Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Glee, "Loser Like Me."

In which Seanan becomes a New York Times bestselling author.

Friday night, I was chilling at my computer when an acquaintance of mine congratulated me. On what?, I wondered. A link was provided. I clicked the link. The link took me to the New York Times Best Sellers, which seemed like a bit of a cruel joke, since I would have known if I had made the list. Right? Right?

I scrolled down the list.

Late Eclipses, the fourth October Daye adventure, held the #32 slot.

I stared at it for a few minutes before calling Vixy and asking her to click the link. I didn't tell her why, because let's face it, I wanted to know if she could see it, too. She made inquisitive noises as she scrolled...and then she started shrieking. Okay, so yeah. She could see it.

Lots of screaming and flailing followed, as well as a phone tree that managed to double back on itself about seventeen times. Oxygen was not a priority. The Agent eventually returned my call, and then we spent a lovely half-hour or so going "Oh my God" a lot, which is basically what I was hoping she would do (sometimes, being coherent is for other people). The cats watched all of this with disdain, thus proving that the essential laws of reality had not changed, and eventually, I watched Fringe and went to bed.

I'm a New York Times bestselling author. Me.

I still can't believe I'm not asleep.
Tags: awards and stuff, late eclipses, personal superhero, publishing news, so the marilyn, state of the blonde
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captaintwinings

March 14 2011, 20:20:43 UTC 6 years ago

Way to go!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:31:19 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

naurwen

March 14 2011, 20:21:15 UTC 6 years ago

This is seriously incredibly scream-worthy! Congratulations!!! :D

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:31:28 UTC 6 years ago

I rather thought so. :)

smoooom

March 14 2011, 20:21:20 UTC 6 years ago

Campbell last year, New York Times bestselling author this year, who knows what lies beyond.

You totally rock!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:31:39 UTC 6 years ago

WORLD CONQUEST.

espressosnail

March 14 2011, 20:21:45 UTC 6 years ago

Wow! Congrats!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:31:48 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

brightlotusmoon

March 14 2011, 20:24:48 UTC 6 years ago

CONGRATULATIONS!!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:31:57 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

iuliamentis

March 14 2011, 20:31:32 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations! I stayed up until a ridiculous hour finishing it, and got teary-eyed in several spots.

(Team Tybalt ALL THE WAY. ahem.)

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:32:17 UTC 6 years ago

Aw, yay.

(You and a bunch of others...)

trialia

6 years ago

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alessandriana

March 14 2011, 20:33:26 UTC 6 years ago

The only thing I'm surprised about is that it took this long. :)

(or, to put it another way: CONGRATS, YOU TOTALLY DESERVE IT.)

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:32:30 UTC 6 years ago

All things come to those who wait!

loki_dip

March 14 2011, 20:35:16 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations. :) It's well deserved!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:32:46 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

veela_valoom

March 14 2011, 20:36:42 UTC 6 years ago

WOOT!!!! I'm so happy for you and your books because I think they're awesome and more people should read them.

And this moves them happily in the direction of more people!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:32:58 UTC 6 years ago

This makes me happy. :)

roadnotes

March 14 2011, 20:38:12 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:33:21 UTC 6 years ago

I got the naked happy icon!

That means I win!

erinlin

March 14 2011, 20:39:40 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:33:39 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

shoebrera

March 14 2011, 20:40:06 UTC 6 years ago



seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:33:51 UTC 6 years ago

Hee.

Thanks.

peachtess

March 14 2011, 20:45:42 UTC 6 years ago

Wow! Congrats!! Making the list is so deserved!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:43:23 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

sdelmonte

March 14 2011, 20:49:39 UTC 6 years ago

This is the most awesome thing ever. It also adds a huge touch of class to a list that otherwise has one other book I would ever want to read (the latest Dresden Files book).

And BTW, I am LOVING this book. I liked the others very much, but this one is clearly the work of someone who's hit her stride. Never mind that things that bothered me in earlier books are now established to be plot points. Wow.

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:43:57 UTC 6 years ago

That's one of the most awesome things about getting this particular volume out; watching people realize that probably 95% of the things that seemed "off" in the first three books were entirely intentional.

Trust the blonde.

sdelmonte

6 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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jslinder

March 14 2011, 21:00:29 UTC 6 years ago

As I said on your FB when you announced, SQUEEE!

I didn't go through every response, but in case no one else mentioned it, you pulled this off on a MMPB initial release, not a reprint, so its not a matter of word of mouth or people waiting for a less expensive MMPB version. No, this was people going out to get YOUR BOOK as soon as it was released.

Be proud!

And who knows, with your name out there in the NYT and all, maybe one of the past books will join it!



seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:44:17 UTC 6 years ago

I am very proud.

Very, very proud.

xjenavivex

March 14 2011, 21:03:10 UTC 6 years ago

THAT IS SO VERY AWESOME

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:44:28 UTC 6 years ago

OMG I KNOW!!!!

kiarasayre

March 14 2011, 21:08:04 UTC 6 years ago

You totally deserve it - I read Late Eclipses in one go, then immediately scoured my dorm room for my copy of Rosemary and Rue to begin an epic reread. Once I realized I left it at home, I started on A Local Habitation and counted down the days until spring break...two days after getting home, my reread is almost complete.

In other words, it is like the best kind of crack.

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:44:40 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, wow.

High praise!

*laughs* Congrats!

traveller_blues

March 14 2011, 21:09:11 UTC 6 years ago

...now I know a New York Times Best Selling Author.

You just earned even more of my worship points, Lady.

Someday, my dream is that I want to be just like you. Only maybe without the ponies.

-Traveller

Re: *laughs* Congrats!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:44:55 UTC 6 years ago

...says the one with the blue unicorn icon...

judifilksign

March 14 2011, 21:13:14 UTC 6 years ago

That is so COVERED in AWESOME sauce! I am so happy for you! And I get to be pleased because *I Helped* by buying it! I can be thrilled that the rest of the world is "getting" how awesome you are, too.

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:45:09 UTC 6 years ago

You totally helped!

I love you so.

firebirdgrrl

March 14 2011, 21:14:48 UTC 6 years ago

Hurray, how wonderful!:)

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:45:18 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

jenrose1

March 14 2011, 21:16:55 UTC 6 years ago

YAY! This deserves a snoopy happy dance!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:45:26 UTC 6 years ago

Yaaaaay!

keristor

March 14 2011, 21:17:09 UTC 6 years ago

Y'know, I think I pre-dreamed this? I was like "How come Seanan has only just found out, didn't she post about it before?"

Congratulations anyway, and well-deserved. Now hoping Deadline makes it as well, that would be well cool.

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:45:45 UTC 6 years ago

That really would.

Let's see if we can do it!

Congratuations!

qnofhrt

March 14 2011, 21:36:51 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations! I'm happy to see that the rest of the reading world is becoming aware of what we've known since book 1 - that Seanan is awesome!

Re: Congratuations!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:46:01 UTC 6 years ago

Awwww, thank you. :)

naamah_darling

March 14 2011, 21:38:24 UTC 6 years ago

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Congratulations! That is completely kickass!

Now that gets to go on books! They should let you put it after your name: Seanan McGuire, NYTB.

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:46:16 UTC 6 years ago

Bear says I have a new first name. I like that approach!

hooton

March 14 2011, 21:41:47 UTC 6 years ago

w00t! Congratulations!

:pointy dance of NYT bestseller joy:

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:46:29 UTC 6 years ago

Glee. :)
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