Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • 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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jeffreycwells

March 15 2011, 00:07:21 UTC 6 years ago

I'm not actually going to *do* the Kermit the Frog "Yaay" flail in real life, but you can pretend.

Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 02:11:31 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

yellowblackhaze

March 15 2011, 00:27:09 UTC 6 years ago

Big time party! This is the coolest news, Seanan. I am sooo happy for you!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:17:52 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

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seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:18:05 UTC 6 years ago

I'm just overjoyed.

biguglymandoll

March 15 2011, 00:46:15 UTC 6 years ago

Ahem. Erm. Well...

F**king W00T!!! Yay Seanan!!!!!! Yay Toby!!!

Yay!!!

Yes, that.

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:18:18 UTC 6 years ago

<3

cailleuch

March 15 2011, 00:59:29 UTC 6 years ago

congratulations!! that is awesome!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:18:28 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

ladymurmur

March 15 2011, 01:03:54 UTC 6 years ago

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

This is the best news I've heard all day!
*snoopy dance*

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:18:40 UTC 6 years ago

I'm so happy.

sandy_williams

March 15 2011, 01:32:36 UTC 6 years ago

OMG! Congrats! Congrats! Congrats!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:18:56 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

paradisacorbasi

March 15 2011, 02:04:35 UTC 6 years ago

I have already happyflailed for you once, but you deserve continued happyflails because this is an awesome accomplishment!!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:19:07 UTC 6 years ago

I'm still dazed.

theironchocho

March 15 2011, 02:29:57 UTC 6 years ago

Congrats! Reading this just made my day, so I can only imagine how awesome you must feel. You deserve it!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:19:17 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

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seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:19:28 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

soundingsea

March 15 2011, 02:43:47 UTC 6 years ago

You are deeply awesome and it's great that your awesomeness is being recognized by the NEW YORK TIMES OMG.

(I'm all excited that I ran out to a local brick-and-mortar sci-fi bookstore on release day and bought it! I helped!) :)

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:19:57 UTC 6 years ago

Yes! You helped! And I am so, so appreciative. Thank you.

groblek

March 15 2011, 03:05:46 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations! That's wonderful news!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:20:08 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

cleothyla

March 15 2011, 03:16:59 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You sooo deserve it! And I just got my copy today! Having fun so far!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 03:20:17 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

unnisarah

March 15 2011, 03:30:16 UTC 6 years ago

YAY. Congratulations
You deserve it. YOU GO GIRLFRIEND

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 16:28:03 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

gwyd

March 15 2011, 04:17:27 UTC 6 years ago

*snoopy dance*

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 16:27:35 UTC 6 years ago

Heeeee.

idancewithlife

March 15 2011, 05:02:38 UTC 6 years ago

I saw it on OCH's twitter a couple days ago, and was waiting for you to announce it.

We'll beat the number with Deadline, I'm pretty sure (I'll buy my two copies the first week to help).

Next: movie offers, maybe?

It was really an amazing book.

Congrats!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 16:27:07 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

ldwheeler

March 15 2011, 05:48:10 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!!! Snoopy-dance time!!!

Sadly, I realized I have no Snoopy-dance icons, so I give you the closest thing I've got: a mildly-disconcerted-looking Charlie Brown. But know that, in my heart, I'm Snoopy-dancin' for you.

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 16:26:12 UTC 6 years ago

I appreciate your secret Snoopy. :)

kitrinlu

March 15 2011, 06:55:15 UTC 6 years ago

Asdfghjkl freaking yaaaaaaaay! :) :) :)

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 16:25:18 UTC 6 years ago

Yes.

This.

princess_kessie

March 15 2011, 08:56:37 UTC 6 years ago

I would so love to be able to send you this as congratulations, m'dear, but alas, I cannot, so the picture (and the thought) will have to suffice. Possibly it would have been more appropriate for Feed or subsequent books in that series, though :/

(If anyone else *is* in the position to be able to bid, however...)


OMG I've met and hugged NY Times Best Selling Author Seanan McGuire! Eeeee! */fangirl*

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 14:46:58 UTC 6 years ago

I think my non-zombie Ponies are just as glad that you can't! They don't enjoy galloping for their lives.

More hugs shall come when next I see you!

baka_kit

March 15 2011, 09:32:39 UTC 6 years ago

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 14:47:15 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

joecoustic

March 15 2011, 12:13:16 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations!! It's well deserved (and I did my part and bought it the first week and am reading it now - and of course, enjoying it immensely ;)) and it's nice to see the world work as it should :)!!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 14:47:32 UTC 6 years ago

AWESOME.

antinomic

March 15 2011, 14:20:17 UTC 6 years ago

A quick scan of my bookshelves, the criteria being authors with multiple books on my shelves, and NY Times bestsellers: Connaly, Grisham, King, Feist, Clancy, and you. Rather heady company! Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 16:23:04 UTC 6 years ago

Whoa.

midnightblooms

March 15 2011, 14:44:36 UTC 6 years ago

WOOOOO!!! You deserve it. Your books are great!

Aside: I've been rereading all of the October Daye books this week and keep finding hints and clues and foreshadowing (oh my!) to events in Late Eclipses that I totally missed first time through. Sneaky, sneaky author! :D

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 14:48:08 UTC 6 years ago

I breadcrumb a lot. :)

ladytinyhelm

March 15 2011, 14:49:01 UTC 6 years ago

OMG CONGRATULATIONS! I can't wait to get my paycheck so I can also experience the NYT BESTSELLING BOOK YAAAAY. ^^

I haven't got any happy icons, so have a happy gif instead:

OMG YAY

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 16:22:26 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

silvertwi

March 15 2011, 15:01:47 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome! You deserve it. You so deserve.

And I am so glad that I decided I could afford to buy in the first week, because this is exciting.

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 16:22:51 UTC 6 years ago

I'm glad you did, too. :) You may have been the sale that put us over the edge.
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