The random number generator has spoken for the last time this year, and the winners are...
serverwench wins a copy of Midnight Blue-Light Special
kymellin wins a paperback of Parasite
runiechica wins a MYSTERY PRIZE!!!
Please contact me via my website contact form within the next twenty-four hours to provide your mailing information. All information must be received via my website to be considered valid. If I do not hear from you within twenty-four hours, you will no longer be eligible to receive your prize. I plan to start mailing tomorrow, so this is especially important right now.
Please be sure to include something to indicate who you are/what you've won, as I've received a few "hooray, I won!" emails that didn't include any identifying marks.
Whee!
serverwench wins a copy of Midnight Blue-Light Specialkymellin wins a paperback of Parasiteruniechica wins a MYSTERY PRIZE!!!Please contact me via my website contact form within the next twenty-four hours to provide your mailing information. All information must be received via my website to be considered valid. If I do not hear from you within twenty-four hours, you will no longer be eligible to receive your prize. I plan to start mailing tomorrow, so this is especially important right now.
Please be sure to include something to indicate who you are/what you've won, as I've received a few "hooray, I won!" emails that didn't include any identifying marks.
Whee!
- Current Mood:
accomplished - Current Music:Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream."
...a copy of the paperback edition of Parasite!
Welcome to the twelfth of the Twelve Days of Hogswatch. I will be starting a new giveaway every day between now and December 25th (some other winter holiday). Each giveaway will have different rules, and a different deadline, although all prizes will be mailed on December 29th, because I am bad at going to the post office (and also, still mailing shirts).
The twelfth giveaway is for a copy of the paperback edition of Parasite. This is going to be a random number drawing, because that's working well so far.
1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. If you are international, indicate that you are willing/able to pay postage.
3. That's it.
I will choose the winner at 1PM PST on Sunday, December 27th.
Game on!
Welcome to the twelfth of the Twelve Days of Hogswatch. I will be starting a new giveaway every day between now and December 25th (some other winter holiday). Each giveaway will have different rules, and a different deadline, although all prizes will be mailed on December 29th, because I am bad at going to the post office (and also, still mailing shirts).
The twelfth giveaway is for a copy of the paperback edition of Parasite. This is going to be a random number drawing, because that's working well so far.
1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. If you are international, indicate that you are willing/able to pay postage.
3. That's it.
I will choose the winner at 1PM PST on Sunday, December 27th.
Game on!
- Current Mood:
busy - Current Music:Alice and Thomas, snoring.
Sorry for the delay—there were some technical issues—but here are the winners of a signed paperback copy of Parasite:
signy1
grassrose
belegwen
bayushi
themadfish
If your name is on this list, please contact me via my website contact form by 12PM PST on Friday, October 31st, to receive your prize. I will need a) a mailing address, and b) who the book should be signed to, if you want it personalized.
Happy Halloween!
signy1grassrosebelegwenbayushithemadfishIf your name is on this list, please contact me via my website contact form by 12PM PST on Friday, October 31st, to receive your prize. I will need a) a mailing address, and b) who the book should be signed to, if you want it personalized.
Happy Halloween!
- Current Mood:
sleepy - Current Music:Liz Nickrenz, "The First Day of the Last Year."
The paperback of Parasite by Mira Grant is out now in the North American territories, and I'm celebrating with a giveaway!
Because Parasite was originally released in paperback in the United Kingdom, Australia, and elsewhere, this giveaway is open only to American and Canadian readers. There will be additional giveaways for Symbiont once I have it (although due to cost of postage, I may do a hardcover giveaway in the US and a UK-edition paperback giveaway for elsewhere; I don't know yet).
To enter...
1. Comment on this post.
2. Include your country of origin.
3. If you are in Canada, please indicate your willingness to pay postage. I'm really sorry about this, I just can't afford it right now.
That's it. This is an RNG giveaway, and I am giving away five copies, because I need to make room for the incoming copies of Symbiont. All winners will be selected on Monday, October 20th, at 6:00pm PST.
Game on!
Because Parasite was originally released in paperback in the United Kingdom, Australia, and elsewhere, this giveaway is open only to American and Canadian readers. There will be additional giveaways for Symbiont once I have it (although due to cost of postage, I may do a hardcover giveaway in the US and a UK-edition paperback giveaway for elsewhere; I don't know yet).
