Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: excited
  • Music: Dave and Tracy, 'Red (Eulogy).'

Happiness is...

...sitting down at your computer to find yourself informed, gleefully, that the complete technical reconstruction of the computer storage and wireless equipment used by the protagonists of your zombie political thriller has become the weekend project of two of the biggest hardware gurus you know. Oh, and a veterinarian is attacking your animal action sequences, and there's a pharmacologist on-call to check your medical technology.

I have the best subject-matter experts in the universe.

I would make a comment about needing a good virologist about now, but I already checked the functionality of the Kellis-Amberlee filovirus by several folks at the CDC, so I figure I'm probably doing okay in that department. I love the CDC. My friend Shawn constantly worries that they're going to start tapping my phone looking for signs that I'm planning to destroy the human race with genetically modified smallpox, but that's okay; everybody needs a hobby. And I already have several political junkies, a few news junkies, and at least six zombie experts on-call.

(This includes me. I practically have a PhD in the living dead. Again, everybody needs a hobby.)

This is going to be the most fun book revision process ever.
Tags: current projects, editing, feed, i love my editors, rewrites
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tezmilleroz

June 6 2008, 14:17:16 UTC 9 years ago

My friend Shawn constantly worries that they're going to start tapping my phone looking for signs that I'm planning to destroy the human race with genetically modified smallpox, but that's okay; everybody needs a hobby.

Hilarious! Thanks for the laughs, and have a lovely day! :-)

seanan_mcguire

June 6 2008, 14:21:12 UTC 9 years ago

At least once per conversation, he breaks off to start talking to the nice NSA men he's sure must be monitoring my calls by now. It's adorable. And quite amusing.

Personally, I think if they're monitoring me, I must be their equivalent of Comedy Central. 'Hey, that Seanan girl is giggling about how much weaponized smallpox we're missing! She sounds so happy!'

You have a great day, too! We need more great days.