Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: Brooke Lunderville, 'Rosemary and Rue.'

Who's that girl?

...or, to stop paraphrasing Grease II, who might that irritated looking woman with the brown hair, the sensible clothing, and the large knife be?

Does this give you a clue?

In other news, yes, that is the cover illustration for October Daye, book two, A Local Habitation. Not the cover, mind you -- the cover illustration. I'll be posting the book covers here as soon as they're finished and I'm allowed, but since my awesome awesome awesome cover artist has posted the illustration, I'm allowed to link to it. (I'm also allowed to order a print. Because my walls need to have Toby hanging from them. It's a moral imperative.)

Please note that Toby looks better, cooler, and more just plain Toby than I ever dreamed she would be. We used to play this game of 'how bad can it get?' when talking about my eventual book covers. These games usually included words like 'blonde' and 'chain-mail bikini.' Instead, I got a genuine snapshot of the bitchy, curt, wonderful woman who lives inside my head, and now everybody else can see her, too.

I am happier than words can express.
Tags: a local habitation, art, good things, people make things, toby daye
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sabine791110

March 3 2009, 22:35:35 UTC 8 years ago

That's made of awesome! I'm so excited!

seanan_mcguire

March 3 2009, 22:43:30 UTC 8 years ago

Yes! Yes! I cried when I saw the first cover roughs. I really did.

kathleenfoucart

March 3 2009, 22:39:27 UTC 8 years ago

Oh my gosh! That's so cool, I love it!!!! And I'm so glad you got an artist who truly captured Toby for you, that's fantastic.

seanan_mcguire

March 3 2009, 22:43:54 UTC 8 years ago

Chris has just been wonderful. Seeing Toby come alive in his work still gives me the shivers.

mpoetess

March 3 2009, 22:42:10 UTC 8 years ago

Eeeeeeeeeee!

seanan_mcguire

March 3 2009, 22:44:31 UTC 8 years ago

I think that when my print arrives (I already ordered one, naturally), I'm probably going to emulate your icon while I cry. This is just...it's change-the-world huge, y'know?

dornbeast

March 3 2009, 22:44:08 UTC 8 years ago

I like her attitude already.

seanan_mcguire

March 3 2009, 22:44:45 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, you're gonna love Toby.

pola_bear

March 3 2009, 22:44:40 UTC 8 years ago

That is so amazingly awesome! I love it, it's just totally wonderful. Wow.

seanan_mcguire

March 3 2009, 22:45:07 UTC 8 years ago

She looks like herself. That's all I could have asked.

She looks like her.

kendaer

March 3 2009, 22:56:27 UTC 8 years ago

Verra nice.. :)

seanan_mcguire

March 3 2009, 23:01:33 UTC 8 years ago

I'm thrilled.

kendaer

8 years ago

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spectralbovine

March 3 2009, 22:56:33 UTC 8 years ago

HOT. Way cool cover.

seanan_mcguire

March 3 2009, 23:01:44 UTC 8 years ago

Yes! So happy.

druidspell

March 3 2009, 22:59:58 UTC 8 years ago

Christian McGrath is consistently awesome when it comes to cover art--he does the art for robgoodfella's books, too, and I've always been impressed. I'm glad you got awesome cover art!

seanan_mcguire

March 3 2009, 23:02:16 UTC 8 years ago

You're right -- he really is consistently fantastic -- but of course, I have a soft spot for him doing Toby. Seeing her on the outside of my head blows my mind.

azurelunatic

March 3 2009, 23:00:39 UTC 8 years ago

Oooh! Yay!

seanan_mcguire

March 3 2009, 23:02:25 UTC 8 years ago

*has glee*

gwynnega

March 3 2009, 23:07:37 UTC 8 years ago

That is awesome!!

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 01:56:41 UTC 8 years ago

Happy happy happy.

autographedcat

March 3 2009, 23:26:43 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, honey, that is made of hot buttered awesome.

