'm currently cleaning and indexing my room, as part of an ongoing attempt to get my possessions under something resembling control. In the process of so doing, I found three copies of my 2009 chapbook. Now, I was under the impression that I had sold all the copies of my 2009 chapbook, which means either a) I can't count, or b) three people didn't get their chapbooks. If you requested a chapbook and never got it, please let me know, so that we can sort out what happened (and you can finally get your poetry).

4. I've finally updated my Upcoming Appearances page to include appearances through June, as well as the two stops on the Murder and Mayhem Tour that I'm doing with jennifer_brozek. I'll be adding more information to the June/July appearances, but at least now people will basically know where I'm going to be.

5. An Artificial Night is now on Amazon! What's more, it's on Amazon with a release date (September 7th), and actually relevant-to-the-book information (rather than the carry-over description of A Local Habitation that appeared there initially). The cover isn't up yet, but I'll totally scream when it appears, because every time one of my books is actually fully on Amazon, an angel gets its wings. I want my own CELESTIAL HOST, dammit.

6. I've rewritten the first six chapters of The Brightest Fell, and suddenly, without warning, this book has started to actually WORK. It's not uncommon for me to spend a hundred pages or so wandering lost in the wilderness, but The Brightest Fell is a particularly hard book. It's the last of the Toby books that was started pre-publication, which means it's been shelved several times while I worked on more urgent projects. To make matters worse, it's complicated, and changes a lot of things about Toby's world. So it's been kicking my ass, and I have finally started kicking back.

7. Who found a copy of Kelley Armstrong's out-of-print Eve novella, Angelic, while she was at Dark Carnival in Berkeley? Would that be me? Why, yes, I do believe it would be. I'll be doing more book gloating later, but I needed to offer this little snippet now. Because dude.

8. The cats come running when they hear the opening theme from The West Wing, because they know it means I'll be sitting still for at least forty-five minutes. Possibly longer, if the power of their purring is enough to make me start a second episode. Yes, I have managed to train my cats into taking an interest in the democratic process. When Lilly takes the state to court for the right to vote, you have permission to blame me.

9. It's cherry season. You do not want to know how many pounds of cherries I've consumed in the last week and a half...but as a hint, I could probably reforest Utah with my cherry pips, and I am now capable of telling fortunes for the whole of Oregon.

10. Zombies are love.
Tags: a few facts, cats, cleaning my house, con prep, food, one salt sea, reading things, schedule, ten things, where's seanan
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Of course zombies are love - they always want hugs!
Hee.

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That's awesome.
You have trained your cats WELL.
It's been sort of mutual, really.
Fortune telling with cherry pits? How does that work? (Acorn caps, I can do, but I've never heard of it being done with cherries). <*wants folklore*> :-D
Now I want to know about acorn caps *and* cherry pits...

themysteriousg

7 years ago

ladyfox7oaks

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

ladyfox7oaks

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

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Whee!
Three things from Chez Casa Villa Haus here in upstate NY.

1. My wife reports that the local library system has five copies of "Feed," and they are all checked out.

2. When I went to Amazon yesterday, the very first book on my "Suggest" list for upcoming books as "An Artifical Night."

3. New York Comic Con. Woo-hoo. Can't wait.
Awesome!
It's up at Barnes & Noble too. Alas, no cover. It's now on my wish list. Thanks for the update.
I really love the cover, too.
@WestWingReport has never seen the show!
Wow.

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She's Murder, I'm Mayhem.
lol, I love #8. I could totally see them riding on Josh's shoulders into a meeting with the president to make sure their opinion was heard. ;-)
They absolutely would, too.
I once discovered the Best Cherries in the World, but I don't know how much of it was location and how much of it was just pulling them directly off the tree. A young George Washington may have well been convinced to kill the metaphorical goose.
*snicker*
Mmmm cherries. If cherries and pomegranates were in season at the same time...

I am envious of your copy of the Even novella. I didn't realize that I did like that character after all when I last had a chance to get a copy.
The world would die of goodness, that's what.

tikiera

7 years ago

#5--MUST preorder at lunchtime...thanks for the heads up!

#8--I'd vote for that ticket! Bring on the felines!

#9--I could use a little fortune telling....O Great Seanan, tell me my fate!
You are destined to order An Artificial Night!

mskauri

7 years ago

Mmm... stone fruit... and farmer's market on Thursday nights again! life is good
So true.

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Hee, this was my reaction.

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

Wait, there's a Saturday PHill Farmer's Market? Why don't I know this? I always go on Sunday's to WC and Thursdays in PHill in the summer because music, grass, food and EJ Phairs but a Saturday morning one would be very,very convenient.

Now, can I make it to the 6/5 signing and make it to a 2:00 dance recital at Dean Lesher? Contemplating...probably depends on the baby's level of cooperation.
It's in Crescent Plaza, right near the movie theater. It used to be in the parking lot behind the Bed Bath and Beyond; this past Saturday, it was in the street in front of the Century.
I am almost ready for Marcon! If by "almost" you mean "a packing list has been made, although no actual packing has been done,

I'm at the "laundry has been achieved" and am now on to the "figuring out how to pack steampunk props in such a was as to not alarm airport personnel". Last year this involved pasting work-in-progress photos on the interior boxes with large friendly letters saying "PLEASE DO NOT DETONATE MY ART!"
Ooo. That was a good idea. :-)

wendyzski

7 years ago

kyrielle

7 years ago

wendyzski

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

telling fortunes for the whole of Oregon.

for every fresh cherry consumed, there are maracchino cherries produced here too.. pitless though.
Mmmmmmmmm, cherries.
5. I already pre-ordered last month, as Amazon was so good to remind me when I clicked your link. :-) An Artificial Night is the first of three books I'm looking forward to coming out in September and October. Fall is gonna be a great time to be a reader!

8. Pavlov's cats!

9. Is the fortune telling done with the pips or the stems?
Pips.
NOM NOM NOM NOM
I CAN TASTES DA RAINBOW
I've ordered it, Amazon UK say September 10th delivery.
Woo!

keristor

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

Ha ha. I packed last weekend. It only took me six trips back and forth to the suitcase to get everything in, and I've only got two more things to put in it. (I'm going to check it as well as yours, unless they're charging, in which case I have some stuff to put in your suitcase.)
My suitcase contains clothes, books, and sixty CDs. If they're charging, I'm paying your suitcase fee, 'cause ain't no way we're getting more shit in my suitcase.

aiglet

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

Mmm, cherries. This is our first cherry season in out new house, and my wife & I are greatly enjoying the cherry tree in the backyard. I do hope the rain doesn't hurt the crop this year too much (not just our tree, but all over the area.)
Good luck!
I saw Feed at my local grocery store yesterday, in that display next to the magazines.

I almost took a picture.
OMG REALLY?!

I check every grocery store I enter that has a book rack.

alicetheowl

7 years ago

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