To enter...
1. Comment on this post.
2. Include your country of origin.
3. If you are in Canada, please indicate your willingness to pay postage. I'm really sorry about this, I just can't afford it right now.
That's it. This is an RNG giveaway, and I am giving away five copies, because I need to make room for the incoming copies of Symbiont. All winners will be selected on Monday, October 20th, at 6:00pm PST.
Game on!
- Current Mood:
chipper - Current Music:Mad at Gravity, "Burn."
And that title is—drum roll please...
Chimera!
There are many books with that title, some of which I highly recommend, but this is the only one by Mira Grant! Coming in Fall 2015, Chimera will conclude the story of Sally Mitchell, who didn't intend to get swept up in a science fiction universe.
Books in this series:
Parasite (hardback 2013, paperback coming this fall)
Symbiont (coming this fall)
Chimera (coming 2015)
It's a trilogy!
Chimera!
There are many books with that title, some of which I highly recommend, but this is the only one by Mira Grant! Coming in Fall 2015, Chimera will conclude the story of Sally Mitchell, who didn't intend to get swept up in a science fiction universe.
Books in this series:
Parasite (hardback 2013, paperback coming this fall)
Symbiont (coming this fall)
Chimera (coming 2015)
It's a trilogy!
- Current Mood: accomplished
- Current Music:Gafilk 2011, "Counting Crows."
So a press release just went up on the Orbit Books website. Here's the link, if you're curious. Go ahead and read it. I'll wait here.
Done reading yet?
YES OH MY GOD YES NOW I CAN FINALLY ANNOUNCE IT YES!!!!! Mira Grant (IE, "me") is returning to Orbit for three more beautiful books. The third Parasitology book (title to be determined), a standalone book (one of three concepts, to be decided when I actually hit the point of needing to write it), and Rewind, a fourth book set in the world of Newsflesh.
Yes. We're going back to the Rising.
There will also be four new novellas set in the Newsflesh world; the first of them, "The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell," will be out this summer.
Before people start asking, no, Rewind will not be a story about the Masons: they are done. But it will cover the same time period as Feed, and will provide a long-needed view of the Democratic side of the presidential race. What really happened to Susan Kilburn and Frances Blackburn, the two most promising candidates put up by the Democrats? What happened to their teams? All is finally going to be made clear, and man, is it going to be one hell of a ride.
To quote myself from the press release, "I am overjoyed to be able to continue to write in the Parasite universe, and more, I am so, so excited to return to the world of Kellis-Amberlee, the Rising, and my unique approach to future journalism. I hope that everyone else will be as excited as I am to go back there, and I promise I have some thrilling surprises in store for you. As for that stand-alone third novel, well...You'll have to wait and see what that's going to be about. I can tell you one thing for sure: it's going to be an adventure."
I love adventures.
Done reading yet?
YES OH MY GOD YES NOW I CAN FINALLY ANNOUNCE IT YES!!!!! Mira Grant (IE, "me") is returning to Orbit for three more beautiful books. The third Parasitology book (title to be determined), a standalone book (one of three concepts, to be decided when I actually hit the point of needing to write it), and Rewind, a fourth book set in the world of Newsflesh.
Yes. We're going back to the Rising.
There will also be four new novellas set in the Newsflesh world; the first of them, "The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell," will be out this summer.
Before people start asking, no, Rewind will not be a story about the Masons: they are done. But it will cover the same time period as Feed, and will provide a long-needed view of the Democratic side of the presidential race. What really happened to Susan Kilburn and Frances Blackburn, the two most promising candidates put up by the Democrats? What happened to their teams? All is finally going to be made clear, and man, is it going to be one hell of a ride.
To quote myself from the press release, "I am overjoyed to be able to continue to write in the Parasite universe, and more, I am so, so excited to return to the world of Kellis-Amberlee, the Rising, and my unique approach to future journalism. I hope that everyone else will be as excited as I am to go back there, and I promise I have some thrilling surprises in store for you. As for that stand-alone third novel, well...You'll have to wait and see what that's going to be about. I can tell you one thing for sure: it's going to be an adventure."
