Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Talis Kimberley, "Underpass Mary."

The thing about ashes is sometimes they give us a phoenix.

I am...really, I am overjoyed, and staggered, and a little bit dizzy over this:

Ashes of Honor is #16 on the New York Times Bestseller List for September 23rd, 2012.

This is the first time I have appeared on the print list (i.e., "the top twenty") under my own name. Late Eclipses and Discount Armageddon both made the list, but they were in the 30s, not the teens.

I am on the print list.

I am a New York Times Bestseller.

I am having real trouble not informing everyone I meet of that fact, including the guy at Starbucks who fixed my pumpkin spice latte. This isn't bragging. It's shock and delight and bafflement and awe.

Thank you all.

Thank you all so much.

Wow.
Tags: ashes of honor, awards and stuff, good things, magazines and me, publishing news, toby daye
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effervescent

September 18 2012, 05:09:14 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!! That is so awesome :D

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:23:43 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you!

shiyiya

September 18 2012, 05:30:46 UTC 4 years ago

Eee! Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:41:52 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you!

dornbeast

September 18 2012, 05:35:37 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

Also, my Friendly Local Book Store apparently forgot to call me when they got Ashes on the shelves, because I checked today and they finally had it. I devoured it in roughly three hours. Metaphorically.

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:42:00 UTC 4 years ago

Awesome!

paksenarrion2

September 18 2012, 06:38:40 UTC 4 years ago

Congratulations. That is totally well deserved. Top ten and number one is just around the corner.

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:42:09 UTC 4 years ago

I surely hope so.

dormouse_in_tea

September 18 2012, 07:13:39 UTC 4 years ago

I HAD A FEELING. I DID. IT WAS A FEELING AND I HAD IT AND THEN YOU DID IT.

*solemnly hands you a coupon redeemable for one giddy spinning session when your back is up to it*

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:42:19 UTC 4 years ago

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

zornhau

September 18 2012, 08:31:40 UTC 4 years ago

It's a long road we take. Please brag yourself silly and I will cheer you on.

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:42:28 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you very much.

azurelunatic

September 18 2012, 09:30:30 UTC 4 years ago

:D :D :D :D

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:42:37 UTC 4 years ago

<3 <3 <3

slipjig

September 18 2012, 10:01:21 UTC 4 years ago

I join the chorus of squee! *high-five*

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:42:46 UTC 4 years ago

Yay!

joecoustic

September 18 2012, 10:10:14 UTC 4 years ago

How wonderful! And like some others I'm sure, I'm reading it right now :).

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:42:54 UTC 4 years ago

Awesome.

naurwen

September 18 2012, 10:45:36 UTC 4 years ago

Congratulations!!! :D
I'm patiently waiting to receive Ashes of Honor. Sometimes an order can't come in fast enough. This would be one of them.

ironed_orchid

September 18 2012, 12:02:58 UTC 4 years ago

Me too! OMG!

I got the email saying it had shipped, and I am checking the mail box several times a day. I secretly hope it arrives on my day off so I can read it all without interruption.

naurwen

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ironed_orchid

September 18 2012, 12:01:22 UTC 4 years ago

Not remotely surprised about this. But really glad to have my suspicions confirmed.

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:43:24 UTC 4 years ago

<3

Thanks, honey.

ravenclawed

September 18 2012, 14:31:26 UTC 4 years ago

If anyone deserves every conceivable recognition for their talent, it's you. Congratulations!!! To celebrate, kitty on pumpkin icon!

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:43:39 UTC 4 years ago

YAY KITTY ON PUMPKIN!

la_marquise_de_

September 18 2012, 15:20:39 UTC 4 years ago

That is wonderful news. Well done.

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:43:46 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you.

indilwen

September 18 2012, 15:48:07 UTC 4 years ago

Get it, girl :)
You're so awesome.

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:43:54 UTC 4 years ago

<3

cailleuch

September 18 2012, 16:47:34 UTC 4 years ago

A bit late in sending congratulations but ... WOW! HURRAH! HAIL!

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:44:02 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you!

ohari

September 18 2012, 16:51:56 UTC 4 years ago

You so deserve the recognition. I have loved every single thing you've published, and that doesn't happen often. Even Terry Pratchett has fallen flat a couple of times.
Thank You for being You, and for sharing with me.
*hug*

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:44:14 UTC 4 years ago

You are very welcome.

Thank you.

ohari

4 years ago

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thegreenyear

September 18 2012, 16:52:03 UTC 4 years ago

congrats! what excellent news!

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:44:21 UTC 4 years ago

Yes!

jaedee

September 18 2012, 17:32:47 UTC 4 years ago

Well deserved :D Your books are made of awesome!

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:44:29 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you!

kirk1701

September 18 2012, 19:57:07 UTC 4 years ago

Wow indeed. Congratulations! A Hugo Award and now a New York Times Best Seller. I think the secret is out. :-D

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:44:41 UTC 4 years ago

I am...

...wow.

threesquares

September 18 2012, 22:09:16 UTC 4 years ago

I think you should tell everyone! Hooray and well deserved! We'll all keep reading! Michele

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:44:49 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you!

gothicsparrow

September 18 2012, 22:12:11 UTC 4 years ago

Well, why not tell the guy at Starbucks? He's probably never had a customer tell him that they made the NYT bestseller list before.

Congrats! :D

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:44:58 UTC 4 years ago

Hee.

Point.

bercilakslady

September 19 2012, 02:17:27 UTC 4 years ago

Wow! *offers hands to dance you around*

May this be a trend that continues long, dear Seanan. :)

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:45:10 UTC 4 years ago

Here's hoping!

soundingsea

September 19 2012, 03:47:51 UTC 4 years ago

Yay yay yay! :):):) You are awesome!!!

This (the bestseller-list factor) is why I insisted on biking (about 8 miles round-trip) to our local independent scifi bookstore and buying it on.. day two. I think. First few days, anyhow. We got there a couple minutes before it closed, and I read the book on a plane the following weekend. Loved it.

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:45:23 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you so much.

jmward14

September 19 2012, 04:39:07 UTC 4 years ago

Yay! Molto congratulations and wild happy dances--you earned this. :-)

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:45:32 UTC 4 years ago

Thank you!

notalwaysweak

September 19 2012, 11:17:20 UTC 4 years ago

Clearly the sheer amount of win and awesome you are made of negates your need to sleep. Conga-Aeslin-mice!

seanan_mcguire

September 23 2012, 22:45:42 UTC 4 years ago

Hee.

Yay.
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