Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: tired
  • Music: Jets Overhead, "Take-Out."

Step out your front door like a ghost...twenty-five days to ONE SALT SEA.

Twenty-five days. That's how long we have between here and One Salt Sea. A dollar for each of those days would buy me a bucket of chicken from KFC, or two new paperbacks (with tax), or two tickets to a matinee, if someone else bought the popcorn. An hour for each of those days would give me time to take a nice long nap.

Twenty-five days.

I'm still amazed that this book is something real, that it's about to be something people can buy and have for their very own. I'm still sort of going "but but but the first one just came out, how can we already be on book five?" I'm writing book six. I'm dreaming book eight. And I'm scared as hell of the fact that book five is about to be on shelves.

I think milestones are always big and hard and scary. But this one is just weird. I am amazed and aghast and a little bit afraid of what comes next.

For Late Eclipses, I provided lists of facts and answered questions to ease people toward for release. What should I do this time? Suggestions welcome.

ETA: Guys, I can't, and won't, do drabbles. Not only are they very brain-intensive (and wouldn't you rather have book six?), but the effort of keeping them from being full of spoilers would explode my head. I've tried to indicate nicely that this isn't an option, and now I'm just saying it.
Tags: math is awesome, one salt sea, toby daye
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brightlotusmoon

August 27 2011, 21:14:36 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  August 27 2011, 21:18:51 UTC

Seanan: I wanted to warn you that BN.com (Barnes & Noble) are once again mailing out pre-orders early. I have a copy of "One Salt Sea" in my hands. While that makes me very happy, it also makes me very sad, because it should not be in my hands. I don't know if Amazon did the same thing.

I won't read the book until its official release day. I'll put the book in a safe place, perhaps in a Ziploc bag to keep out moisture and dust.

Again, happy but very sad. And angry. I thought you should know. I don't know if there's a way to contact BN's warehouse and plead with them to stop sending out pre-ordered books before the release dates. I hope this doesn't happen with my pre-order Cat's new Prester John book, or I'm going to be really upset with BN, despite all the discounts and free shipping they give me.

:(

ETA: I don't remember if you said that you hate when people tell you about getting books early, and if you did say that, I'm sorry! :( But this is the second time BN has done this, and I don't know if you know, so... I don't know. Again, I am super sorry if I made you upset...

seanan_mcguire

September 2 2011, 17:40:46 UTC 5 years ago

Sigh.

Thank you for letting me know.