I love adventures.
- Current Mood:
ecstatic - Current Music:Syntax, "Persian Rose."
A joint statement:
It has become customary in recent years for authors of Hugo-nominated works to provide the members of the World Science Fiction convention who get to vote for the awards with electronic copies of their stories. The ball started rolling a few years ago when John Scalzi kindly took the initiative in preparing the first Hugo voters packet; since then it has become almost mandatory to distribute shortlisted works this way.
Unfortunately, as professionally published authors, we can't do this without obtaining the consent of our publishers. We are bound by contracts that give our publishers the exclusive rights to distribute our books: so we sought their permission first.
This year, Orbit—the publisher of Mira Grant's Parasite, Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, and Charles Stross's Neptune's Brood—have decided that for policy reasons they can't permit the shortlisted novels to be distributed for free in their entirety. Instead, substantial extracts from the books will be included in the Hugo voters packet.
We feel your disappointment keenly and regret any misunderstandings that may have arisen about the availability of our work to Hugo voters, but we are bound by the terms of our publishing contracts. The decision to give away free copies of our novels is simply not ours to take. However, we are discussing the matter with other interested parties, and working towards finding a solution that will satisfy the needs of the WSFS voters and our publishers in future years.
Finally, please do not pester our editors: the decision was taken above their level. Don't pester anyone else, either. The issue is closed.
Signed,
(Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire), Ann Leckie, Charles Stross)
It has become customary in recent years for authors of Hugo-nominated works to provide the members of the World Science Fiction convention who get to vote for the awards with electronic copies of their stories. The ball started rolling a few years ago when John Scalzi kindly took the initiative in preparing the first Hugo voters packet; since then it has become almost mandatory to distribute shortlisted works this way.
Unfortunately, as professionally published authors, we can't do this without obtaining the consent of our publishers. We are bound by contracts that give our publishers the exclusive rights to distribute our books: so we sought their permission first.
This year, Orbit—the publisher of Mira Grant's Parasite, Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, and Charles Stross's Neptune's Brood—have decided that for policy reasons they can't permit the shortlisted novels to be distributed for free in their entirety. Instead, substantial extracts from the books will be included in the Hugo voters packet.
We feel your disappointment keenly and regret any misunderstandings that may have arisen about the availability of our work to Hugo voters, but we are bound by the terms of our publishing contracts. The decision to give away free copies of our novels is simply not ours to take. However, we are discussing the matter with other interested parties, and working towards finding a solution that will satisfy the needs of the WSFS voters and our publishers in future years.
Finally, please do not pester our editors: the decision was taken above their level. Don't pester anyone else, either. The issue is closed.
Signed,
(Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire), Ann Leckie, Charles Stross)
- Current Mood:
tired - Current Music:Meg Davis, "Captain Jack and the Mermaid."
...a copy of Parasite, by Mira Grant (UK edition).
So Disneyland was a little more exhausting than anticipated, and the eleventh and twelfth days of Hogswatch got pushed back a bit. I'm sorry about that. This is the posting for the eleventh of the Twelve Days of Hogswatch. Each giveaway has different rules, and a different deadline, although all prizes will be mailed on January 9th, because I am bad at going to the post office.
The eleventh giveaway is for a copy of the UK edition of Parasite. This is going to be a random number drawing. So...
1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. If you are international, indicate a willingness to pay postage.
3. That's it.
Please remember that all giveaway rules are non-negotiable. Failure to follow the rules of a giveaway will mean that you cannot win, even if the RNG picks you.
I will choose the winner at 1PM PST on Wednesday, January 8th. I know that's super-tight, but I need to do the mailing.
Game on!
So Disneyland was a little more exhausting than anticipated, and the eleventh and twelfth days of Hogswatch got pushed back a bit. I'm sorry about that. This is the posting for the eleventh of the Twelve Days of Hogswatch. Each giveaway has different rules, and a different deadline, although all prizes will be mailed on January 9th, because I am bad at going to the post office.
The eleventh giveaway is for a copy of the UK edition of Parasite. This is going to be a random number drawing. So...
1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. If you are international, indicate a willingness to pay postage.
