Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: awed
  • Music: Counting Crows, "Sullivan Street."

The ARCs are here.

Oh, my stars and garters, the ARCs are here. One Salt Sea is a real book, for real and for true, and I can hold it in my hands.

And it is beautiful.

I am so conflicted and amazed by this book. It's the first Toby book written entirely A.D. (After DAW); the other four were finished, to one degree or another, when I got that very first contract. It's the final book of my second contract; Ashes of Honor and The Chimes at Midnight are actually part of my third contract. It's the book most changed by the improvements in my ability as a writer. The original villain isn't even in the book. The story is tighter, the action is cleaner, and some of the things that happen—some of the things that always had to happen—hurt ever so much more than I ever dreamed they could.

It's a real book. I wrote it, and it's real. It's what comes after Late Eclipses, and it's real. I'm honestly a little bit stunned. Part of me never dreamed that I'd make it this far. But I did, and I have, and the books are here, in my hands.

It's amazing.
Tags: good things, one salt sea, toby daye
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spectralbovine

June 14 2011, 07:22:35 UTC 6 years ago

Well, I hope it has a proper ending.

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:16:47 UTC 6 years ago

It DOES.

matociquala

June 14 2011, 07:58:30 UTC 6 years ago

I am looking forward to reading it. *g*

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:16:53 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

lisa_marli

June 14 2011, 08:02:06 UTC 6 years ago

YEAHH!!! Glad to hear that it is everything you wanted it to be.
I look forward to reading it.

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:17:02 UTC 6 years ago

Good!

la_marquise_de_

June 14 2011, 09:59:16 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:17:10 UTC 6 years ago

ARCs make me happy.

vincentursus

June 14 2011, 10:14:53 UTC 6 years ago

Stars are in their heaven, Seanan is still writing, all is right with the world.

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:17:18 UTC 6 years ago

Hee. :)

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seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:17:29 UTC 6 years ago

Very welcome! I'm good at it. :)

veela_valoom

June 14 2011, 11:02:10 UTC 6 years ago

Picture picture picture!

Looking forward to it so much. It's been too long since I've spent time with Toby & the gang.

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:17:36 UTC 6 years ago

Good.

catsittingstill

June 14 2011, 11:57:35 UTC 6 years ago

ARCs! Cool :-)

I'm looking forward to One Salt Sea. Perhaps there is more inspiration in it. :-)

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:17:44 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, one hopes.

raelee

June 14 2011, 12:37:34 UTC 6 years ago

Yay! I'm excited to read it. Is it September yet? ;)

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:17:51 UTC 6 years ago

Noooooooooooooooo.

galdrin

June 14 2011, 12:44:49 UTC 6 years ago

Darn-it ... and I have to WAIT until September !!!???
Arrggghhhh !!!!!

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:17:57 UTC 6 years ago

Sorry!

bzarcher

June 14 2011, 14:18:05 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations. :)

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:53:28 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

phoenixrave

June 14 2011, 14:33:52 UTC 6 years ago

Your ARC Tweet caused a spontaneous reaction in which I actually tweeted offering a kidney for an ARC. What can I say? I was literally finishing Deadline on my Nook and actually worrying that my sweaty palms might damage the device. (It's possible that McGuire and Grant ebooks offer a warning: Product may induce palms and/or eyes to produce large quantities of water when least expected. Possibly at the same time.)

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:53:39 UTC 6 years ago

Woo!

fayted

June 14 2011, 17:30:47 UTC 6 years ago

You inspire me. Thank you for being you.

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 17:35:51 UTC 6 years ago

I'm not good at being anybody else!

ARC One Salt Sea

morvab

June 14 2011, 21:42:09 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations on this -your reading public also very excited! Who do we have to kill, and in what especially gruesome way, to get an ARC? I can send cat pictures, although obviously not unsolicited at this point? I can throw in a free bonus photo of a Welsh dragon carved in lard? If I did not live several thousand miles away in Canada I could come and pry it from Thomas' paws? Just wondering what the best approach is!
When is actual pub date that mere mortals can buy a copy?

Re: ARC One Salt Sea

seanan_mcguire

June 15 2011, 14:09:49 UTC 6 years ago

There will be contests. Sadly, there just aren't enough to give out in exchange for cat pictures, or I so would.

rhysiana

June 14 2011, 21:59:05 UTC 6 years ago

Hooray! I can't wait to read it. I love the Toby books so much, and I remember thinking at the end of Late Eclipses, "Oh, things are going to get big from here!"

seanan_mcguire

June 15 2011, 14:09:55 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

yellowblackhaze

June 15 2011, 01:56:06 UTC 6 years ago

The Toby's have just kept getting better and better with each subsequent release (and yes I know I called you a lizard that writes in my review of 'Late Eclipses', but it was a compliment, honestly it was!). so I am sure that 'One Salt Sea' will be capital A Awesome.

seanan_mcguire

June 15 2011, 14:10:03 UTC 6 years ago

That makes me happy. :)

groblek

June 15 2011, 03:33:48 UTC 6 years ago

Huzzah! I look forward to the day it becomes available for purchase. Especially since Kay_gmd and I have discovered that your books are also in Apple's bookstore for our phones - now we can get a signing/lending paper copy and an e-copy for convenient carrying. I will note that the physical copy is still a mandatory purchase in our house. :)

seanan_mcguire

June 15 2011, 14:10:13 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome! On all counts.
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