Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: awake
  • Music: Thea Gilmore, "Gun Cotton."

In which a long silence is broken and a novelette is released.

I live! I write, I cry, I write again!

The move, its associated complications, and my own unavoidable commitments continue to conspire to keep me hopping, hence my current scarceness: I promise I'm not dead, and am still reasonably active on Twitter, even if I'm not managing to keep up with my blog. I'm really hoping that will change soon. I'm sliding toward normalcy one day at a time, I swear. Please let me swearing to something true.

Ahem. But! The disclaimer is not the reason I finally managed to break my silence. No, it's this: the first-ever Quentin-narrated story has been released today! "Full of Briars" is available now from an e-book retailer near you. (US-only at this time. I'm really sorry about that. I don't control the foreign rights, and unlike a story I've released myself, for free, this one I got paid for, and that means the publisher calls the shots.) I am super excited about it, both because a) this fills in a gap that's always bothered me, between Chimes at Midnight and The Winter Long, and b) this is the first time DAW has directly commissioned an e-original from me. IMAGINE HOW MUCH TOBY I COULD WRITE IF THIS IS SUCCESSFUL. The mind boggles, the fingers weep, and the heart rejoices.

A steal at only two dollars, please consider picking up "Full of Briars," if you haven't already, and find out what happened when we weren't looking.

This will serve as your discussion post: please be aware that there will almost certainly be spoilers in the comments.

Whee!
Tags: discussion post, short fiction, toby daye
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taylweaver

August 4 2016, 00:50:38 UTC 11 months ago

Yesterday, I was supposed to fly home to the US from Amsterdam. Instead, a cancelled flight led to a frustrating day spent mostly waiting in lines in an airport. Your latest Patreon story was one of the things that made the day bearable.

Then, I got to the airport hotel where I'd been sent for the night with a vague promise of a flight out today, and I discovered there was a new Toby story to purchase! (By the way, iTunes let me purchase it from the Netherlands. This may be because I live in the US.) As my journey home stretched well into today, it was great to have another Toby story to read along the way.

I especially enjoyed the last scene with Quentin and Dean. I was grinning from ear to ear as I read it, and I think I literally laughed out loud a few times, even though I was sitting on an airplane, and that wasn't very polite of me.

seanan_mcguire

August 10 2016, 18:25:41 UTC 11 months ago

I'm so glad I helped!