Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Katie Graybeal, "Space in the Air."

A treat for Toby fans is coming!

So hey, remember how at the end of Chimes at Midnight, Quentin was all "now you get to meet my parents," and Toby was all "OH FUCK NO," and then we got The Winter Long, but we never got to see the meeting?

We're going to get to see the meeting.

"Full of Briars" is a novelette set between Chimes at Midnight and The Winter Long, narrated by Quentin as he faces that most terrifying moment in a young squire's life: the meeting between his parents and his knight. With bonus "how Quentin sees Tybalt" and "how Quentin and Raj interact when Toby isn't around" (hint: they're glorious shits to one another).

"Full of Briars" will have a price point of $1.99 USD/$2.59 CD, and be released in August 2016, a month before the next October Daye book comes out. The cover art is being done by Tara O'Shea, who does the short story covers for my website. (Right now, it is only available in the US and Canada, because of regional rights issues. I have faith in all y'all's ability to get around that without resorting to illegal downloads. Since wow do I want DAW to let me do more of these.)

Quentin!

Glee.
Tags: good things, publishing news, short fiction, toby daye
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pconn604

December 12 2015, 03:50:17 UTC 1 year ago

Yaaaaa!

seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:08:33 UTC 1 year ago

Yup.

pconn604

1 year ago

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archangelbeth

December 12 2015, 05:20:07 UTC 1 year ago

*beth had a question but finally poked the correct buttons to get the answer*
*beth now gripes about iBooks not having a pre-order option for this!*

Oh, well. I'll wait for the announcement on Twitter/LJ and snag it then! ^_^

seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:08:52 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you for trying to find the answer before asking me.

TL;DR For others w/this question, iBooks should have it eventually

archangelbeth

1 year ago

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melchar

December 12 2015, 08:44:41 UTC 1 year ago

Wanting to buy this now. Looking sternly at time and causality.

seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:25:48 UTC 1 year ago

Time is important.

_dante_sparda_

December 12 2015, 13:38:32 UTC 1 year ago

This past year, I received from you (and your Borderlands) a signed copy of Rolling In the Deep for my birthday. Now you say I get this glorious bit of Quentin and Toby for next year's birthday?

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH KAYLEE HAPPYFACE TO MATCH MY GLEE.

seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:26:04 UTC 1 year ago

Hooray!

knittingwoman

December 12 2015, 14:32:31 UTC 1 year ago

how exciting. I have added this to my list of reading goodies for 2016. For anybody wondering about audio version, my daughter who is 19 cannot read. We have a legally bought program that reads for her but Kindle ebooks (legally bought) cannot work with it so we have to use a third program to alter the kindle ebooks (yes I have called and talked to them) in order for her to be able to hear them. So there are ways to avoid illegal downloads but still create an audio version.

seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:26:16 UTC 1 year ago

Oh, that's wonderful.

falnfenix

December 12 2015, 14:33:29 UTC 1 year ago

i am *stoked* about this. i love that it's written in Quentin's voice...can't wait to see just what, exactly, he thinks of everyone. :)

seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:26:24 UTC 1 year ago

Hee.

grenacia

December 12 2015, 15:18:00 UTC 1 year ago

Squee!

seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:26:32 UTC 1 year ago

Glee.

calico_reaction

December 12 2015, 15:22:13 UTC 1 year ago

I can't wait!!!!

seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:26:39 UTC 1 year ago

Me, neither.

cerulean_sky

December 12 2015, 18:29:44 UTC 1 year ago

I am really, really excited for this. Quentin!

seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:26:48 UTC 1 year ago

Yes!!!

Greg Rheam

December 12 2015, 19:55:39 UTC 1 year ago

Awesome news and we want DAW to let you do more of these too.

seanan_mcguire

December 13 2015, 04:07:10 UTC 1 year ago

It'll all be down to sales, so.

hrhleia

December 12 2015, 21:56:59 UTC 1 year ago

Squeeeeeeeee! I can't wait! I want ALL OF THE STORIES!

seanan_mcguire

December 13 2015, 04:07:19 UTC 1 year ago

Me, too!

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seanan_mcguire

December 13 2015, 04:08:02 UTC 1 year ago

Yes.

Any stand-alone short story is going to be. Nothing printed at less than novella length is cost-effective. If we want a print edition, we need the ebooks to sell well. See also "what happened with the Orbit short fiction program."

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vettecat

1 year ago

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leiabelle

December 13 2015, 05:08:15 UTC 1 year ago

OMG SQUEE! :D

seanan_mcguire

December 13 2015, 18:40:32 UTC 1 year ago

Yay!

rymenhild

December 13 2015, 13:52:04 UTC 1 year ago

I am here for this story.

seanan_mcguire

December 13 2015, 18:40:49 UTC 1 year ago

Great!

museclio

December 13 2015, 19:59:46 UTC 1 year ago

Ahem...

WHY IS IT NOT YET AUGUST!

seanan_mcguire

December 13 2015, 20:11:30 UTC 1 year ago

Because then you wouldn't get a Toby book in 2017. Or an InCryptid book. Or maybe neither, ever again, because my publisher would drop me when I missed that many deadlines.

museclio

1 year ago

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vettecat

December 14 2015, 18:46:10 UTC 1 year ago

Very much want to read it, but I don't have an e-reader... any way I can buy a PDF?

seanan_mcguire

December 14 2015, 19:20:24 UTC 1 year ago

Only if DAW chooses to put one on sale. This isn't a self-release, like most of my InCryptid stories; this is from my publisher, and they will control absolutely everything about distribution.

vettecat

1 year ago

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seanan_mcguire

1 year ago

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vettecat

1 year ago

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lylassandra

December 16 2015, 08:26:01 UTC 1 year ago

This is all I have ever wanted in life. I will never need anything ever again.

seanan_mcguire

December 17 2015, 05:14:24 UTC 1 year ago

There will be more to want!

gothrockrulz

December 18 2015, 07:30:41 UTC 1 year ago

Woohoo, looking forward to reading!

mamatiger

December 30 2015, 07:52:23 UTC 1 year ago

Yay for tying up loose ends! I was so worried for so long about Opal's kittens, I finally thought to google for the answer to that question and found your short short. Still v. sad though.

I've just binge read my way through all the October Daye stories (which I bought all of, not borrowed, because hello, I want more books) and boy are my eyes tired! I also now understand your comments at Chessie Con about "so much blood."

Random comments:

First of all: so. awesome. Characters, writing, plot, world-building.
Second, why are "truth spells" never an option? Paging Walther for fae sodium pentothal.
Third, as you know Bob, cats need fresh water every day. Running water if they can get it. Please tell me video exists of Tybalt drinking from a drinking fountain? There's a gif waiting to happen.

Hope your new year brings you everything you wish for, and perhaps I will get to see you again at Marcon (haven't been there in decades).
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