urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2010-02-23T19:00:38Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:207945 2010-02-23T19:00:38Z 2010-02-23T19:00:38Z Nightmare Before Christmas, "This Is Halloween." Our countdown to book release has reached lucky number seven, which means we're exactly one week out, and that it's sort of a miracle I'm sleeping at all. Ah, the glorious crazy of an author getting ready for their drop-date. <i>How did I live before I knew this feeling?!</i> Oh, right. With a lot less flailing. Anyway, here's today's countdown entry:<br /><br /><b>7 Things You Should Know.</b><br /><br />7. <i>A Local Habitation</i> is the second book in the series, following <i>Rosemary and Rue</i>. You don't necessarily need to read <i>Rosemary and Rue</i> first, but I think that it helps. Possibly quite a lot. Remember that there's only so much recapping that can go into a book before it turns boring.<br /><br />6. The word "series," not "trilogy," applies to the October Daye books. A trilogy is a closed, three-volume unit. While I am currently contracted only for the first three books in the series, there's a lot more story after that. Which means I'd really like <i>A Local Habitation</i> to sell super-well, so that I can get a contract for the next set of books. Take two, they're small.<br /><br />5. <i>A Local Habitation</i> is the first of the three books I have coming out this year. The second is <i>Feed</i> in May (as Mira Grant), and the third is <i>An Artificial Night</i>, in September. I currently have only one book scheduled for 2011, <i>Deadline</i>, again in May (and again, as Mira Grant). This seems likely to change.<br /><br />4. Remember, every time you buy a copy of <i>Rosemary and Rue</i>, a pixie gets its wings. (Contrarywise, every time you buy a copy of <i>Rosemary and Rue</i>, you can elect to have the Luidaeg part a pixie from its wings in a violent and thoroughly unpleasant fashion. She'd like that. She'd like that quite a lot.)<br /><br />3. Thankfully, I finished <i>Deadline</i> just in time, and am now spending my evenings watching Disney Channel sitcoms, drawing comic strips, and drinking port. I appreciate this small break in my borderline-hysteria.<br /><br />2. I really and truly appreciate every one of you for being here, for commenting, for participating in giveaways, for discussion, for dissension, for buying my books, for reviewing my books, for recommending your own books, and generally just for existing. It does a lot to keep me getting out of bed in the morning. Which may be faintly pathetic, but I have a book coming out in a week, I'm <i>allowed</i> to be faintly pathetic. It's actually in my contract.<br /><br />1. I am possibly the luckiest Halloweentown Disney Princess in the world, and I know it.