One year since the Rising.

*bleach-soaked zombie hug*

THIS!

*braaaaaaaaaains*

Thank *you* for the fabulous read!

Just read the book a couple weeks ago and was quite taken with it. And as a general rule, I don't do zombies. Everything, and everybody, rang true ... says I, who still works in a dead-tree media source.

(I wondered what impact Kellis-Amberlee would have on international relations -- specifically, on war. It strikes me that any battleground or even border skirmish would be Instant Outbreak. You've probably anticipated this and addressed it in one of the upcoming books.)

At any rate: I be a fan.

I don't think I told you the story of how I read FEED.

I bought it a few weeks before the end of this last semester and didn't touch it, knowing i needed to get through finals and, oh yeah, planning my CA wedding from the other side of the country. We got on the plane the day of my last final, and tucked in to my carryon was your book. Now, I'm a notoriously bad flyer, which Kermit had heard but didn't really understand until we were on the plane and I was holding his hand and crying. Logan had no idea because we gave him the window seat and he was busy trying to make sure that the plan would take us to "space" (he didn't like it when we told him we weren't going that high, but he enjoyed the takeoff nonetheless). Kermit didn't know what to do with me because there we were, on a non-stop flight back home to family and friends, and if I didn't stay on the plane we weren't going to make our own wedding. I hate for people to know when I'm upset so I was trying to cry quietly and not think about the ways that we could die.

He asked me, "Do you want to read your book?" and I had forgotten what I'd brought, but he said, "It's got zombies in it," and handed it to me. Clearly, he knows me. I read the first couple of pages trying to hold the book with one hand, because I was not letting go of him with my other hand, until the plane settled into the upper atmosphere, the shaking stopped, and I could relax. A few hours into the flight, both my son and future husband fell asleep on either side of me, and most everyone else on the plane did too, but I kept reading through conspiracies and funerals and zombies. As the we landed, I was crying again, because of that thing at the end of the book (you know what I mean) instead of being worried about the plane.

So I can say from experience that FEED can be read on one non-stop flight from Philadelphia to Sacramento, and is definitely distracting (in a good way) enough to keep your average aviatophobic from focusing exclusively on falling to their death in a big metal tube.

I got R&R and LH for my daughter for her birthday. That was in April. April and May included the SAT, finals, and projects. She only got started in the first. This weekend she came up to see us. The first thing she said to me is that she is angry with me. She finished your two books. Now she has to wait until September. I cracked up. September is SOOOOOO far away. I said, well you know there's always FEED! We've already discussed this book as an option for her boyfriend as he enjoys zombie books and how FEED is that and so much more. She has summer reading for school and is working a day job and babysitting as well. Plus, she is reading Jim Hines' princess adventure series. I have a feeling though, September is going to prove a long time in coming. I hope you get tickled by this.

Thank YOU, for the window into the whole, long, convoluted process that you've given us!
Some people seem to think "Oh- I'll be a WRITER!" like it's no big deal. And SOME people think, "Oh, you're a Writer", like it's not a "Real" job, and I say they are both, completely, WRONG!
You work harder than any five people I know with "Real" jobs. And it IS far more grueling than many other jobs. It's also far more rewarding than most jobs, from all accounts you've given. :) So thank you for the insights, and the notes, and the hard work, and the contests, and the long trips you've made and told us about.

Thank YOU for getting the book OUT. Feed got me into your writing. I'm a casual zombie fan (I'm the first to admit I'd be a very early casualty). What I consider the best part of this is that I got a friend of mine (who is very much NOT a reader, more a movie watcher) to read Feed ... and he's loving it. Now I'm just waiting for him to finish it so we can have a confab about it.

The words, they has power. ;)

Congrats on an amazing year :)

Here's wishing you more book deals, more zombies, and plenty of DDP.

Congratulations on your success and may it only grow in the future. I'll be right here, cheering and waiving my 'Team Seanan' flag, as your long, strange, fabulous, exciting trip continues, and I'm looking forward to finding out what you'll put your pen to after you're done with Toby and the zombies (that would be a really good band name, come to think of it. Toby and the Zombies. Garage band, grunge rock perhaps?)

Thank YOU for writing a zombie book that someone who generally can't deal with even the idea of zombies reads for comfort. And no, that's not saying it's boring or not-scary, it's just that it's so right>. The endless detail, the characters, everything makes me feel okay again. I don't know how to explain it, but Feed is one of my favourite books now. I think I'm on my third re-read.

I remain unable to find any book of yours in Singapore (OH COME ON, Kinokuniya, Borders, Prologue, Page One, MPH, ET CETERA.) So I spoiled myself on TVTropes. Oh well.

Congrats on the anniversary of Feed being picked up! :D

Are there any discussion boards for this? I may just be technically challenged, but I can't find one on Mira Grant's site.

Like many of the other posters, I'm not usually into zombie books, but I really liked R&R and LH, so I decided to give it a try. I'm so glad I did. I'm 3/4 of the way through and loving every minute of it. When does the next one come out?