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 01:56:53 UTC 8 years ago

I know! Squee.

apocalypticbob

March 3 2009, 23:29:24 UTC 8 years ago

Oh, that is all kinds of spectacular!

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 01:57:02 UTC 8 years ago

I couldn't be more thrilled.

escritoireazul

March 3 2009, 23:36:50 UTC 8 years ago

OMG. She's fully dressed. And kick ass. And awesome. WOW. That is incredible, incredible cover art. In a world where so many of the books I buy for the subject matter look vaguely like porn, it is so nice to see a fully dressed woman being strong and dangerous and awesome.

It's even better that you're so pleased with her appearance. I'm happy for you!

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 01:57:31 UTC 8 years ago

Toby is definitely NOT a porn-star heroine. She wouldn't know how. I'm just overjoyed that she gets to be herself.

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kyrielle

March 4 2009, 00:04:04 UTC 8 years ago

Gleeeeeeeee! Oh, that rocks. Lots.

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 01:58:05 UTC 8 years ago

Happy cat is OVER THE MOON.

dimloep_suum

March 4 2009, 00:16:40 UTC 8 years ago

Oooh! Toby is way hot.

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 01:58:32 UTC 8 years ago

Hee. Yes, she is.

snowcoma

March 4 2009, 00:17:11 UTC 8 years ago

Pardon my gleeful expletive, but FUCK YEAH! Now that is how cover art is supposed to look.

If I had never heard your name before, nor a peep about your writing, I would pick that book up and examine it just for the kickass art, and then you'd reel me in with the AWESOME.

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 01:58:52 UTC 8 years ago

That's what awesome is supposed to do. I'm the spider, and it's the net.

kyra_neko_rei

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batyatoon

March 4 2009, 00:38:57 UTC 8 years ago

...


...Toby.

Hi.

*beaming mistily like an idiot*

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 01:59:05 UTC 8 years ago

*is right there with you so much*

dawn_metcalf

March 4 2009, 00:56:45 UTC 8 years ago

AWESOME! Congratulations ten times over!!

(although I half-expected a certain action figure with flame-thrower under the cut...but that's the bitchy, curt, wonderful woman I pictured in MY head! ;-) )

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 18:37:27 UTC 8 years ago

I have pictures! I just need to boot Photoshop long enough to crop them, since it's not nice to post 1MB files at people.

scifantasy

March 4 2009, 01:02:43 UTC 8 years ago

Wow. She is really, really awesome.

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 18:37:56 UTC 8 years ago

Yes. Yes, she is.

kyra_neko_rei

March 4 2009, 02:41:35 UTC 8 years ago

She is gorgeous.

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 18:38:38 UTC 8 years ago

I love that people are talking like she's my new baby. 'Cause she so is. <3

yolandasfetsos

March 4 2009, 02:52:51 UTC 8 years ago

OMG! That cover is AWESOME! :) Love it, congrats.

Can't wait for you to share all of them.

Have a great day.

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 18:38:48 UTC 8 years ago

Thank you! You, too!

lovefromgirl

March 4 2009, 03:09:43 UTC 8 years ago

Toby looks like the anti-urban heroine. She looks, in other words, like someone for whom I could cheer. ♥

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 19:05:39 UTC 8 years ago

Toby is to the average urban heroine as Dante in Clerks is to someone who was actually supposed to be here today.

ladymondegreen

March 4 2009, 03:11:08 UTC 8 years ago

I love the Toby. I take it R&R isn't up yet? I went looking through the website.

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 19:05:50 UTC 8 years ago

If it were up, I would've linked it.

Woot!

amanda_nye

March 4 2009, 03:34:56 UTC 8 years ago

and HELLS yeah! It's Toby!!! For real-real, it's her!

That is so awesome!

Re: Woot!

seanan_mcguire

March 4 2009, 19:11:52 UTC 8 years ago

It's really Toby.

People can have her on their walls.

The sky is falling.
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