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LETTERS TO THE PUMPKIN KING, available now.

I am pleased to announce that my first non-fiction book, consisting of essays taken from my various blogs and poetry from my two self-published chapbooks (Leaves From the Babylon Wood and Pathways Through the Babylon Wood, both of which are loooooooooong out of print) is available now from NESFA Press.

Click here for information on Letters to the Pumpkin King.

With introductions by Catherynne Valente and Elizabeth Bear, and an absolutely gorgeous cover by David Palumbo (I covet this artwork), I could not be more pleased. It's a hardcover, so the price point is high for what is essentially my blog in paper form, but you can use that paper form to kill spiders, which is pretty damn cool.

Here is what some people say. All of them are biased toward liking me, so:

"This book is bursting with Seanan-brain. You should read it." —Jim C. Hines, author of Libriomancer.

"Seanan McGuire knows how to beguile with the very best. She can whisper spells and secrets by the ballad and the bushel. But here she simply tells it as she has seen and lived it, with bravery and a loud voice, and that is magic, too." —Catherynne M. Valente, author of The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon In Two.

"Seanan is rough and potent magic. Her work may not change you, but it is likely to change your experience of the world." —Elizabeth Bear, author of Stiles of the Sky.

"I've read Seanan’s fiction and nonfiction for years. Because she's smart. Because she's funny. Because she's insightful. Because she uses the word 'f***' in original and interesting ways." —Jim C. Hines, author of Libriomancer.

Letters to the Pumpkin King! Get your copy today! (And yes, Borderlands is planning to stock them, if you're coming to the release party.)
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Ordered! Mostly for the poetry, since I can read the blog posts anytime I want :)
Not all of them! Some are older, locked, or were posted in places I don't advertise.

lysystratae

3 years ago

Congrats on this latest book!
Thanks!

Ooh exciting!

Yes!
Do you expect it to come out in e-book format? I will probably get it either way, but would prefer to read it on my kndle and will wait for the e-book version if you expect there to be one. I look forward to reading it!
It will not be released as an e-book. It's a limited edition hardcover, is the thing, and I wasn't going to sign a license to essentially sell my blog in its original form.

elialshadowpine

3 years ago

seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

elialshadowpine

3 years ago

And me with no money. *sad* Why is payday so far awaaaay.
Shitty magic.
Huzzah! Another book to grab at the release party!
Yay!
Congratulations! This sounds so freaking cool. I look forward to revisiting old gems and discovering new ones!
Yay!
Shiny! Thanks for including the note about Borderlands, I think we'll pick up one of their copies.
Awesome.
I can attest to the wonderfulness of The Pumpkin King... very hard to put down.Thanks, Seanan, for your writing.
You are very welcome. <3
I really want this book too. But the canadian dollar's value is down right now against the US one and the shipping out of the US is $12 USD. So, I just requested that my local library buy it and if that doesn't work, I have a significant birthday this year, "double nickels" so I might just have to hint loudly that somebody needs to buy me this book for my birthday.
That often works for me.
This is clearly going to be amazing. *starry eyes* Two copies ordered!
Yay!
Eeee! Ordered. =) Looking forward to more of your poetry and essays that I have not previously read.
Glee.
Covet, covet, cannot have.

And because these things catch my eye every time, I do hope that the typo where EBear wrote "Stiles of the Sky" was yours in this post, and not actually from the copy on the book.
Yeah, pretty sure that was me.
YES GOOD! Pleased with $13 shipping to Australia considering it's a hardcover :D

And also the thing is that I would have paid damn near anything to get the two Babylon Wood chapbooks, so.
That's why I stuck them in there.
Ooo! I'm a git me one!
Glee.
you can use that paper form to kill spiders, which is pretty damn cool.

Hmmm- will it work on those genetically modified tapeworms?
Only if you get them out in the open.
Well, that'll have to happen then. That makes two books of yours that I'm buying at the release party.
Yaaaay.
Conga-rats on the newest book! *twiddles her thumbs in thought and goes off to shake down the couch for loose change*
Thank you!
Ooh, neat! Ordered. Was the release party announced and I just spaced it?
For this? No.
...There is no conceivable way that I will not buy this! _Letters to the Pumpkin King_ must be mine! (As I am seized by a wave of bibliophilia-fueled avarice.) Upon hearing of this book, I feel somewhat like Gollum in _The Lord of the Rings_). And to think, a day ago I did not know a journal collection existed. As of today, it is a must-have. I mean, the essay/blogs would be enough, but to get two chapbooks worth of poetry as well?
Awesome.

I cannot order it this second -- because what passes for my budget is trying to protect the rent money -- but I will get it soon.

Mack
Excellent. :)
Ordered! Looking forward to it.
Likewise, & thrilled with the cool company.

;)

seanan_mcguire

2 years ago