Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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Thursday morning, yellow sky: bits and pieces.

Hello, world! It's the Thursday before Wondercon, and I'm trying to take care of all the little rags and tags of reality that build up over the course of a week like cat hair on velvet pants. So anyway...

1. The fight is still raging in the BSC Review tournament! This round closes Sunday morning, at which point, eight books will be reduced to four, and those four will duke it out for the right to do to the bracket semi-finals. Cat and I both still have horses in this race, so please, help keep Toby swinging!

2. Speaking of Cat, her new book, Deathless, came out this week. Hooray for book release! There's a lot of neat free stuff to have and enjoy and be amazed by; my darling talkstowolves has made a big post collecting it all into one place. I even drew a Pretty Little Dead Ghoul for the occasion. Feel the love!

3. My new phone is lovely, and allows me to do exciting things like "take pictures of my cats" and "access Twitter from the train." It also allows me to answer email when I'm not at home, which is going to be a huge, huge relief as time goes on. It's already taken some of the weight off, since I've been able to respond to things while in transit.

4. Thomas and Alice have started working against me. Thomas jumped onto the back of my knees at four o'clock this morning, jarring me INSTANTLY AWAKE, at which point Alice began pushing their ceramic food dishes back and forth in the feeding tray. Scrape. Scrape. Scraaaaaape. So yes, I got up, and I fed the cats. I am so doomed.

5. The full-length trailer for the new season of Doctor Who has been released, and is so intensely awesome as to cause me to sit, weak-kneed and gaping at my monitor, for several minutes before hitting "play" again. I remain overjoyed and giggly over the fact that this show, my show, is back.

6. Also, there's a new My Little Pony cartoon that doesn't suck. I clearly control the universe. You can place your requests with Kate, who will only allow me to fulfill the ones that don't involve diseases or amphibians.

7. I'm getting ready to do a massive post office run, so I am once again taking orders for "Wicked Girls" posters. According to my files, if it's been paid for, it's been sent out; please email me if you don't have yours. Comment either here or on the original post if you'd like to request a poster, and we'll coordinate.

8. I will be mostly offline this weekend, as I will be attending Wondercon. I'll have my awesome new phone with me, but let's face it, when given a choice between answering email and staring raptly at James Gunn, James Gunn wins without a contest. I'll definitely Tweet my location at various points throughout the weekend, and if you find me, you could win a prize. Or not. I may be out of prizes.

9. Zombies are still love.

10. I get to see Amy this weekend (Mebberson, not McNally)! And Kaja! And Phil! And there will be cupcakes, and hugging, and artwork, and Mom will probably wear her chicken hat, and I'm so excited!!!!!

What's new and awesome in the world of you?
Tags: alice, cat valente, con prep, conventions, good things, having a life, in the wild, silliness, technology, thomas, toby daye, too much tv, where's seanan
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silvertwi

April 1 2011, 02:46:03 UTC 6 years ago

"What's new and awesome in the world of you?"
I just got back from my first orchestra rehearsal for Into the Woods. It's my first time conducting/directing, and I actually didn't mess up too badly, AND we got farther through it than I thought we would. The only hiccup was an MIA pianist. Must track her down...

But seriously. I'm moving up in the world. I think all the "conduct while you sing" practice in music theory classes paid off after all. I thought it was somewhat pointless to conduct for yourself, at the time.

seanan_mcguire

April 5 2011, 15:27:29 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome!

gfish

April 1 2011, 03:27:53 UTC 6 years ago

What's new and awesome in the world of you?

I bought five gallons of hydraulic fluid! Also, some hoses. This weekend I start risking epic messes in the garage. :)

seanan_mcguire

April 5 2011, 15:28:55 UTC 6 years ago

Get down with your epic mess-making self.

azurelunatic

April 1 2011, 06:54:44 UTC 6 years ago

I once again have the ability to turn my head without extreme pain! It is glorious! (My door prize Saturday morning for the way I slept Friday night was an extreme crick in the neck. There are still lingering forms of owwieness, but it's much, much better.)

Also, tiferet has met my aunt, and they are getting along. (This should be pronounced with varying amounts of doom depending on whether my aunt has a cunning plan for taking over the universe or something today.)

seanan_mcguire

April 5 2011, 19:00:41 UTC 6 years ago

Rock on.

gwyd

April 1 2011, 07:39:19 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  April 1 2011, 07:40:47 UTC

Dark Night/My Little Ponies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfu_Zn5zkX4

seanan_mcguire

April 5 2011, 19:00:49 UTC 6 years ago

WIN.

A question.

natf

April 3 2011, 23:42:24 UTC 6 years ago

I am reading Feed on my iPhone Kindle app (and LOVING it!) and occasionally notice type/editing -style errors. Would you like me to let you know about them? Is there someone else I should let know?

Now all I need is access to kindle or other eBook versions of the Toby books in the UK… ;-p

Re: A question.

seanan_mcguire

April 5 2011, 19:02:06 UTC 6 years ago

There is nothing I can do about typographical or formatting errors. Your best option would be to alert my publisher.

Unfortunately, due to regional licensing, the only way you will be able to get ebook editions of Toby in the UK is if we find a UK publisher. You can, if you really want these editions, write to the local publisher of your choice (I'd recommend Orbit UK, as they do Jim Butcher), and express your interest in their picking up the series.

Re: A question.

natf

April 5 2011, 22:19:41 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you for your reply!

These were more spelling mistakes than formatting. e.g. one chapter (I forget which off the top of my head) started with "Rick" spelt "Risk" and more than once "offices" was spelled "of fices".

I will try to track down how to contact your publisher, anyway! ;-p

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seanan_mcguire

April 5 2011, 19:02:16 UTC 6 years ago

Heh.
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