Nine days. Here we go.: seanan

Nine days. Here we go.

We are now, Amazon's reindeer games notwithstanding, nine days from the release of Discount Armageddon. I am surprisingly calm, I think because I got all my hysteria out of the way early last week, when I got dogpiled by trolls. It's kind of amazing how that will burn the fretting right out of a girl. Book's out in nine days? Anyone calling me things I can't bring myself to repeat in front of my mother? No? Then we're totally cool.

It's interesting to contrast right now with nine days to Rosemary and Rue, when I was, well...let's just say that food and I were not long-term acquaintances during the few weeks right before that book came out. I was a screaming puddle of neurosis. I still am, to a certain degree; I'm not going to pretend that I'm not worried. Will people like this book? Will they like the world? Will they understand why I needed to start this series now, rather than waiting another x years to finish Toby?

(I got so annoyed at Joss Whedon when he left Buffy to work on Firefly, and I still think both shows would have been better served if he had stuck out the end of Buffy Summers and her story before moving on. So I get that particular "hey!" reaction. But books and TV are different, and this is only slowing Toby down a little bit, not leaving her entirely without supervision.)

I want this book to do well, partially because, well, no one writes a book they're hoping to see fail, but also because I want to spend so much time in this world. I want to write the full stories of four different generations, and that's going to take time. That's going to take commitment, and not just from me.

But oh, I love this world. And in nine days, reindeer games aside, you get the chance to maybe hopefully love them, too.

Nine days.

smoooom

February 27 2012, 00:13:38 UTC 5 years ago

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I can understand the anxiety. I remind you about FEED. People who don't read Zombie books, read it and loved it. Why? Because you craft an awesome story with characters that are real and all the bits and pieces in place. And add to that the fact that you wrote WELL and I suspect that things will be awesome.

I know that your nerves are what they are, I am looking forward to reading Discount Armageddon. So are a lot of other peoples. I suspect quiet strongly that we will like it as much as Toby and George. I don't read Zombie books I really don't and \i love George.

wild_patience

February 27 2012, 00:41:04 UTC 5 years ago

I agree. I do not care for zombies at all. I read the Toby books but did not buy FEED because of the zombie thing. I read it for voting for the Hugos and was blown away. I thought it should have won best novel.

pointedulac

February 27 2012, 00:45:28 UTC 5 years ago

I know, right? I was like "Eh, zombie book... holy shit this is the best thing ever."

I <3 George so hard.

vixyish

February 27 2012, 17:56:52 UTC 5 years ago

Same here! I told Seanan I wasn't going to read FEED because I was too squeamish for zombie books. Eventually other people's reviews persuaded me to read it and immediately I literally BEGGED to be allowed to read the second book draft. :)

archangelbeth

February 27 2012, 01:37:14 UTC 5 years ago

I remember reading Feed and at one point I had to get the kid to her music lesson and I was getting instinctive "this is dangerous" vibes because it was OUT IN THE OPEN WITH PEOPLE AROUND! People of 40+ pounds! *facepalm*

seanan_mcguire

February 27 2012, 18:13:35 UTC 5 years ago

I surely do hope so.

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