In which Seanan is nominated for a Nebula Award, and is overcome with gratitude.: seanan

In which Seanan is nominated for a Nebula Award, and is overcome with gratitude.

Last Thursday, while in a car on the way to Half-Price Books, my phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number, and so I answered warily, all too aware of the various scams people are currently conducting. "Hello," said a woman. "I'm looking for Seanan McGuire?"

"May I ask who's calling?"

She identified herself as from SFWA (the Science Fiction Writers of America). I identified myself as Seanan. Lots of identification happened, all while I was going "no, this can't be what I want it to be, because that doesn't happen."

She said, "I am pleased to let you know that your novella, Every Heart a Doorway, has been nominated for a Nebula Award."

I made a noise that only bats could hear. The driver did not run us off the road. The woman laughed. I said the right, polite things. I hung up.

I cried.

This is the first time I have ever been nominated for a Nebula Award (if you don't know what that is, details are here). I have wanted one for as long as I could remember, since I was a little girl and reading anthologies and authors with that amazing word on the cover. And now I'm nominated.

I am so happy.

mneme

February 23 2017, 22:17:56 UTC 4 months ago

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Congratulations! You're in good company--and you know what?

So are they.

ericcoleman

February 23 2017, 22:48:58 UTC 4 months ago

wow

sdelmonte

February 23 2017, 23:15:34 UTC 4 months ago

Many many congrats!

cantseemee

February 23 2017, 23:22:54 UTC 4 months ago

Neat! You rock.

ashbet

February 23 2017, 23:29:29 UTC 4 months ago

WOW!!! Congratulations, and bat-noises, and appropriate libations (and, of course, cheese and cake!)

I'm so happy for you!

*hugs*

-- A <3

hypatia42

February 23 2017, 23:38:49 UTC 4 months ago

EEEeeeeeeeeeeeee!

kassrachel

February 23 2017, 23:42:23 UTC 4 months ago

I am so happy for you!!!

the_sheryl

February 23 2017, 23:50:39 UTC 4 months ago

Yay! Congrats!

lysystratae

February 24 2017, 00:14:11 UTC 4 months ago

It is very much deserved. Congratulations

ironed_orchid

February 24 2017, 00:54:58 UTC 4 months ago

Congratulations!

It may be your first nebula nomination, but I very much doubt it will be your last.

lellyvision

February 24 2017, 01:11:20 UTC 4 months ago

Congratulations!

Greg Rheam

February 24 2017, 01:21:32 UTC 4 months ago

Congrats, well deserved nomination. Hope you win

AWESOME!

Charles Kovacs

February 24 2017, 01:23:47 UTC 4 months ago

Congratulations, your nomination is well deserved! You stand among excellent company. :)
I will root for a Nebula in your near future!!!!

Best Regards,
Chuck

beccastareyes

February 24 2017, 01:49:24 UTC 4 months ago

You totally deserve it, and I'm glad your peers agree.

Yay Nebulas Nom!

darcy807

February 24 2017, 02:08:32 UTC 4 months ago

We're beyond thrilled for you, and so glad you'll get to attend!

vettecat

February 24 2017, 02:20:10 UTC 4 months ago

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

mdlbear

February 24 2017, 03:39:19 UTC 4 months ago

YAY!! Conga Rats!

vaspider

February 24 2017, 03:41:25 UTC 4 months ago

This is sort of a tradition by now, so:

I told you that you could do it. <3

I'm so proud of you.

evcelt

February 24 2017, 03:44:12 UTC 4 months ago

Congratulations! And EHAD is very, very deserving of the honor.

patoadam

February 24 2017, 04:40:11 UTC 4 months ago Edited: February 24 2017, 04:49:30 UTC

Congratulations! You rock!

And I would like you to know what I read the weekend after my doctor's office called me at closing time on Friday and said that they just got the results of my MRI and they wanted me to come in first thing Monday morning. I needed comfort reading that weekend, so I re-read...

[Do you want to guess?]
The Velveteen stories.

Your Velveteen stories take my mind off my worries because they're so frivolous: You have a superhero (do you prefer superheroine?) with bunny ears, and you toss around parallel universes like confetti. Yet at the same time Velveteen and her friends seem like real people with real human emotions, people worth caring about. "Imaginary gardens with real toads in them."

P.S. My medical issue turned out to be easy to treat. For details, see my Facebook, or talk to me in October when we "rise up singing".