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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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

March 15 2011, 01:45:06 UTC 6 years ago

I usually do.

Also...I want to be Sylvester when I grow up.

seanan_mcguire

March 15 2011, 01:48:56 UTC 6 years ago

I think you'd do an excellent job.

I really like Sylvester. He did his heroing, he put in his hours, and now he has his fiefdom and his wife whom he loves and his people whom he does his best by, and he'd just like the world not to topple around his ears.