Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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A little holiday greeting.

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through my room
Were bunny girls grumbling and portents of doom,
And fairy tale murders and things from the deep—
My friends hope my dreams will stay safely asleep—

And Tara is working on graphics so fine
To help and promote that new novel of mine
(The fifth in a series I love beyond Price;
Come watch as our Verity takes the stage twice).

I'm staying at home for a change and a shot
To catch up on sleep and do what's been forgot,
For changes are coming, and coming so fast,
And it's time that we leave this last year in the past.

Two thousand fifteen is a year nearly spent.
Oh, the things that we did, and the places we went!
With DAW and with Orbit, and now Tor.com,
And I went to Disney World, taking my mom.

A whole week of Dayes can now sit on your shelves,
With wise-cracking Cait Sidhe and underslept elves,
Another adventure is coming this year,
Which ought to be good for your holiday cheer.

In March, there's InCryptid, and then in September,
An October girl who I hope you remember.
If you've missed my zombies, you'll be happy soon,
With stories so new in November and June.

With Dodger and Velveteen, Babylon Archer,
And so many more all prepared for departure
At seanan_mcguire the updates are steady—
I'm keeping you posted. You'd better get ready.

The year yet to come will bring wonders galore,
And I can't start to guess at the great things in store,
So whatever you celebrate when the world's cold,
Be it secular, modern, or something quite old,

I hope that you're happy, I hope that you're warm,
I hope that you're ready to weather the storm,
And I wish you the joys that a winter provides,
All you Kings of the Summer and sweet Snow Queen brides,

And I can't wait to see what the next year will bring,
The stories we'll tell, and the songs that we'll sing.
The dead and the living will stand and rejoice!
(I beg you to rise while you still have a choice.)

The journey's been fun, and there's much more to see,
So grab your machete and come now with me,
And they'll hear us exclaim as we dash out of sight,
"Scary Christmas to all, and to all a good fright!"
Tags: be excellent to one another, party games, poetry
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Best wishes to you for a wonderful holiday!
Wishing you all the joy your stories have brought me, a hundred times over!
Happiest of holidays to you and yours! :)
Wishing you the merriest of Christmases!
*applause* Yay Poetic Seanan :)
Happy holidays!
Hope your 2015 ends happily & merrily, and may your 2016 be the best year yet!
May the coming year bring you and yours all good things.
I utterly lost my shit at 'whole week of Dayes', in case you were wondering what that antipodean cackling you could hear was. Solstice blessings (winter for you, summer from me), merry Christmas, and I'm wishing you all the very, very best for 2016.
Thank you for the lovely poem, and a Merry Christmas to you and all your fans. The winter bits about staying warm made me laugh, because down here in Australia we're having a mild 35 degree celsius day. Staying cool is more on our minds.
Love it!! Happy holidays!!
Hoppy Holly-days to you and the bunny-girls!
Happy Hogswatch, Bunny! May it be a beautiful and fruitful year.
A lovely holiday to you and yours, weaver of wonders!
Best wishes to you and your family, by blood or by choice, for the holidays and the coming new year.
Scary Solstice, Seanan!
*wild applause*
This poem makes me indescribably happy. :) I've spent the night of the 24th into the 25th entirely lost in Yuletide fics, having discovered both the concept of 'podfic' and the fact that I'd apparently bookmarked at least 5 Toby podfics for later consumption. I've been through my gifts (2 of them! One of them a 7k Wheel of Time fic, I'm so happy), all the yuletide Wheel of Time, Valdemar, and October Daye fics, and I've laughed until I cried. Now I will sleep and dream sweet fanflail-y dreams. Spooky Holidays to you, Seanan!
DELIGHTFUL. Like you.

Thank you, and merry Christmas!
Wishing you a wondrous Winterthing!

Merry Christmas Seanan! That poem was utterly delightful. May 2016 be full of good things!

That's great -- and happy holidays!