Why Seanan will now be around more (and less).: seanan

Why Seanan will now be around more (and less).

Today was my first day as a full-time author.

Yesterday afternoon, I turned in my badge and left my day job for what will hopefully be the last time. I am finally in a position (thanks in part to the Affordable Care Act) to make a go of it. This means I'll have more time for work, more time to have a social life, and best of all, more time for glorious napping. I had a nap this afternoon. It was the best thing.

It also means that I'm going to be even more conservative, financially speaking. I regularly have to turn down conventions and speaking events that don't come with compensation for travel/lodging. I've been doing it up until now because it was a way to winnow things down to something I could handle with my available vacation time. Now...I can't afford it. I mean, right now, right this second, maybe I could, but in six months? In a year? I need to be careful, because I want to be able to do this, just this, the thing that I love, for as long as humanly possible.

Thank you all so much for supporting me as much as you have. You are why this can happen, and I am more grateful than I can express in words. I will do my very best to be worthy of your faith in me.

Because I know some of you will ask what you can do to help (and I am grateful for that, too), this is what you can do: buy my books. Buy my albums. When I say "here is a poster," or "here is a print," buy those, or point them out to people who will. Mostly, buy my books. That's what leads to royalty checks and more contracts, and wow are those going to be necessary going forward.

Again, thank you all, so much. I am so excited, and so relieved, and so looking forward to getting some actual sleep.

Comment amnesty is declared for this post! Because I want to spend that time napping.

amanuensis1

January 17 2014, 10:21:28 UTC 3 years ago

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Congratulations! Writing is hard, yanno? And simple. And impossible. And effortless. Both at once! Being an author, though, is everything on the hard side, and you so deserve joy for your hard work.

zornhau

January 17 2014, 10:42:38 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations! It's a great feeling. I hope you have some local creatives for the occasional coffee.

pujaemuss

January 17 2014, 10:44:57 UTC 3 years ago

Fantastic news! Congratulations and hope you have a nice nap.

PJW

beccaelizabeth

January 17 2014, 11:42:44 UTC 3 years ago

*\o/*

hms42

January 17 2014, 11:53:38 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations and good luck! I hope it really works out better than expected.

mrs_norris_mous

January 17 2014, 11:55:09 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations, Do rest but write more books so we can buy them....

People might like to note http://weightlessbooks.com/format/glitter-and-mayhem/ which is $2 instead of $5 today.

tylik

January 17 2014, 14:52:20 UTC 3 years ago

I appear to have missed the sale, but no big - been meaning to get that...

17catherines

January 17 2014, 11:58:20 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations, Seanan! That sounds like marvellous news for everyone - for you, getting to spend more of your time on what you love, and of course for lucky us, with more Seanan books to read.

Good luck with it!

love,

Catherine

cliodhna

January 17 2014, 12:04:44 UTC 3 years ago

That is FANTASTIC news! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! :D

kittycat22

January 17 2014, 12:17:21 UTC 3 years ago

Congrats!!!

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renesears

January 17 2014, 12:30:56 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations! \o/

serge_lj

January 17 2014, 13:00:30 UTC 3 years ago

What is 'napping'? Is it related to this 'sleep' that Earth people speak of?

the_gneech

January 17 2014, 13:13:10 UTC 3 years ago

Awesome, congrats! :D

-TG

lizkayl

January 17 2014, 13:28:52 UTC 3 years ago

Congrats!

phoenix_singing

January 17 2014, 13:30:05 UTC 3 years ago

AHMIGAWD CONGRATS! <3

spiralngphoenix

January 17 2014, 13:35:55 UTC 3 years ago

Hooray for you! This is awesome news, and I'm so happy to see another great writer go full-on into the word mines. :)

juglore

January 17 2014, 13:46:51 UTC 3 years ago

Hurray!

celtic_catgirl

January 17 2014, 13:58:48 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations! May you have an overabundance of good fortune and an appropriate amount of naps and cheese.

silvertwi

January 17 2014, 14:09:27 UTC 3 years ago

That is so awesome. Congrats!

trixiaw

January 17 2014, 14:09:44 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations!

I had hoped that one day you could write full time but when I saw you're first post on tumbler I didn't quite believe it had really happened.

You don't need to worry about us buying books. I always pre order a few copies of each October Daye books because I know I will read them so much that I wear them out. I'm on my third copy of Rosemary and Rue and I'm on my second copy of Ashes of Honer because its my favorite.
Best of luck. We're with you every step of the way.

misachan

January 17 2014, 14:34:15 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations! The cats must be thrilled.

omnia_mutantur

January 17 2014, 14:48:02 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations!

While I suspect anything that brings you out this way will also provide room and board, in addition to the aforementioned buying of things, there's a guest room complete with some lovely cats in Boston if you need it.

xjenavivex

January 17 2014, 14:52:19 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations.

nymeria_55

January 17 2014, 15:11:04 UTC 3 years ago

Great news! Here's to your writing freedom and your naps! ***clinking glasses**

As I see it, we all win:
You have more free time ---> We get more books
That's what I call a match made in heaven :-)

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