Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: shocked
  • Music: Dar Williams, "I Am the One Who Will Remember Everything."

Fun with Hugo trivia.

I made history three times this year.

Wicked Girls was the first single-artist CD (as opposed to a compilation) ever to be nominated for the Hugo Award.

I was the first woman ever to be nominated four times in a single year, although several men had managed to accomplish that particular hat trick.

I was the first person ever to be nominated four times in a single year...and actually win something. Every other four-timer has proceeded to lose all four times, thus providing that splitting your voting block is a dangerous thing.

Thankfully, this third bit of "making history" was not pointed out to me until the absolute last minute, since otherwise, I think I would still be under my bed, hissing madly at anyone who tried to poke a stick under there and get my attention. (I know my friends. Many sticks would be involved.) We're talking full-on "Seanan goes feral," which differs from "Seanan goes wild" in that it features less naked, more bitey.

I am still a little bit stunned.
Tags: awards and stuff, math is awesome, state of the blonde
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dragonsally

September 8 2012, 00:54:41 UTC 4 years ago

*happy dance for Seanan*

*happy dance for Seanan*

*happy dance for Seanan*

*happy dance for Seanan*

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:29:05 UTC 4 years ago

Hee.

vincentursus

September 8 2012, 00:57:13 UTC 4 years ago

We're talking full-on "Seanan goes feral," which differs from "Seanan goes wild" in that it features less naked, more bitey.

Are they mutually exclusive? :)


And once again, well deserved congratulations.

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:29:15 UTC 4 years ago

No, not really...

dormouse_in_tea

September 8 2012, 02:02:19 UTC 4 years ago

Wasn't Wicked Girls also the first filk item ever on the ballot? So that's four, isn't it?

hms42

September 8 2012, 03:51:09 UTC 4 years ago

Second. "The Philk Fee-Nom-Ee-Non ed. by Paul J. Willett" was nominated in fanzine in 1984 and did not win. I was hoping Seanan would be making history with the first filk win. (Also, Seanan is not the first filker to win a hugo. That has been done by at least 2 other filkers. Juanita Coulson and Joe Haldeman are the two I know of.)

dormouse_in_tea

4 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

4 years ago

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hms42

September 8 2012, 03:53:24 UTC 4 years ago

I knew about 2 of the hugo trivia items, but I had no clue how the other 4 nom people had done in the past.

And winning in the fancast category made its own history because you won it in the first time that Hugo was ever given out.

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:29:43 UTC 4 years ago

True!

wendyzski

September 8 2012, 03:54:03 UTC 4 years ago

Ustream is going to show the complete Hugos on Sunday "as live" - partly to make up for their bots shutting down the feed on Neil Gaiman. I'm looking forward to watching you squee

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:29:52 UTC 4 years ago

Awesome.

dormouse_in_tea

September 8 2012, 04:58:44 UTC 4 years ago

also, COMPLETELY randomly, I found an adorable picture of a mama and baby hairless cat on the internets today and thought you might like to look at it.

http://cimness.tumblr.com/image/30991697890

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:29:59 UTC 4 years ago

KITTIES.

gwyd

September 8 2012, 07:56:38 UTC 4 years ago

I am just so happy for you!

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:30:08 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you!

muddlewait

September 8 2012, 14:39:56 UTC 4 years ago

I have no doubt that, barring disappearance by TARDIS, you'll win your novel and CD Hugos. That said, I think it's phenomenal that your first Hugo came for fan work. You've never developed that reflexive fandom-related eye-roll condition that successful authors so often contract  (or if you have, you willfully suppress it, which is effectively the same thing), and your refusal to dismiss fandom, to belittle or be embarrassed by it -- your deep-seated belief in its potential, if not its every manifestation -- is an incredibly important part of what you do and what you have to say.

When your next rocket lands, it won't be because you've left something behind. It'll be because you've brought it with you. 

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:30:40 UTC 4 years ago

I think it's lovely, too. But I admit, it would be very nice to win for writing, since that's what impacts how much I get paid.

matociquala

September 9 2012, 00:27:51 UTC 4 years ago

And we are awfully proud.

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:31:16 UTC 4 years ago

I'm proud of you.

slipjig

September 9 2012, 14:44:53 UTC 4 years ago

Oh, hell to the yeah! *high-five* Congrats!

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:31:26 UTC 4 years ago

Woo!

biteybatgirl

September 9 2012, 15:08:36 UTC 4 years ago

Well-earned, in my humble opinion. Sorry that I missed you at Borderlands again. One of these days I will make it for a release of yours if I have to build my own transporter to get there. (Grissom will handle the beaming up/down.) Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:31:34 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you!

yellowblackhaze

September 9 2012, 22:17:32 UTC 4 years ago

Very pleased you managed to break that hoodoo. Information like that is never good to find out before the event. so glad you didn't find that one until after you'd broken it. Asjhes of Honor was awesome, too btw. Eagerly awaiting next September.

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:31:43 UTC 4 years ago

I am so relieved.

biguglymandoll

September 10 2012, 01:51:24 UTC 4 years ago

Totally happy dance! Next year, I'm sure you'll win more Hugos - the books keep getting more awesome! Congrats!

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:31:52 UTC 4 years ago

Here's hoping!

vettecat

September 10 2012, 16:48:11 UTC 4 years ago

Yay! And yay again!

seanan_mcguire

September 10 2012, 19:32:03 UTC 4 years ago

Glee.
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