Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
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So, uh, welcome. And stuff.

LJ appears to be vaguely stable again, which is a nice change. I missed you, LJ! I know that blogging is dead, and it's the age of Farmville or the Tweet or whatever, and I'm on Facebook (technically) and Twitter (avidly), but my heart's true home is here, in Blogland, where I can write full sentences and punctuate them properly without worrying about the number of commas I use. I LOVE YOU, OXFORD COMMA.

Ahem. Anyway...

We're in a vague lull right now, which is nice, since it's letting me catch up on my word counts. I knocked out 2,000 words of Blackout last night, and then turned around and wrote almost as much on "Crystal Halloway, Girl Wonder, and the Truth Fairy's Curse," which sounds like a fluffy cross between Nancy Drew and every Harry Potter knock-off ever, but is, no shit, the most depressingly nihilistic thing I've written in years. Possibly ever. I made a giant spider cry. I have no regrets.

I do have a book event at the Borders in Roseville, California scheduled for next Saturday, and if you're local, it would be awesome if you could drop by. Borders events are much more low-key than the Traveling Circus, and sometimes it winds up just me, sitting at my little "in-store author" table, working on art cards and pretending that I'm not lonely. Help me not be lonely!

Speaking of being lonely, there's been, like, a hugenormous influx of people recently, and I honestly can't tell why. There was a little bump last week, when I posted about my decision to withdraw from Wicked Pretty Things, but since then, it's just been like, WHOA HOLY CRAP I DON'T HAVE THIS MANY PLATES. So if you're new here, hello! Welcome! Can you please tell me who you are and how you got here? I'm totally thrilled to have you, I just like to have some vague idea of what's going on. (Yeah, right. Like that's ever going to happen.)

In other news, water is wet, zombies are love, Jean Grey is still dead, and Thomas is rapidly approaching an improbable size.

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Tags: appearances, being productive, in the wild, requesting things, schedule, short fiction, state of the blonde, technology, thomas, writing
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filkertom

April 7 2011, 14:51:51 UTC 6 years ago

But what about Generalissimo Francisco Franco?

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 15:02:32 UTC 6 years ago

Who?

filkertom

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deakat

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sdelmonte

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autographedcat

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tibicina

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random_girl

April 7 2011, 14:53:44 UTC 6 years ago

I had friended your other LJ, which had gone strangely silent, and then you on FB...to learn of this LJ. So now I sound like a stalker, but that's why I was most recently added.

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 15:03:00 UTC 6 years ago

You are not a stalker! And it's strangely silent because this one takes sooooo much of my time and energy. Bah on limited time and energy.

beckyh2112

April 7 2011, 14:55:10 UTC 6 years ago

I know cleolinda recently linked your post on why you dropped out of Wicked Pretty Things as part of her Wicked Pretty Things round-up. So that may be some of it.

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 15:03:13 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, probably.

soundguy42

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eclectic_writer

April 7 2011, 14:56:41 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  April 7 2011, 14:57:27 UTC

cleolinda linked you yesterday which may have something to do with it. That Wicked fiasco really blew a lot of things up.

I just really loved your superheroine stories - now to find your books. :-)

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 15:03:24 UTC 6 years ago

Aw, yay! Welcome. :)

biomekanic

April 7 2011, 14:57:57 UTC 6 years ago

I too love the ability to write in full, run on sentences. I love me some run on sentences, yes I do. (Though I'm getting help... also, love me some elipses).

I certainly believe you about the story. The ending for the love story that I wrote for my original City of Villains character ended with him calling in an artillery strike on the location of his wife and infant son. It was a little on the dark side.

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 15:03:44 UTC 6 years ago

...yeah, I should say so.

Ouch.

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seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 15:04:42 UTC 6 years ago

Y HELLO!

I love coins! I have a who bag of farthings, because the starlings make me so happy. My collection is more a matter of bulk than value, however...

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alamaris

April 7 2011, 15:05:26 UTC 6 years ago

I...hmm. How did I find you? I think it was through Cat Valente's journal about a year ago, and I read your comic strips. Then I discovered that you wrote the Toby books and Feed, both of which I was only passingly aware of, and acquired most of them in a single shopping trip. And I love all books, but I'm happiest when I find somewhat-local authors, because it means that I have a chance to meet them someday at an event.

So I suppose in short I came because Cat said you were awesome, and stayed because you were, in fact, awesome. And a good blogger. There is a dearth of good bloggers these days.

