Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Home, gearing up for book tour, exhausted.

I will post happy cheery reminders about today being the release of Parasite very soon, but I just woke up after staggering home way too late last night (delayed flights in Orange County, whee), and wanted to drop a few admin notes before I forgot:

1. If you want to send me a private message, please, please use my website contact form rather than using LJ or Facebook messenger services. I have trouble replying within those forms, which often translates to "I won't reply within those forms." (I don't have a no-reply policy for LJ, but I do for Facebook.) My website contact form goes to my PA, who answers really simple questions like "where can I buy this?" and forwards everything else along to me. I answer as quickly as I can.

2. This LJ has an open friend/unfriend policy. Yes, it makes me sad when people I know IRL unfriend me, because I am a human being living in a human world, but I won't hunt you down with torches and pitchforks to demand to know why. At the same time, if you remove me from your friend list, I will remove you. Please don't unfriend me and then get mad when I do the same to you.

3. And while I'm asking for unreasonable things, please wait until I get the official Parasite discussion post up to start commenting about the book. I want to keep the various threads safe for the spoiler-averse for as long as possible.

And now I nap.
Tags: parasite, requesting things, utterly exhausted
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I hope you have a great book tour. I'll be missing the Seattle event due to sudden changes in elder care needs and other home stuff. I got my hardcopy and my ebook of PARASITE, and I can't wait to dig in!
Yay!
So, maybe I missed something, but... Parasite will be available through Amazon, yes? Because while it amused me that this is what came up:

http://www.amazon.com/Parasites-Pathogens-Progress-Diseases-Development/dp/0262015668/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?s=books

...er, no. And even a broader search did not uncover it.

(This is kind of theoretical on my part - when I buy DRM'd ebooks, I actually get them through B&N, because if I'm supporting a model I'm dubious about* I at least would prefer to support the non market leader. And I have. But I use Amazon to keep track of things like release dates, and to buy a ridiculous amount of non-book things.)

* but a lifestyle I love, oh, I'm so conflicted.
http://www.amazon.com/Parasite-ebook/dp/B00BU1DEVU maybe?

Amazon's search thing can be weird.

(I got my e-copy from Kobo; alas physical space to store books in is not cheap)

tylik

3 years ago

seanan_mcguire

2 years ago

Happy book day. :)
Thank you.
The only spoiler I got today was .....


AMAZON SHIPPED THAT SUCKER, ALONG WITH THE NEWSFLESH TRILOGY BOXED SET THIS MORNING.


Good ghod, I've been impatient about that. :-)
WOO.

Duly noted,  oh venerated author!  I'll be grabbing the book after work today ;)

Yaaaaaaaay!
My girlfriend will be at the Seattle signing and is really looking forward to it! I'm rereading Newsflesh right now (I'm doing that Yuletide 2013 thing on Ao3 and I'm rereading the series so everything is fresh in my brain), but as soon as I'm done with that, am gonna dive right in to Parasite (Amazon just texted me that the book is on the delivery truck)! Have a fun tour!
I did!

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HAIL!
Hope your annual trek to Disneyland was great.
It was. It really, really was.
Happy book day!

This post was enough to remind me to stop by Barnes and Noble on the way home from work today. I was surprised to find that this one's a hardcover, but that just made it feel more special when I bought it.

Conversation with the guy behind the register:

register guy: is this fiction?
me: yep.
him: It looks like something by Michael Crichton.
me: [pauses to consider] Well... it's kind of like that. Science fiction, medical stuff...

Now, for the hard part: pacing myself with the reading so that it doesn't interfere with the other stuff I need to get done. (When it comes to your books, this whole reading it in small pieces thing never seems to go as planned...)
I am the new Michael Crichton.

Hear me roar.
Ooo, Parasite. I may have to get that and read it as a gift to myself this week if I get some deadlines dealt with.
Yes, I shall actually spend my own money on a book. That happens so rarely these days. :)
Yay!
Umm. Mea culpa? Mea maxima culpa, as Jimmy Buffet would sing. I sent you an LJ message last night, but only realized -- upon looking at LJ messaging inbox -- that I had not actually been getting notifications of messages sent *to* me. You had actually replied that LJ missives were now a non-favored means of communication, and I never saw it!

That happened before (no notices), and I can't seem to fix the setting, to add insult to vexation. But I've got it now. Website contact form = the best way to send personal letters, which will get handled and directed to you as needed. I am all for efficient systems, filters, and not being overwhelmed by email and communications. :)

So I do apologize.

Also, I jumped the gun on commenting about _Parasite_. I will be more careful in the future to make sure my brain is both on and enabled before using the keyboard. I really don't want to spoil anything for people inadvertently.

Mack
Thank you!
Hold of on commenting? But, but, but...I've got to say all the things!

Kidding. (Mostly.)

Let me just say to everyone this: "You won't be disappointed."
Aw. <3 <3 <3
Speaking of book tour, I forgot to tell you today:
1: you've seen http://wtfevolution.tumblr.com/ right? You must have.
2: I'm dressing as Carlos from Night Vale for Halloween and carrying a baby glow cloud around with me. If anyone complains about my hair I'm going to tell them to take it up with Telly the Barber. :)
AWESOME.
Favorite line from favorite song!! <3
Nice seeing you in Seattle tonight! I'm the political nerd who asked you if the health care debate influenced Parasite at all. You had us all in stitches, and also in gleeful fear at the nasty things out to get us.

It was great to meet you!
So, is it all right to ask a question about something you discussed in person that hasn't yet been officially announced? I had a question/comment about one of your future books that I don't believe had been discussed before than, but I don't want to say something that might be problematic. (Yes, you talked about it, but things change.) Of course I'm being overcautious. Its only paranoia until you figure out who is out to get you. And the list is never complete.

Am suppressing commentary about new book. This is not easy. I will say that your skill as an author is clearly progressing, which is great.
It's better to be over-cautious, and if it hasn't been announced, it's best to either email me or ask only in person.
Thought you should see this
BWEH.

crash_mccormick

November 6 2013, 15:54:10 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  November 6 2013, 16:29:10 UTC

Stay healthy and happy. Even slashdot is playing in the fun stuff now

http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/11/06/1425240/global-biological-experiment-generates-exciting-new-results
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.