3. That's it.
Please remember that all giveaway rules are non-negotiable. Failure to follow the rules of a giveaway will mean that you cannot win, even if the RNG picks you.
I will choose the winner at 1PM PST on Wednesday, January 8th. I know that's super-tight, but I need to do the mailing.
Game on!
- Current Mood:harried
- Current Music:Fountains of Wayne, "Peace and Love."
To (somewhat belatedly) celebrate the release of Parasite, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book.
THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.
Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned. (I will not reply to every comment; I call partial comment amnesty. But I may well join some of the discussion, or answer questions or whatnot.)
You can also start a book discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence, since I always wind up getting involved in these things.
Have fun!
THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.
Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned. (I will not reply to every comment; I call partial comment amnesty. But I may well join some of the discussion, or answer questions or whatnot.)
You can also start a book discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence, since I always wind up getting involved in these things.
Have fun!
- Current Mood: busy
- Current Music:The theme from Pokemon X.
I will post happy cheery reminders about today being the release of Parasite very soon, but I just woke up after staggering home way too late last night (delayed flights in Orange County, whee), and wanted to drop a few admin notes before I forgot:
1. If you want to send me a private message, please, please use my website contact form rather than using LJ or Facebook messenger services. I have trouble replying within those forms, which often translates to "I won't reply within those forms." (I don't have a no-reply policy for LJ, but I do for Facebook.) My website contact form goes to my PA, who answers really simple questions like "where can I buy this?" and forwards everything else along to me. I answer as quickly as I can.
2. This LJ has an open friend/unfriend policy. Yes, it makes me sad when people I know IRL unfriend me, because I am a human being living in a human world, but I won't hunt you down with torches and pitchforks to demand to know why. At the same time, if you remove me from your friend list, I will remove you. Please don't unfriend me and then get mad when I do the same to you.
3. And while I'm asking for unreasonable things, please wait until I get the official Parasite discussion post up to start commenting about the book. I want to keep the various threads safe for the spoiler-averse for as long as possible.
And now I nap.
1. If you want to send me a private message, please, please use my website contact form rather than using LJ or Facebook messenger services. I have trouble replying within those forms, which often translates to "I won't reply within those forms." (I don't have a no-reply policy for LJ, but I do for Facebook.) My website contact form goes to my PA, who answers really simple questions like "where can I buy this?" and forwards everything else along to me. I answer as quickly as I can.
2. This LJ has an open friend/unfriend policy. Yes, it makes me sad when people I know IRL unfriend me, because I am a human being living in a human world, but I won't hunt you down with torches and pitchforks to demand to know why. At the same time, if you remove me from your friend list, I will remove you. Please don't unfriend me and then get mad when I do the same to you.
3. And while I'm asking for unreasonable things, please wait until I get the official Parasite discussion post up to start commenting about the book. I want to keep the various threads safe for the spoiler-averse for as long as possible.
And now I nap.
- Current Mood:
exanimate - Current Music:Counting Crows, "A Long December."
Hello, world!
The book tour for Parasite will be launching soon. As most of the events are outside my "home territory," they will not feature cupcakes, but because I do not stray from tradition when I don't have to, the Borderlands event will feature cupcakes. And I have a request.
If you know for sure that you will be attending (or making a good faith effort to attend; I understand that life happens), and you have one of the following dietary restrictions...
* Vegan
* Gluten-free
* Egg or dairy allergy
...please comment here to let me know. I only order "specialty" cupcakes when I expect someone with that particular restriction to be at the event, as there is additional cost/prep time. Not so much that I'm unwilling to do it; just enough that I don't if I don't have to.
Hope to see you there!
The book tour for Parasite will be launching soon. As most of the events are outside my "home territory," they will not feature cupcakes, but because I do not stray from tradition when I don't have to, the Borderlands event will feature cupcakes. And I have a request.
If you know for sure that you will be attending (or making a good faith effort to attend; I understand that life happens), and you have one of the following dietary restrictions...
* Vegan
* Gluten-free
* Egg or dairy allergy
...please comment here to let me know. I only order "specialty" cupcakes when I expect someone with that particular restriction to be at the event, as there is additional cost/prep time. Not so much that I'm unwilling to do it; just enough that I don't if I don't have to.
Hope to see you there!