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 15:21:53 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome. :) I am glad you're here.

catnip13

April 7 2011, 15:05:57 UTC 6 years ago

I don't see a time on the Roseville appearance on your website. We will try to make that.

catnip13

April 7 2011, 15:09:29 UTC 6 years ago

This is apparently because I can't read numbers when they are spelled out. I found it. No David, but I should be there.

seanan_mcguire

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tikiera

April 7 2011, 15:26:12 UTC 6 years ago

I spend an oddly large amount of time trying to persuade people of the joys of the Oxford comma. :)

Or getting upset when they keep switching back and forth about using it in the same piece of writing.

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 16:01:24 UTC 6 years ago

I love the Oxford comma.

The one I get upset about is improper use of the connective comma in two-item sets.

janetmiles

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archangelbeth

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cruelest_month

April 7 2011, 15:28:32 UTC 6 years ago

Hi! I'd been meaning to friend you for awhile because I loved Sparrow Hill Road and I'm loving Toby, but only got around to it yesterday. :)

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 16:01:33 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome! Hi, and welcome.

tarysande

April 7 2011, 15:28:47 UTC 6 years ago

I'm newish, but haven't introduced myself. So, hi!

A friend recommended Feed back in January. So I read it. And it made me uglycry but I loved it (and made other people read it). Then, a couple of weeks ago I was on vacation in England and needed to pad the Kindle, so I started with Rosemary and Rue...and then spent a week devouring Toby book after Toby book, wandering from place to place in Cambridge looking for spots convenient for reading. Then I went into withdrawal. ;)

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 16:01:56 UTC 6 years ago

I love the word "uglycry."

If you're still in withdrawal, you can check out all of Sparrow Hill Road; it's still online for free.

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jessicasix

April 7 2011, 15:42:12 UTC 6 years ago

Damn me for moving out of California! But I see you will be at Context 24, as the Horror Guest of Honor no less, so being that I live somewhat near there I may try to go just to see you! That is if I have recovered from my San Diego Comic Con coma.

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 16:02:09 UTC 6 years ago

I'll be at San Diego, too!

eilan

April 7 2011, 15:43:10 UTC 6 years ago

Jean Grey is still dead
*sad*

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 16:02:20 UTC 6 years ago

But she's a White Phoenix of the Crown now!

eilan

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meko00

April 7 2011, 15:46:44 UTC 6 years ago

Orthography lovers represent!

If you ever got around these parts, I'd even ask for an autograph, which is SO NOT ME. At the very least I'd take you out for a hike.

I'm thinking of doing some research into music&language, in the brainy sense. Also, I'm finally current on Fringe.

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 16:02:52 UTC 6 years ago

Orthography rules. And if I ever get around those parts, we are SO going hiking.

sandy_williams

April 7 2011, 15:47:13 UTC 6 years ago

I abandoned LJ this week. :-( I didn't want to do it, but I tried updating three times last week and again on Monday and couldn't get it to work, and I update so irregularly it was just too disheartening.

Still reading LJ blogs through my RSS Reader, though. :-)

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 16:03:03 UTC 6 years ago

Aw, sad. :(

sockdrawerdemon

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djonn

April 7 2011, 15:58:14 UTC 6 years ago

The news from here at the moment is that I'm trying to teach myself WordPress and failing (the software is apparently strongly biased against those of us who want to build a site before we upload it out into the world).

One thing: in discussing Thomas' growth, you seem to suggest that there's a probable size for Maine Coons. I'm not sure this is a safe assumption....

djonn

April 7 2011, 16:00:38 UTC 6 years ago

I hasten to add that I'm also NOT fleeing LiveJournal; if and when a WordPress site goes up, it will be parallel to the LJ, not a replacement.

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trialia

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mlerules

April 7 2011, 15:59:57 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  April 7 2011, 16:03:44 UTC

Hmm, I'm MLE. We may have met up in Seattle sometime a couple of years back, but I honestly don't recall. We have various friends in common, but I'm pretty sure I first heard of you from rarely-on-LJ anymore ladydrakaina. (PEEKTURE FOR VISUAL AID.)

Oh, when hanging out post-show in Portland w/s00j &c. a year (or two?) ago, she mentioned you and your love of all-things-zombie, and smiled (perhaps even squee'd ;-) when I pulled out some extra *Zombie-Fambily stickers to pass along to you.

*An alt to soccer-mom fambily stickers on the back of one's vehicle. They're designed by a (formerly) local guy, Jason Gooder?, who I knew from my fave coffeeshop at the time which is now, sadly, defunct, as he's gone on/off to Austin to pursue his musical career. Luckily some stickers remain at various local shops.

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Oh, yeah - I really like yr Toby Daye books. It's one of the best universes I've wandered around in eons.

