Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Ludo, "Anything For You."

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.
Tags: deadline, good things, mira grant, people make things, tara, technology, zombies
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o0obishieo0o

June 10 2011, 18:08:47 UTC 6 years ago

Trust me. I'm a journalist.

Oh my gods, this, this is made of so much awesome and win and epic. I don't even know what to say.

I was recommended these books by a Barnes and Noble associate whom is my current source for all book related brilliance. She practically shoved Feed at me screaming, YOU WILL READ THIS, IT IS AMAZING. To which I did, I then went out and bought Deadline the next morning. I devoured both in two days.

Basically what I'm trying to say in a very long winded and round about way-is that you are bloody fantastic, and I pretty much bow down to you. Now I get to sit back and re-read both books a billion times and try not to go insane from withdrawal.

kyrielle

June 11 2011, 14:17:32 UTC 6 years ago

Have you found and read the 30 or so Countdown stories prior to Deadline's release, to help with your withdrawal? :) Can be found under the "pandemic time" tag here in Seanan's journal.... :)

o0obishieo0o

June 11 2011, 18:30:07 UTC 6 years ago

Oh! I haven't!! Thanks! I think you just made my entire weekend!