- Current Mood: busy
- Current Music:Adele, "One and Only."
Our winners have been selected—all three of them! Yes, three: my agent very kindly contributed a second ARC to the hardship giveaway. That means that whomever receives the ARC not from me will get it unsigned, but they will get it, which is fabulous. Our winners are...
tsgeisel
silvertwi
darkangel_wings
Please contact me by 9am PST tomorrow morning, via my website contact form, with your mailing information. Thanks to everyone who entered; more to come.
tsgeiselsilvertwidarkangel_wingsPlease contact me by 9am PST tomorrow morning, via my website contact form, with your mailing information. Thanks to everyone who entered; more to come.
- Current Mood:
happy - Current Music:B:tVS, "Something to Sing About."
I am opening two Parasite giveaways this week, for the last two precious ARCs in my possession! This is the second, and it's a short one, because I want to send out the ARC on Thursday before I leave for Denver. The rules are a little different this time. Specifically...
This is a giveaway for people who know that they cannot afford the book right now. Times are tight, and sometimes we loose the luxuries, like new books, first. I don't need to know everything about your situation (although feel free to vent if it makes you feel better); everyone is being taken at their word. To enter:
1. Leave a comment on this entry.
2. This giveaway is US-only: the cost of mailing the book Internationally is more than the cost of the book, which cancels out the "can't afford" aspect of things. I'm sorry.
3. That's all.
A winner will be chosen tomorrow afternoon at 6pm PST. Time is short! Sound off now!
This is a giveaway for people who know that they cannot afford the book right now. Times are tight, and sometimes we loose the luxuries, like new books, first. I don't need to know everything about your situation (although feel free to vent if it makes you feel better); everyone is being taken at their word. To enter:
1. Leave a comment on this entry.
2. This giveaway is US-only: the cost of mailing the book Internationally is more than the cost of the book, which cancels out the "can't afford" aspect of things. I'm sorry.
3. That's all.
A winner will be chosen tomorrow afternoon at 6pm PST. Time is short! Sound off now!
- Current Mood:
hungry - Current Music:The Ramones, "Pet Cemetery."
I will be opening two Parasite giveaways this week, for the last two precious ARCs in my possession! This is the first, and it's a short one, because I want to send out the ARC on Thursday before I leave for Denver. To enter...
1. Leave a comment on this entry.
2. If you are outside the US, indicate willingness to pay postage.
3. That's all.
A winner will be chosen tomorrow afternoon at 6pm PST. Time is short! Sound off now!
1. Leave a comment on this entry.
2. If you are outside the US, indicate willingness to pay postage.
3. That's all.
A winner will be chosen tomorrow afternoon at 6pm PST. Time is short! Sound off now!
- Current Mood: busy
- Current Music:Counting Crows, "1492."
10. I'm getting ready for the Parasite tour. In the local parlance, "getting ready" means "busting ass on book two, so I don't feel bad about essentially taking a week off while I jet around being fancy." I'm making a lot of progress, although the book is, as always at this stage in the composition, a hot buttered mess.
9. I am also getting ready to do a few more Parasite giveaways. I'm very conflicted. On the one hand, I like the ease of "comment and RNG" giveaways, but on the other hand, I really appreciate it when people put out a little bit more effort, since I have to do a lot of effort on my end, and then I feel like I get to have fun too. I'm still deliberating.
8. Since a few people have asked recently: the tip jar is currently closed, but will be opening on October 1st, since I figure that once every six months is a good way of doing things. I'll make a post clearly stating the situation and what your tips will do when we get to next Tuesday.
7. No, funding a second "season" of Velveteen vs. is not currently on the table. I may be doing something else about that. We shall see.
6. Ryan and Amy are visiting! Ryan and Amy are incredibly tolerant humans who understand that time and deadlines wait for no house guest, and thus allow me to retreat into my room and actually get stuff done while they amuse themselves. Best Amy and Ryan are best. Also...
5. I remain too sick to die, although I'm breathing a little better, so a lot of "company" thus far has consisted of "I want soup no not that soup different soup oh gods above and below why is air so hard?" and whining piteously. I hate the human body sometimes.