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 16:04:02 UTC 6 years ago

Those stickers mad me happy. :) Yay!

lysystratae

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mlerules

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spryng

April 7 2011, 16:00:18 UTC 6 years ago

I picked up Rosemary and Rue recently and then followed a Scalzi twitter to your twitter and found your LJ. Upon which I went, "oh hey! This looks awesome." And then you posted your most recent Velveteen piece, which lead me back to your other Velveteen pieces, and now I am officially hooked/in love/leechful.

As for me: I am a writer and a photographer and a monster made of tea. I am not myself interesting, but I like to read about interesting people and live vicariously through them. :D

seanan_mcguire

April 7 2011, 16:04:14 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome, and welcome!

ireigh

April 7 2011, 16:25:59 UTC 6 years ago

I'm Renn, I'm here via Cleolinda, and I just read the entirety of Sparrow Hill Road, linked all my friends to it, loved Rose, and am headed off to meet Toby too.

seanan_mcguire

April 8 2011, 16:24:40 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome!

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seanan_mcguire

April 8 2011, 16:27:22 UTC 6 years ago

Welcome! I'm glad you're here. :)

shhbabe

April 7 2011, 16:40:33 UTC 6 years ago

Hello! I got a signed copy of Rosemary and Rue at a convention last year and passed on my unsigned copy to a friend. She or perhaps a mutual friend linked me here (hi blue_gold, hi lnbw) around the time you had the Late Eclipses giveaway. It was just around my birthday & I would've commented that in the giveaway post except I clicked the link too late; you'd already awarded the books.

What's new with me? Hm. I live in NYC (that's not new). On St. Pat's Day, while walking in the Village, I got body slammed by a tiny, very drunk, blonde NYU student. I'd noticed her before she hit into me because of the expression of fierce concentration on her face (like a kid first learning to walk who has to focus on every step). I remember noting that, thinking "she's drunk," and that she had friends with her, and then mentally dismissing her...until I heard the shout of "get her!" and looked up in time to see her lose control and smash me into a building. She then careened off me, going toward the curb. Her friends caught her before she ended up in traffic, for which she thanked them by throwing up on them. As startled as I was by the body slam, I thought that I'd gotten off comparatively lightly, until I woke up with the tiny blonde's knee print on my...back. Let's say back.

seanan_mcguire

April 8 2011, 16:27:40 UTC 6 years ago

Ack. Yes, let's say back. Back is good.

sdelmonte

April 7 2011, 16:41:31 UTC 6 years ago

I can see a big sign at the Xavier Institute like the one Lucy had in Peanuts:

THIS WEEK JEAN GREY IS

We are well but wearied. Lots o' stuff going on in the mad dash to Passover.

mephron

April 7 2011, 21:03:32 UTC 6 years ago

THIS WEEK JEAN GREY IS

  • Alive

  • Dead

  • Evil

  • Really a cosmic entity

  • Cosplaying as Maddie Pryor (not the lead singer of Steeleye Span)

  • In a different universe shacked up with Logan

  • Other (please define):            

seanan_mcguire

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vettecat

April 7 2011, 16:43:54 UTC 6 years ago

I LOVE YOU, OXFORD COMMA.
Ah, yes... :-)

seanan_mcguire

April 8 2011, 16:30:33 UTC 6 years ago

It is my friend.

sora_no_kokoro

April 7 2011, 16:44:02 UTC 6 years ago

I'm, uh, sort of new? From awhile ago before the book pull-out, but only for the past couple months. I'm a big lover of all things faerie, and when I saw Rosemary and Rue mentioned in Kmont's Best Urban Fantasy post awhile back, I had to check it out. I promptly read through all three that were out at the time in a week, and quickly found them to indeed, be the best urban fantasy I've read. It's been making me hungry for an October-style Changeling: The Lost game... My friends who I introduced to the series and I have been trying to figure out the Wyrd rating of the series' characters. :( We're huge dorks like that!

I know what you mean about LJ, though. I've been on here for the better part of a decade across multiple journals, and I'd feel awful if it just up and crashed for good after so long. I don't know where I'd go. Dreamwidth, probably.

seanan_mcguire

April 8 2011, 16:31:05 UTC 6 years ago

I'm not familiar with new Changeling, but yay for dorks! I, too, am a huge dork.

Dreamwidth is too odd. I like it here.

Dayle Dermatis

April 7 2011, 17:10:48 UTC 6 years ago

I'm new, although I started following you a month or so before the Wicked Pretty Things incident. I love your Toby Dare books (have been recommending them in my irregular Recommended Reading posts at my own blog), and as a fellow writer, I take inspiration from your boundless energy and multiple projects. :-)

Cheers, Dayle

seanan_mcguire

April 8 2011, 16:31:24 UTC 6 years ago

Welcome!
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