urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2011-05-14T19:09:14Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:353199 2011-05-14T19:09:14Z 2011-05-14T19:09:14Z Lemonade Mouth, "Determinate." At this very moment, the lovely Catherynne M. Valente is in my guest bedroom getting ready for an event of such awesome and awe-inspiring proportions that it has actually stunned my cats into submission! (Okay, it was probably all the scritching that did that. But still...)<br /><br />Cat is currently on tour for her new YA novel, <i>The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making</i>. In addition to having the longest and hence most awesome title in this season's young adult releases, <i>The Girl Who...</i> features a girl named after a month of the year, a giant leopard, libraries, fairy queens, and all the other things one needs in a work of truly awesome literature.<br /><br />Why does this matter to you, you ask me? Because today, and today only, you can see Cat at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, where she will be appearing at three PM to read, give a Q&A, and sign whatever you may happen to shove in front of her (no children that don't belong to you or legally binding contracts, please). She's full of pep and promise, and totally rockin', and you should come.<br /><br />If you're more interested in Cat's adult work, she will be appearing at Writers With Drinks tonight at 7:30PM, where there will be boozimohol and slightly less YA content. A good time will be had by all, except by those who can't make it.<br /><br />As a final note, please remember that Borderlands <i>does</i> take online and telephone orders, and that if you contact them before today's event, you can request personalized copies of any of Cat's books that they have in stock. (You can also request personalized copies of my books, but I am not the point today.)<br /><br />Come out if you can, and help us blow the roof off this house!