4. I am super excited about Frozen, but am amused by the fact that—thanks to the current trend of "gender neutral, non-evocative, mentioning no characters, single word" titles—it's hard to sort news about the movie from news about a remarkably wide assortment of books. Disney, perhaps it is time to reconsider your titles...
3. ...says the girl who wrote Feed.
2. Jean Grey is currently not dead and my mother refuses to come into the comic book store because she's afraid I'm going to develop telekinetic powers and burn the place to the ground.
1. Zombies are love.
9. I am also getting ready to do a few more Parasite giveaways. I'm very conflicted. On the one hand, I like the ease of "comment and RNG" giveaways, but on the other hand, I really appreciate it when people put out a little bit more effort, since I have to do a lot of effort on my end, and then I feel like I get to have fun too. I'm still deliberating.
8. Since a few people have asked recently: the tip jar is currently closed, but will be opening on October 1st, since I figure that once every six months is a good way of doing things. I'll make a post clearly stating the situation and what your tips will do when we get to next Tuesday.
7. No, funding a second "season" of Velveteen vs. is not currently on the table. I may be doing something else about that. We shall see.
6. Ryan and Amy are visiting! Ryan and Amy are incredibly tolerant humans who understand that time and deadlines wait for no house guest, and thus allow me to retreat into my room and actually get stuff done while they amuse themselves. Best Amy and Ryan are best. Also...
5. I remain too sick to die, although I'm breathing a little better, so a lot of "company" thus far has consisted of "I want soup no not that soup different soup oh gods above and below why is air so hard?" and whining piteously. I hate the human body sometimes.
4. I am super excited about Frozen, but am amused by the fact that—thanks to the current trend of "gender neutral, non-evocative, mentioning no characters, single word" titles—it's hard to sort news about the movie from news about a remarkably wide assortment of books. Disney, perhaps it is time to reconsider your titles...
3. ...says the girl who wrote Feed.
2. Jean Grey is currently not dead and my mother refuses to come into the comic book store because she's afraid I'm going to develop telekinetic powers and burn the place to the ground.
1. Zombies are love.
- Current Mood:
sick - Current Music:None at present, check again later
It's a tour! It's a tour! It's an honest-to-Betsy book tour! You can find the full details here, along with links to some fun promo material, but the real meat of things is the dates, times, and places. Specifically:
Tuesday, October 29
7 PM: Borderlands, 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA
Wednesday, October 30
7 PM: Books Inc. Mountain View, 301 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA
Thursday, October 31
7 PM: Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, San Diego, CA
Friday, November 1
7 PM: B&N #2280, 401 NE Northgate Way #1100, Seattle, WA
Saturday, November 2
2 PM: B&N #2262, 12000 SE 82nd Avenue, Portland, OR
I'm going to go zoom zoom zoom, and then boom boom boom, and if you're in the room room room, you might meet your doom doom doom. I am so excited. I have never had an actual book tour before, and I'm gonna wreck it.
Now, if you are not able to make it to any of the book tour stops, please remember that Borderlands Books a) takes pre-orders via both internet and phone, and b) will ship. So you can get a signed, personalized copy of Parasite of your very own, even if you're not in a position to risk life and limb by getting it from me directly. They make amazing holiday gifts, and can be used to either kill or house spiders, depending on where you put them.
Book tour!
Tuesday, October 29
7 PM: Borderlands, 866 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA
Wednesday, October 30
7 PM: Books Inc. Mountain View, 301 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA
Thursday, October 31
7 PM: Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, San Diego, CA
Friday, November 1
7 PM: B&N #2280, 401 NE Northgate Way #1100, Seattle, WA
Saturday, November 2
2 PM: B&N #2262, 12000 SE 82nd Avenue, Portland, OR
I'm going to go zoom zoom zoom, and then boom boom boom, and if you're in the room room room, you might meet your doom doom doom. I am so excited. I have never had an actual book tour before, and I'm gonna wreck it.
Now, if you are not able to make it to any of the book tour stops, please remember that Borderlands Books a) takes pre-orders via both internet and phone, and b) will ship. So you can get a signed, personalized copy of Parasite of your very own, even if you're not in a position to risk life and limb by getting it from me directly. They make amazing holiday gifts, and can be used to either kill or house spiders, depending on where you put them.
