Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: thoughtful
  • Music: Garden Verge, 'Shadow of a Habit.'

My mother is on Facebook now.

Pause a moment. Consider that. My mother is on Facebook. The land of faces and geeks now contains my crazy-train mom. Which is very much a 'what the fuck?' moment for me. (Also a sort of hysterically awesome one. She's Micki McGuire. Feel free to go over and say howdy. She's unlikely to tell you any embarrassing stories about me that I wouldn't happily tell you myself, but wow will she be perplexed if she starts getting friend requests from people who enjoy her book reviews.)

Yesterday in the Other Change of Hobbit, I was faced with an issue of Locus Magazine which listed -- under the DAW Books section of the 'Upcoming Releases' article -- Rosemary and Rue, by Seanan McGuire, coming to shelves in September 2009. So there I am, standing in the store where I've been buying books for most of my life, staring at my name in Locus. Fortunately, the store comes equipped with several cats on which to dry my tears. (I'm going to Borderlands tonight, where they also have cats, but the cats are genetically insufficient tear-dryers, on account of not having any fur.)

Today is January 23rd. Ravens in the Library comes out on February 22nd, and contains stories by several authors with whom I was greatly besotted in high school. That's less than a month from now, and the time between then and today is so full that it's going to be over before I have a chance to think.

The world is getting smaller by the hour. Good thing I'm not claustrophobic.
Tags: in the wild, my mom is nuts, publishing news, such a small world
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scholarinexile

January 23 2009, 20:05:44 UTC 8 years ago

My parents are too technologically unsavvy for Facebooks, but last week I had the strange experience of being friended by my 63-year-old aunt, who is fairly religious in a Christian sort of way and I suspect is going to raise her eyebrows a bit when she sees my profile entry for "Religion."

On the book front- that must be an incredible feeling. I know how it felt the first time I saw my name on a scientific paper, even as the fourth or so contributor, but I suspect it doesn't begin to compare. I've been talking up R&R to everyone I know who's open to reading urban fantasy, and personally can't wait. :) Good thing Ravens is coming sooner to tide us over.

seanan_mcguire

January 24 2009, 22:22:25 UTC 8 years ago

I broke down crying when I got the issue that announced the sale. It's stopped being quite as anvil-to-the-gut surprising, but I think that when I get Ravens (my first print publication since 'going pro'), I'll probably have to go and hide in my room until the tears stop.