Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: cheerful
  • Music: Seanan McGuire, 'Take Advantage of Me.'

Sometimes, I'm six.

So I'm watching as, very slowly, the news that 'OMG SEANAN SOLD THE BOOKS!' spreads through my various social circles. People friend this journal (hello, people!). People I haven't spoken to for years drop me a line to say that they're proud of me (which is totally made of awesome). My cats look deeply perplexed at all the phone calls, and demand that I feed them more to make up for the disruption to their routines (totally fair, if one happens to be a cat).

BayCon was awesome, because for the first time, I got to tell people to their faces, and see their reactions. Lots of squealing. And sometimes, I am six, because I'm watching as 'toby daye' begins to spread as an LJ Interest, and I'm just giggling like a lunatic.

(Seriously, it went from three people to nine people, and I scared the cat.)

(Now I'm just waiting for 'newsflesh' to do the same thing.)

I've created weird LJ Interests before, but this isn't a weird interest, it's a legitimate one. I mean, this is people saying they're interested in my books. Mine. The ones I write, by sitting at this keyboard and whacking on the little letters until words fall out. While the cats may be entirely unimpressed by the awesomeness of this entire situation, I am fully impressed, and I can't pretend otherwise. I'm an LJ Interest! Everybody dance!
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apocalypticbob

May 29 2008, 01:29:45 UTC 9 years ago

I had a very cool moment this past weekend as we were waiting for morning meeting at OKRF. I was chatting with Cedric from the Bedlam Bards the week before, and your name came up as we were talking about awesome filkers and songwriters on the Con circuit. He mentioned that he had heard that you were working with an agent to sell your book, so this weekend I got to be the one to share the good news that you had, in fact, sold three.

There was much rejoicing and he wished you the best, so I gladly pass on those good wishes to you.

seanan_mcguire

May 29 2008, 01:38:23 UTC 9 years ago

YAY! That's awesome. I am so super-pleased that you got to tell him.

Are they still covering 'Evil Laugh'?

apocalypticbob

May 29 2008, 02:13:54 UTC 9 years ago

*squee*

I didn't know that they were! (They stick to less Sci-Fi stuff at Ren-faires, for obvious reasons, though they sneak in a few here and there.)

I'll be sure to ask for it at Conestoga in July, though!

*does a happy dance at the thought*

seanan_mcguire

May 30 2008, 00:16:07 UTC 9 years ago

They were for a while. TOTAL WIN!