Book tour!
- Current Mood:
excited - Current Music:Shock Treatment, "Little Black Dress."
It is now time for the June 2012 current projects post, which holy fuckweasels and little fishes, how is it already June 15th? How have we used up half this year? How?! I do not approve. But whether I approve or not, this is the post in which I tell you what I'm working on, and you finally understand why I don't have time for tea. To quote myself, being too harried to say something new: "These posts are labeled with the month and year, in case somebody eventually gets the crazy urge to timeline my work cycles (it'll probably be me). Behold the proof that I don't actually sleep; I just whimper and keep writing."
Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Ashes of Honor, Midnight Blue-Light Special). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.
Not everything on this list has been sold. I will not discuss the sale status of anything which has not been publicly announced. Please don't ask.
( What's Seanan working on now? Click to find out!Collapse )
Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Ashes of Honor, Midnight Blue-Light Special). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.
Not everything on this list has been sold. I will not discuss the sale status of anything which has not been publicly announced. Please don't ask.
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- Current Mood: busy
- Current Music:Glee, "We Got the Beat."
Parasite is the first book I've written largely in secret. Not because I was ashamed of it, but because first it wasn't sold, so I couldn't say anything about it. Then it was sold but unannounced, so I couldn't say anything about it. Then, when it was finally announced, I was so far into the writing process that I couldn't force myself into the normal flow of word counts and benchmarks and all the other things I use for motivation.
Pro tip: I work better with word counts and benchmarks. I know this now.
Friday I wound up staying home from my day job, thanks to an inability to breathe that was only resolved when I had another of my amazing fire hose nosebleeds, or, as I like to call them, "blood vacations." (It's not high blood pressure, it's a weakness in one of the blood vessels that runs through my sinuses. My doctor and I have discussed it. So please, no medical advice.) And once I mopped up the blood and got some clean clothes on, I got to work, and quietly, without any real fanfare, passed 500 draft one pages.
It's not a perfect book, by any means; for one thing, it's missing about 8,000 words still, and for another, it hasn't had any editorial, which means that all the Mira Grant "tics"—repetition, over-explanation, Joss-y dialog—are in full display, with no mitigation. But I can see the shape of what will be a good book, once we finish kicking the crap out of it, and that's very reassuring to me.
It will be awesome.
Pro tip: I work better with word counts and benchmarks. I know this now.
Friday I wound up staying home from my day job, thanks to an inability to breathe that was only resolved when I had another of my amazing fire hose nosebleeds, or, as I like to call them, "blood vacations." (It's not high blood pressure, it's a weakness in one of the blood vessels that runs through my sinuses. My doctor and I have discussed it. So please, no medical advice.) And once I mopped up the blood and got some clean clothes on, I got to work, and quietly, without any real fanfare, passed 500 draft one pages.
It's not a perfect book, by any means; for one thing, it's missing about 8,000 words still, and for another, it hasn't had any editorial, which means that all the Mira Grant "tics"—repetition, over-explanation, Joss-y dialog—are in full display, with no mitigation. But I can see the shape of what will be a good book, once we finish kicking the crap out of it, and that's very reassuring to me.
It will be awesome.
- Current Mood:
geeky - Current Music:Glee, "Red Solo Cup."
And now, the May 2012 current projects post, which makes me a little sad, because I made the April post from Cat's place in Maine, and I am not in Maine now. Oh, well. This is the post in which I tell you what I'm working on, and you finally understand why I don't have time for tea. To quote myself, being too harried to say something new: "These posts are labeled with the month and year, in case somebody eventually gets the crazy urge to timeline my work cycles (it'll probably be me). Behold the proof that I don't actually sleep; I just whimper and keep writing."
Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Blackout, Ashes of Honor). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.
Not everything on this list has been sold. I will not discuss the sale status of anything which has not been publicly announced. Please don't ask.
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Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Blackout, Ashes of Honor). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.
Not everything on this list has been sold. I will not discuss the sale status of anything which has not been publicly announced. Please don't ask.
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- Current Mood:
rushed - Current Music:Typing, and silence.
