Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Rock of Ages, "Any Way You Want It."

It's official. I sold my soul at the crossroads.

Like, seriously. How else do you explain Blackout being the first of my books to make the print New York Times list (in position #15 on the Mass Market Paperbacks sub-list) and now making NPR's list of the best science fiction and fantasy of the summer?

In other news, HOLY CORN MAZES, YOU GUYS, BLACKOUT IS ON THE NPR LIST OF THE BEST SCI-FI OF THE SUMMER!!!!!!!

Ahem.

I am very, very excited, as is only natural when INCREDIBLY AWESOME THINGS of INCREDIBLE AWESOMENESS decide to happen. This is so amazing. I am so amazed. Also, there have been confirmed sightings of the Newsflesh trilogy at WalMart, and no matter what you think of WalMart, that's a lot of eyes potentially falling on (and maybe even buying) my books. Dear world: please buy my books. I have a lot of cats to feed.

NPR! NYT! OMG!

Squee.
Tags: blackout, cheese and cake, good things, mira grant, pandemic time, so the marilyn
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donaithnen

June 19 2012, 14:47:20 UTC 5 years ago

Clearly someone is incredibly talented and/or works very very hard ;)

(Or, like you said, sold their soul in some kind of demonic pact, that probably works too =)

dewline

June 19 2012, 15:11:34 UTC 5 years ago

"All of the above" works too.

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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janetmiles

June 19 2012, 14:47:25 UTC 5 years ago

Hail the Priestess of Literary Wonder! Hail!

(Oh, wait, wrong persona. *grin*)

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:27:45 UTC 5 years ago

Nah, I am always down for HAIL.

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seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:27:54 UTC 5 years ago

Glee. :)

dostehseh

June 19 2012, 14:51:53 UTC 5 years ago

I am doing my best grassroots marketing of the trilogy amongst my zombie-lovinghating friends and family.

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:28:01 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

ohari

June 19 2012, 14:52:46 UTC 5 years ago

*FreakingEnormousSasquatchHuggle*

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:28:10 UTC 5 years ago

YAY HUGS!

p_m_cryan

June 19 2012, 14:57:39 UTC 5 years ago

Dance! Shout! Rock out with your books out!

tsgeisel

June 20 2012, 01:45:18 UTC 5 years ago

Nice phrasing. I should try and make that into an icon sometime...

p_m_cryan

5 years ago

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janetmiles

5 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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p_m_cryan

5 years ago

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peachtess

June 19 2012, 15:02:26 UTC 5 years ago

Yay! Congrats! NPR, NYT, and next world domination...or just skip that and go straight to more toys for kitties and authors. :)

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:28:33 UTC 5 years ago

Works for me, either way.

phantomdancer

June 19 2012, 15:03:06 UTC 5 years ago

woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:28:40 UTC 5 years ago

<3

la_marquise_de_

June 19 2012, 15:06:29 UTC 5 years ago

That's wonderful news: congratulations.

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:28:47 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you.

amazonmink

June 19 2012, 15:07:32 UTC 5 years ago

Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:30:52 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

serge_lj

June 19 2012, 15:11:06 UTC 5 years ago

Now tell us how you *really* feel.

Bravo for your success!
It is all deserved!

dornbeast

June 19 2012, 16:01:49 UTC 5 years ago

The internet does not have sufficient bandwidth for that much happy.

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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vulpine137

June 19 2012, 15:13:08 UTC 5 years ago

I also saw the full trilogy at the local Albertsons (grocery chain) on Sunday, forgot to grab a picture. But it was much yay to see the books available for all. Congrats on NPR and NYT, yet more proof on your awesomeness :)

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:54:15 UTC 5 years ago

Wow, that's awesome!

anne_d

June 19 2012, 15:13:52 UTC 5 years ago

Woohoo! And well-deserved it is, too!

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:54:23 UTC 5 years ago

Glee. :)

taldragon

June 19 2012, 15:15:34 UTC 5 years ago

congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:54:34 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

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seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:55:19 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

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seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 15:55:30 UTC 5 years ago

I know right????

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seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 16:14:57 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

jess_faraday

June 19 2012, 15:55:52 UTC 5 years ago

WOW. If NPR loves it, then I know I will too. Off to buy my copy, now!

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 16:15:09 UTC 5 years ago

Yay!

fezabel

June 19 2012, 16:02:28 UTC 5 years ago

Congratulations! You deserve it! It's a wonderful book & lots of people should be reading (and buying!) it.

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 16:15:18 UTC 5 years ago

I surely do hope so.

dornbeast

June 19 2012, 16:02:36 UTC 5 years ago

Mira Grant didn't sell her soul at the crossroads. The crossroads came to her and made an offer.

sweetmusic_27

June 19 2012, 17:16:22 UTC 5 years ago

IAWTC!

scarybaldguy

5 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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alitalf

June 19 2012, 16:04:56 UTC 5 years ago

I think it is well deserved. People are learning your name(s) and spreading the word that the stories you write are good. I keep recommending Feed to anyone who'll listen.

I still wonder quite how you manage to be such a productive freelance in your copious free time. I'd still like to learn how, but the discrepancy is much smaller since a heart condition that causes tiredness is being controlled by beta blockers, and vitamin D deficiency is being remedied. You are an example to aim for.

wendyzski

June 19 2012, 18:03:10 UTC 5 years ago

I've long maintained that if she doesn't write a certain amount (prose, poetry, songs, etc) her head would explode.

seanan_mcguire

5 years ago

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deire

June 19 2012, 16:08:11 UTC 5 years ago

YAY! :cheers you on:

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 16:27:30 UTC 5 years ago

Glee.

ladymurmur

June 19 2012, 16:09:43 UTC 5 years ago

*twirls*

Oh, congratulations!

(Did you happen to see Rose at the crossroads?)

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 16:27:50 UTC 5 years ago

I did not. Or if I did, I don't remember...

jacylrin

June 19 2012, 16:13:13 UTC 5 years ago

Squee!!

CHEESE AND CAKE!!

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 16:28:03 UTC 5 years ago

YAY!

oneminutemonkey

June 19 2012, 16:21:42 UTC 5 years ago

I'm torn between being all "Yay go you" and "eh, not surprised" at this point. (duck, grin)
And then my little orange cat knocks off a huge stack of CDs and so now I'm all "Damn cat" which also works just as well. :)

seanan_mcguire

June 20 2012, 16:28:17 UTC 5 years ago

Bah.

BAH UPON YOU.
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