urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2017-02-23T18:25:10Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:689349 2017-02-23T18:25:10Z 2017-02-23T18:25:10Z Glee, "Wrecking Ball." Last Thursday, while in a car on the way to Half-Price Books, my phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number, and so I answered warily, all too aware of the various scams people are currently conducting. "Hello," said a woman. "I'm looking for Seanan McGuire?"<br /><br />"May I ask who's calling?"<br /><br />She identified herself as from SFWA (the Science Fiction Writers of America). I identified myself as Seanan. Lots of identification happened, all while I was going "no, this can't be what I want it to be, because that doesn't happen."<br /><br />She said, "I am pleased to let you know that your novella, <i>Every Heart a Doorway</i>, has been nominated for a Nebula Award."<br /><br />I made a noise that only bats could hear. The driver did not run us off the road. The woman laughed. I said the right, polite things. I hung up.<br /><br />I cried.<br /><br />This is the first time I have ever been nominated for a Nebula Award (if you don't know what that is, <a href="http://nebulas.sfwa.org/">details are here</a>). I have wanted one for as long as I could remember, since I was a little girl and reading anthologies and authors with that amazing word on the cover. And now I'm nominated.<br /><br />I am so happy.