Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: artistic
  • Music: Hamilton, "Non-Stop."

A note on CDs, inspired by Hogswatch comments.

As I've said a few times, I'm using simple questions ("name a favorite song" or "tell me which characters you're curious about," etc.) to try to filter out the "I'm just here because a free stuff blog linked to you" comments. Not that free stuff isn't keen no matter who you are, but since the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch are about getting things to my fans and readers, I want to have some sort of "please don't let me be completely overwhelmed" filtering scheme in place. Don't follow the instructions, which the gimme-gimme-gimme crowd usually won't, don't win a prize.

In the case of the copy of Pretty Little Dead Girl, I asked people to tell me why they wanted to win. A surprisingly large number have said that it's because they've never heard my music/didn't know I had CDs/wanted to start at the beginning. So...

I have CDs! Three albums, currently. Stars Fall Home (the reissue of my first studio album), Creature Feature, and Wicked Girls (currently out of stock at CD Baby, which means the link doesn't work). Two earlier albums, Pretty Little Dead Girl and Red Roses and Dead Things are out of print.

Many of the songs on Pretty Little Dead Girl appear on Stars Fall Home, including "Pretty Little Dead Girl," the girl-group doo-wop story of Rose Marshall. I will be re-stocking Wicked Girls within the next week.

This is not "please don't enter the drawing"; the drawings are there to be entered, and I am thrilled that so many of you are participating. But if you've been curious about my music, I actually consider Stars Fall Home the best place to start, and I would love it if you'd consider picking up my studio albums.

Thank you.
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seanan_mcguire

December 12 2015, 19:01:20 UTC 1 year ago

Oh, it's a totally valid answer. Those replies are absolutely not disqualified. It's just that if people are trying to get an out-of-print album because they've never heard me and want to, there's an easy fix for that!

...one that gets CDs out of my house oh god so many CDs.

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blueeowyn

December 12 2015, 21:21:55 UTC 1 year ago

I knew you sang (I know Gary) but hadn't heard your music until I got your CDs in the mail. So far, I've only listed to one (Wicked Girls) but that is because when I have a new CD, I put it on over and over and over until I learn some of the songs, then I move to the next. That way when it comes back into the player, it feels like an old friend. I've learned the hard way to NEVER play a new CD at certain times because invariably, something on that CD will link to whatever bad is stuck in my head and will forever be associated with that bad thing. So new CDs only get started at good times. I'm really enjoying it.