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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oneminutemonkey

September 7 2012, 19:02:42 UTC 4 years ago

So... what's your next goal? Now that you have a shiny Hugo and everything....

seanan_mcguire

September 7 2012, 19:03:39 UTC 4 years ago

Win a Hugo for fiction.

Get another CD on the ballot, and win.

Go to Disney World.

batwrangler

September 7 2012, 19:40:07 UTC 4 years ago

Yay! (It's a good thing sleep is for the weak, huh?)

melchar

September 7 2012, 19:48:02 UTC 4 years ago

As I told Chris Garcia - you need 2 Hugos - then you can make them into awesome earrings. ^_^

kirylyn

September 8 2012, 00:01:37 UTC 4 years ago

Congrats!!

yeah, gotta win one for one of your Toby books now!

*puzzled* thought you already *did* the Kingdom of the Mouse earlier this year?

dormouse_in_tea

September 8 2012, 02:00:10 UTC 4 years ago

There is no such thing as a surfeit of visits to the Kingdom of the Mouse. *solemn nod*

seanan_mcguire

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

I've done Disneyland and Disney World this year, I'm going back to Disneyland next month.

gorgeousgary

September 8 2012, 13:47:14 UTC 4 years ago

This is possibly the best argument I've seen in favor of the Orlando in 2015 Worldcon bid. 8-)

Granting that we are all rooting for you to have a mantlepiece full of Hugos by then, but it's the only potential Worldcon out there where you could theoretically accomplish all three at once!

ironed_orchid

September 8 2012, 18:01:04 UTC 4 years ago

WIN ALL THE THINGS!

::ahem::