Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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A RED-ROSE CHAIN open thread!

To celebrate the release of A Red-Rose Chain, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book. Judging by the comments I'm seeing, some of you have had time, and I'd really, really rather book discussion (sometimes including spoilers) didn't crop up on other posts.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned. (I will not reply to every comment; I call partial comment amnesty. But I may well join some of the discussion, or answer questions or whatnot.) I will be DELETING all comments containing spoilers which have been left on other posts. No one gets to spoil people here without a label.

You can also start a discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence, since I always wind up getting involved in these things.

Have fun, and try not to bleed on the carpet.
Tags: a red-rose chain, discussion post, toby daye
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taylweaver

September 2 2015, 02:38:45 UTC 1 year ago

First of all, I want to begin by saying that I walked 25 minutes to the nearest Barnes and Noble in the summer heat (because I couldn't justify paying nearly as much in transit fares as the book itself was going to cost me) - and I'm glad I did.

I may have more to say later, but at the moment, I just want you to know that when Walther came out, I literally gasped, then laughed, then blinked back tears - and got some strange looks from the people nearby. And if that's how I, a cisgendered person, reacted to it, well... wow. Thanks for making sure more people can see themselves in your characters (and especially a character as awesome as Walther.)

Also, the fact that you wrote in the acknowledgements that this book was full of surprises for you, left me wondering whether Walther was out to you before this story. (Not that it matters either way. But it's fun to wonder what goes on in authors' heads.)

seanan_mcguire

November 4 2015, 15:57:11 UTC 1 year ago

He was! But there were some things that made me go "well, okay then..."