Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: thoughtful
  • Music: Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me."

New wallpaper, some thoughts.

Thanks to the graphic magic of Tara O'Shea, there are new wallpapers on the October Daye Wallpaper page, this time allowing you to dress your monitor in the fine, fine image of "In Sea-Salt Tears." You can find the wallpaper here:

http://seananmcguire.com/wallpapers.php#short

I am still, to be honest, a little bit staggered by this story's inclusion in this year's Hugo ballot. Not that I'm not staggered by every single nomination—because I am; for some people I may have become a predictable choice, but for me, this is only the third year that I've been on the ballot at all—but this one is...it's special. It's a purely urban fantasy story, for one thing, and stories in that sub-genre don't often get recognized at this level. And it's about women, just women, two women who loved each other for as long as they were allowed. There's no grand battle or flashy challenge.

There's just women.

People talk about "writing what you know," and the parts of this story that are what I know are the parts with kitchens and farmer's markets and Italian dinners and love. So much love. Love that seems like it could change the world forever, even when you know that it can never really change anything but you.

I got urban fantasy on the Hugo ballot.

I'm a little proud of that.
Tags: awards and stuff, contemplation, good things, tara, toby daye
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  • 38 comments

reedrover

June 20 2013, 19:39:11 UTC 4 years ago

We-your-fans are very proud of you, and of the power of your fandom to get you on the ballot. As you said a while ago (or maybe it was Jim Hines), it is a popularity contest. I think it's fabulous that an urban fantasy, self-published for free, with female main characters, is popular. That's a heck of a story!

FWIW - When I finished reading the story (and stopped sniffling), I noticed that I had your version of "Still Catch the Tide" in my head... and now just those two lines from the chorus are irrevocably linked to my thoughts of this story. I think it's neat, even if the song doesn't match the story overall.
I never thought that I could hold you forever;
Always knew deep down that you'd have to go home...

seanan_mcguire

July 28 2013, 19:48:11 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you. :)