urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2009-08-20T03:58:14Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:144598 2009-08-20T01:47:15Z 2009-08-20T03:58:14Z Felicia Day, "Do You Want to Date My Avatar?" I'm thrilled to make sure everybody knows that this weekend is the first-ever <i>Grants Pass</i> signing and event. Yes! <i>Grants Pass</i>, live and in person! The event details:<br /><br />SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd<br />2:00 to 4:00 PM<br /><br /><a href='http://www.soulfoodbooks.com/OldRoot/'>http://www.soulfoodbooks.com/OldRoot/</a><br />Soulfood Books and Cafe<br />15748 Redmond Way<br />Redmond, Washington 98052<br /><br />...so if you're not going to be in Washington, this may not be the most helpful thing ever, but if you <i>are</i>, wow did you just win the jackpot!<br /><br /><center><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0004etf7"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/seanan_mcguire/pic/0004etf7" height="400"></center></a><br /><br />Attending authors include me, Jay Lake, Shannon Page, James Sullivan, and the incomparable Jennifer Brozek, our fearless editor, who first said "what if we threw a plague and <i>everybody</i> came?" We'll be signing books (and bookplates), hanging out, and there <i>will</i> be cake. Also, because I am me, and I always travel with at least fifteen ways to distract myself, there will probably also be at least one copy of <i>Rosemary and Rue</i> to fondle and gaze upon with love in your heart.<br /><br />This is really exciting. <i>Grants Pass</i> is the first anthology I was ever asked to be a part of, and the first anthology I ever successfully sold a story to (not necessarily the same thing, more's the pity). And Jennifer is a dear friend. So seeing both of them succeeding together is just, well...cake. And cake is good. We like cake. The cake is not a lie.<br /><br />I hope to see you there!