urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2014-04-23T17:26:24Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:566608 2014-04-23T17:26:24Z 2014-04-23T17:26:24Z Avenue Q, "I Wish I Could Go Back to College." You can see the <a href="http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/">full ballot for this year's Hugo Awards here</a>, to be given out at this year's Worldcon, <a href="http://www.loncon3.org/">Loncon 3</a>, to be held August 14th to 18th, 2014, in London, England. Supporting and Attending Memberships are still available.<br /><br />Why am I saying this?<br /><br />I am saying this because <i>Parasite</i>, written under the name Mira Grant, has been nominated for Best Novel.<br /><br />It's a good ballot this year. It's a complicated ballot this year. It's a terrifying ballot this year. It's a troublesome ballot this year. But I am sharing it with some of my favorite people in the entire world; I am sharing it with Cat Valente's wonderful "Six-Gun Snow White," which is in the Best Novella category (and is hence not up against me YAY); I am sharing it with Charles Stross's <i>Neptune's Brood</i>, make it our first shared Hugo ballot since we became friends; I am sharing it with <i>Pacific Rim</i> and Mark Oshiro and Foz Meadows and Sheila Gilbert and so many amazing people. I want to hug them and shriek about how we made it, before we get raging drunk together, and it's wonderful.<br /><br />If you nominated, whether you nominated me or someone entirely different, thank you. We are shaping the future history of science fiction, and that's amazing.<br /><br />I will do my best to be worthy of you all.