urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2014-09-15T07:08:39Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:589265 2014-09-15T07:08:39Z 2014-09-15T07:08:39Z People doing breakfast things. I am delighted to announce that <i>The Winter Long</i> debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List in position <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/rsearch/?tags=%2312">#12</a>, a new high for this series (and for me as a whole). With every book, we inch a little closer to the top ten, and I couldn't be more delighted.<br /><br />I was very nervous about this book. This was the one where everything changed, where I started pulling strings and showing why certain things never quite seemed to line up. If this series were an episode of <i>Leverage</i>, this book would have been the moment in act three where the con turned and everything suddenly fell into place. Which means, being me, that I have been consumed with terror over the idea that people would think I had somehow cheated.<br /><br />(It is exhausting, living inside my head. I do not recommend it.)<br /><br />It has been an honor and a privilege to bring you all with me this far into October's world. All the pieces are in place for the beginning of act two, and I sincerely hope that you will stay with me for as long as it takes to see where the road leads us from here.<br /><br />Thank you all, so very much.<br /><br />I can't wait to see what happens next.