The snow has fallen, and the winter isn't over yet!: seanan

The snow has fallen, and the winter isn't over yet!

I am delighted to announce that The Winter Long debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List in position #12, a new high for this series (and for me as a whole). With every book, we inch a little closer to the top ten, and I couldn't be more delighted.

I was very nervous about this book. This was the one where everything changed, where I started pulling strings and showing why certain things never quite seemed to line up. If this series were an episode of Leverage, this book would have been the moment in act three where the con turned and everything suddenly fell into place. Which means, being me, that I have been consumed with terror over the idea that people would think I had somehow cheated.

(It is exhausting, living inside my head. I do not recommend it.)

It has been an honor and a privilege to bring you all with me this far into October's world. All the pieces are in place for the beginning of act two, and I sincerely hope that you will stay with me for as long as it takes to see where the road leads us from here.

Thank you all, so very much.

I can't wait to see what happens next.

kyrielle

September 15 2014, 21:10:26 UTC 2 years ago

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Congratulations!!!

And I didn't see most of it coming (the last two pages being an exception), and no, no cries of cheating. The opposite: my first thoughts were "holy shit, it was *all there*!"

seanan_mcguire

September 18 2014, 12:15:36 UTC 2 years ago

Hee hee hee yay.

lazzchan

September 15 2014, 22:30:13 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your world with us. It's an honor to read, to hear your thoughts and for you to share so much with us. I love every minute of it (and have handed off more copies to people than I can name) and I can't wait to see what your world holds next for us.

September 18 2014, 12:25:56 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you.

erinwrites

September 16 2014, 01:40:20 UTC 2 years ago

I'm SO happy for you, my friend. <3

And this book, and this series in general? So much win (I've just picked up Rosemary and Rue and started over...).

September 18 2014, 12:26:06 UTC 2 years ago

Yay!

mneme

September 16 2014, 02:15:42 UTC 2 years ago

Congrats! Very interested in where things go from here.

September 18 2014, 12:26:16 UTC 2 years ago

Me, too.

k_crow

September 16 2014, 04:28:17 UTC 2 years ago

Hooray!!! Congratulations! Very glad that so many wonderful people are discovering and buying your books!

September 18 2014, 12:26:27 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you!

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September 18 2014, 12:26:58 UTC 2 years ago

runiechica

September 16 2014, 20:23:52 UTC 2 years ago

We'll get it to the top ten with the next book. Much like leverage, it was awesome to see the pieces fall together and perceptions change and I can't wait for act 2!!

September 18 2014, 12:27:13 UTC 2 years ago

Let's go steal ourselves a fandom.

2 years ago

liddle_oldman

September 16 2014, 21:02:30 UTC 2 years ago

No cheating in any way. Our fault for looking only where Toby was looking. :) So looking forward to the next books.

September 18 2014, 12:28:09 UTC 2 years ago

eilan

September 16 2014, 23:47:28 UTC 2 years ago

I will stay with you (&October) til the very end. And I'll still adore you both past that.

(Bonus, Kane.)

September 18 2014, 12:28:18 UTC 2 years ago

WOO KANE

batyatoon

September 17 2014, 02:00:46 UTC 2 years ago

EEEEE YAY YAY YAY

September 18 2014, 12:28:25 UTC 2 years ago

GLEE

jenfullmoon

September 17 2014, 05:05:36 UTC 2 years ago

NYT BAYBEE!!!!!

I'm glad I contributed in some small way.

September 18 2014, 12:28:39 UTC 2 years ago

You so did!

alicetheowl

September 18 2014, 02:17:20 UTC 2 years ago

Woot! Congratulations!

I thought you pulled it off beautifully. It's my new model of how to do long-term foreshadowing. You've been dropping us breadcrumbs all along, while we look for the shiny stones marking the path.