Fifty days. Here we go again.: seanan

Fifty days. Here we go again.

So here we go again: as of today, we're fifty days away from the official North American release of An Artificial Night [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy]. (Of course, if the first two books are anything to go by, we're actually about thirty-five days away from my hysterical meltdown in the Borders near my office.) If I had a nickel for every day remaining before the official release, I wouldn't have enough to buy myself a Diet Dr Pepper. Which would be sad. I'd rather have a quarter for every day remaining before the official release. Then I could buy lots of Diet Dr Pepper.

Rosemary and Rue [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy] was my first book. A Local Habitation was my second. They taught me a lot about marketing, pre-release crazy, post-release crazy, going crazy from good reviews, going crazy from bad reviews, living by my own rules regarding engaging reviewers and trying to explain myself, hyperventilating when I see my book on shelves, and trying to look nonchalant when I really just want to be screaming "I WROTE A BOOK OH MY GOD YOU GUYS LOOK LOOK LOOK YOU CAN TRADE MONEY FOR GOODS AND SERVICES AND THE GOODS AND SERVICES ARE MY BOOK!!!" while jumping up and down and providing expository hand gestures. This whole process has been a learning experience, and while I'd like to claim that it has left me a calm and mature author, prepared for anything, the fact of the matter is this:

I am so totally going to cry the first time I see An Artificial Night on the bookshelf. And then I'm going to call Vixy and make shrieky bat-noises until she talks me down from my happy hysteria. Because that's just how we roll around here.

I leave for the San Diego International Comic Convention the day after tomorrow. I leave for Australia eleven days before the book officially hits shelves. And I'm Guest of Honor at Spocon next weekend. So clearly, my method for planning a book release mostly involves running myself ragged, falling down, and sleeping until it's all over. This apparently works for me, so who I am I to argue?

Fifty days. A year ago, I was worried that no one would like Toby, that she'd just disappear into the urban fantasy jungle and never be seen again. Now I'm worried about not letting people down, and whether they'll still like Toby now that she's been through a little more and grown a little bit and made up her mind about a few things.

Fifty days.

Wow.

ducktape74

July 19 2010, 16:27:12 UTC 7 years ago

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I can't wait to read it! I picked up the first one on the suggestion of a Borders employee and read it in 5 hours; I got the second one the next day and was finished before bed. Now the agony of waiting until September!!!

seanan_mcguire

July 19 2010, 20:29:00 UTC 7 years ago

Oops!

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July 19 2010, 20:29:11 UTC 7 years ago

Hee, yes.

liret

July 19 2010, 16:40:02 UTC 7 years ago

I can attest that this book is awesome. Quite possibly my favorite of the three.

7 years ago

July 19 2010, 20:29:33 UTC 7 years ago

Thanks, darlin'.

elfinecstasy

July 19 2010, 16:49:10 UTC 7 years ago

I will ALWAYS like Toby and fantasize being good friends with her :-) She's amazing

July 19 2010, 20:30:07 UTC 7 years ago

Yay!

dornbeast

July 19 2010, 17:17:45 UTC 7 years ago

A nickel for each day wouldn't buy any DDP? That's no fun.

July 19 2010, 20:30:21 UTC 7 years ago

No, really not.

phoenixsansfyr

6 years ago

ladyfox7oaks

July 19 2010, 17:38:54 UTC 7 years ago

Please remember to BREATHE. And yes- we still like Toby and want to read more and see more of her world through your eyes.

July 19 2010, 20:30:32 UTC 7 years ago

I'm trying!

kshandra

July 19 2010, 17:54:16 UTC 7 years ago

Well, crap. I just realized that if I manage to find a new place and get moved soon enough to still make Burning Man, your book is coming out while I'm on playa. I don't wanna wait! </firstworldproblems>

July 19 2010, 20:30:48 UTC 7 years ago

Awwwwwwwww.

saffronrose

July 19 2010, 18:52:26 UTC 7 years ago

A Diet DP costs more than $2.50? Or 1.65 if it's 35 days? Has it got gold flakes in it these days?

Maybe next time I see you, I'll bring at least a 6-pack!

Enjoy San Diego, if you get out of the Convention Center or Hotel. Seaport VIllage, or next to it, going away from the CC, has some good food, if seafood likes you as much as it likes me. DO NOT go wandering around the Gaslamp Quarter after dark by yourself.

July 19 2010, 20:31:08 UTC 7 years ago

I've done bunches of Comicons. I promise not to get abducted or eaten.

enchantedskies

July 20 2010, 00:51:59 UTC 7 years ago

Usually, I'm in the middle of another book when I pick up yours at the store, or in the middle of classes, so it takes me a couple of months before I get to yours. That being said, my dad saw me reading A Local Habitation and asked me about it. I then lent him both books, and upon reading the first one he asked me when the next one is coming out and told me to go get it. Just thought you would appreciate getting another fan. :-)

July 20 2010, 15:31:26 UTC 7 years ago

I do!

jacylrin

July 20 2010, 13:43:40 UTC 7 years ago

Squee! More Seanan Book Real Soon Now! :-)

spes_abrin

July 20 2010, 15:29:57 UTC 7 years ago

I don't know if I ever told you that I picked up Rosemary and Rue on your suggestion, but I did. And I loved it. And I've convinced several others that they would love it as well (and they did!). So, good on you for successfully promoting Seanan! :)

July 20 2010, 15:31:17 UTC 7 years ago

I can't wait! (I've often wished it was actually possible for authors to produce books at the rate that I can consume them, but alas, not possible!)

July 20 2010, 15:31:56 UTC 7 years ago

Sadly not. I've often wished the same thing, both as an author and as a reader.

July 21 2010, 22:12:55 UTC 7 years ago

I finished A Local Habitation yesterday, and the teaser in the back made me twitchy. Thank God I have a stack of books and work-related stuff to get me through to release day, because otherwise I will go batshit insane. I have theories, I have NEEDS, and I need more Toby. And Tybalt. Yes.

July 26 2010, 22:08:51 UTC 6 years ago

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