It's time for the April 2012 current projects post, coming to you live from the wilds of Maine! This is the post in which I tell you what I'm working on, and you finally understand why I don't have time for tea. To quote myself, being too harried to say something new: "These posts are labeled with the month and year, in case somebody eventually gets the crazy urge to timeline my work cycles (it'll probably be me). Behold the proof that I don't actually sleep; I just whimper and keep writing."
Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Blackout, Ashes of Honor). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.
Not everything on this list has been sold. I will not discuss the sale status of anything which has not been publicly announced. Please don't ask.
( What's Seanan working on now? Click to find out!Collapse )
Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Blackout, Ashes of Honor). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.
Not everything on this list has been sold. I will not discuss the sale status of anything which has not been publicly announced. Please don't ask.
( What's Seanan working on now? Click to find out!Collapse )
- Current Mood: busy
- Current Music:Counting Crows, "Miami."
The official notice of sale, ladies and gentlemen:
"Seanan McGuire writing as Mira Grant's Parasitology and Symbiogenesis, a duology of science fiction medical thrillers in the tradition of Frankenstein and Jurassic Park, in which parasites intended to bolster human immune systems rebel against their hosts, along with three novellas set in the universe of the Newsflesh series, to Tim Holman at Orbit, with Tom Bouman editing, by Diana Fox at Fox Literary (World English)."
I think of them as a bit more in the tradition of "The Only Really Neat Thing to Do" and Carnisaur, but that's why I don't write the announcements. The novellas included in this deal are...
"Countdown"
"San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats"
"How Green This Land, How Blue This Sky"
I also sort of want to do "The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell," which is the origin story of a character you haven't met yet, but that's not a part of this deal, which is to say, I have sold two more books as Mira, and three novellas (one of which has already been published), and I am very happy, and you should be, too.
"Seanan McGuire writing as Mira Grant's Parasitology and Symbiogenesis, a duology of science fiction medical thrillers in the tradition of Frankenstein and Jurassic Park, in which parasites intended to bolster human immune systems rebel against their hosts, along with three novellas set in the universe of the Newsflesh series, to Tim Holman at Orbit, with Tom Bouman editing, by Diana Fox at Fox Literary (World English)."
I think of them as a bit more in the tradition of "The Only Really Neat Thing to Do" and Carnisaur, but that's why I don't write the announcements. The novellas included in this deal are...
"Countdown"
"San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats"
"How Green This Land, How Blue This Sky"
I also sort of want to do "The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell," which is the origin story of a character you haven't met yet, but that's not a part of this deal, which is to say, I have sold two more books as Mira, and three novellas (one of which has already been published), and I am very happy, and you should be, too.
- Current Mood: ecstatic
- Current Music:Glee, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart."
Beware the Ides of March! Beware the March 2012 current projects post, in which I tell you what I'm working on, and you finally understand why I don't have time for tea. To quote myself, being too harried to say something new: "These posts are labeled with the month and year, in case somebody eventually gets the crazy urge to timeline my work cycles (it'll probably be me). Behold the proof that I don't actually sleep; I just whimper and keep writing."
Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Blackout, Ashes of Honor). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer—although this month, thanks to a vast spate of "THE END," it actually got shorter. It'll grow again soon. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.
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Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Blackout, Ashes of Honor). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer—although this month, thanks to a vast spate of "THE END," it actually got shorter. It'll grow again soon. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.
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- Current Mood: busy
- Current Music:Emilie Autumn, "Remember."
It's the 15th of the month, and that means it's time for the February 2012 current projects post, in which I tell you what I'm working on, and you finally understand why I don't have time for tea. To quote myself, being too harried to say something new: "These posts are labeled with the month and year, in case somebody eventually gets the crazy urge to timeline my work cycles (it'll probably be me). Behold the proof that I don't actually sleep; I just whimper and keep writing."
Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Blackout). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.
( What's Seanan working on now? Click to find out!Collapse )
Please note that all books currently in print are off the list, as are those that have been turned in but not yet printed (Blackout). The cut-tag is here to stay, because no matter what I do, it seems like this list just keeps on getting longer. But that's okay, because at least it means I'm never actively bored. I have horror movies and terrible things from the swamp to keep me company.
( What's Seanan working on now? Click to find out!Collapse )
- Current Mood: busy
- Current Music:Emilie Autumn, "Rose Red."
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