Rise up while you can: DEADLINE awesomeness!: seanan

Rise up while you can: DEADLINE awesomeness!

So it turns out that even being deathly ill doesn't stop the world from continuing to produce awesome things, and that's what we're talking about right now. Specifically, we're talking about the part where Orbit has created an absolutely stunning book trailer for the Newsflesh series—and if you watch to the very end, you might catch a sneak peek at the cover for Blackout! Watch the video, spread links, tell your friends. Let's go VIRAL.

Seriously, this is my first book trailer, and if I weren't so damn sick, I'd be jumping around and screaming. Please, please, check it out, spread it around, and see if we can't convince my publisher that I should always get these. Because they're awesome.

Once you've seen the trailer, why not gussy up your computer with a little bit of home-brewed awesome in the form of icons and wallpapers from the Mira Grant website, created by the ever-fabulous Miss Tara? The site itself is about to get some pretty massive updates (they were planned for this week, and then I slept for two days), but the icons and wallpapers are fresh and sweet and waiting for you right now.

Not quite the same, but semi-related, you can read my thoughts on California's recent unseasonable rains and how they relate to writing speculative fiction at Larissa's Bookish Life, where a guest blog I wrote for her has been posted. It's not as visually striking as the first two items on our list, but hey, I managed to make it vaguely applicable, right?

Oh, and hey, the Blog Critics include Feed in an article on dystopias, alongside 1984 and The Hunger Games. I directed a stage production of 1984 in high school. Seeing my book in a graphic with that book is like...whoa. I win the universe.

That's all for now. I'm going back to bed.

peachtales

June 11 2011, 15:00:35 UTC 6 years ago

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The trailer was cool!
I read Feed last Sunday (had just never gotten around to it) and then Deadline over the next 3 days. Excellent books.

seanan_mcguire

June 13 2011, 14:20:56 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

pyre006

June 11 2011, 17:16:20 UTC 6 years ago

omg trailer rocks my socks!

June 13 2011, 14:21:03 UTC 6 years ago

YAYZ.

antinomic

June 11 2011, 19:21:23 UTC 6 years ago

I never saw a trailer for books before. So very cool! June 2012 made me sad. Get your zombies to presses faster! Or whatever one does to presses. I've seen newspaper presses, not book manufacturing.

After losing me last weekend to Deadline, my wife started to read Feed. I gave her 15 minutes, as she basically does not read SF/F. It's been 2 hours! Mary likes it, which is really saying something. If I can get her to appreciate October, I will officially award you author&magician Oscar. So, congrats, and feel better soon.

June 13 2011, 14:23:52 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome! I win at wife. :)

drcpunk

June 12 2011, 04:06:41 UTC 6 years ago

Who played Shaun in the trailer?

June 13 2011, 14:24:01 UTC 6 years ago

Some dude Orbit found.

June 14 2011, 03:45:59 UTC 6 years ago

He's good. It's not the only possible Shaun voice, but it's a good Shaun voice.

kirk1701

June 13 2011, 01:19:16 UTC 6 years ago

Very cool and very well done. Was chuckling through the whole trailer. Yes Publisher, we need more of these. :)

June 13 2011, 14:24:08 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

seawench

June 14 2011, 03:55:09 UTC 6 years ago

I just want to know where I can go to buy myself a "Don't taunt the octopus" t-shirt. The new book is amazing by the way. I keep reading the bit about India to people as a teaser and an example of how comprehensive your world-building is. I don't know how I'll make it a whole year...

June 14 2011, 04:00:55 UTC 6 years ago

That makes me happy. :)

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