7 things you should know.
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seanan_mcguireOur countdown to book release has reached lucky number seven, which means we're exactly one week out, and that it's sort of a miracle I'm sleeping at all. Ah, the glorious crazy of an author getting ready for their drop-date. How did I live before I knew this feeling?! Oh, right. With a lot less flailing. Anyway, here's today's countdown entry:
7 Things You Should Know.
7. A Local Habitation is the second book in the series, following Rosemary and Rue. You don't necessarily need to read Rosemary and Rue first, but I think that it helps. Possibly quite a lot. Remember that there's only so much recapping that can go into a book before it turns boring.
6. The word "series," not "trilogy," applies to the October Daye books. A trilogy is a closed, three-volume unit. While I am currently contracted only for the first three books in the series, there's a lot more story after that. Which means I'd really like A Local Habitation to sell super-well, so that I can get a contract for the next set of books. Take two, they're small.
5. A Local Habitation is the first of the three books I have coming out this year. The second is Feed in May (as Mira Grant), and the third is An Artificial Night, in September. I currently have only one book scheduled for 2011, Deadline, again in May (and again, as Mira Grant). This seems likely to change.
4. Remember, every time you buy a copy of Rosemary and Rue, a pixie gets its wings. (Contrarywise, every time you buy a copy of Rosemary and Rue, you can elect to have the Luidaeg part a pixie from its wings in a violent and thoroughly unpleasant fashion. She'd like that. She'd like that quite a lot.)
3. Thankfully, I finished Deadline just in time, and am now spending my evenings watching Disney Channel sitcoms, drawing comic strips, and drinking port. I appreciate this small break in my borderline-hysteria.
2. I really and truly appreciate every one of you for being here, for commenting, for participating in giveaways, for discussion, for dissension, for buying my books, for reviewing my books, for recommending your own books, and generally just for existing. It does a lot to keep me getting out of bed in the morning. Which may be faintly pathetic, but I have a book coming out in a week, I'm allowed to be faintly pathetic. It's actually in my contract.
1. I am possibly the luckiest Halloweentown Disney Princess in the world, and I know it.
7 Things You Should Know.
7. A Local Habitation is the second book in the series, following Rosemary and Rue. You don't necessarily need to read Rosemary and Rue first, but I think that it helps. Possibly quite a lot. Remember that there's only so much recapping that can go into a book before it turns boring.
6. The word "series," not "trilogy," applies to the October Daye books. A trilogy is a closed, three-volume unit. While I am currently contracted only for the first three books in the series, there's a lot more story after that. Which means I'd really like A Local Habitation to sell super-well, so that I can get a contract for the next set of books. Take two, they're small.
5. A Local Habitation is the first of the three books I have coming out this year. The second is Feed in May (as Mira Grant), and the third is An Artificial Night, in September. I currently have only one book scheduled for 2011, Deadline, again in May (and again, as Mira Grant). This seems likely to change.
4. Remember, every time you buy a copy of Rosemary and Rue, a pixie gets its wings. (Contrarywise, every time you buy a copy of Rosemary and Rue, you can elect to have the Luidaeg part a pixie from its wings in a violent and thoroughly unpleasant fashion. She'd like that. She'd like that quite a lot.)
3. Thankfully, I finished Deadline just in time, and am now spending my evenings watching Disney Channel sitcoms, drawing comic strips, and drinking port. I appreciate this small break in my borderline-hysteria.
2. I really and truly appreciate every one of you for being here, for commenting, for participating in giveaways, for discussion, for dissension, for buying my books, for reviewing my books, for recommending your own books, and generally just for existing. It does a lot to keep me getting out of bed in the morning. Which may be faintly pathetic, but I have a book coming out in a week, I'm allowed to be faintly pathetic. It's actually in my contract.
1. I am possibly the luckiest Halloweentown Disney Princess in the world, and I know it.
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Date: 2010-02-23 07:04 pm (UTC)Clearly, this means that someone ought to go buy one every day between now and the actual release date.
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Date: 2010-02-23 07:50 pm (UTC)I shall trust you to handle things from here.
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Date: 2010-02-23 07:10 pm (UTC)now, there is a promo idea, gen-yew-whine pixie wing bookmarks.. made from real pixies..
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Date: 2010-02-23 07:51 pm (UTC)VICTORY!
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Date: 2010-02-23 07:41 pm (UTC)Cannot. Wait.
Also, having just hooked a bunch of people on Toby and her hijinks, I'm not sure I'll survive the next seven (official) days, because when they start getting antsy to go buy their copies, they come find me. Ow, my ears... (I'm not sorry I recommended her to them, though!)
AngelVixen :-)
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Date: 2010-02-23 07:43 pm (UTC)Couldn't quite muster up the energy to look for your book today, but will try tomorrow. Yay!
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Date: 2010-02-23 08:00 pm (UTC)So, yeah, I guess you could say I'm a little psyched that I'll have A Local Habitation in my hands really, really soon. Really. Really really.
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Date: 2010-02-23 09:24 pm (UTC)I am going to buy a handful again.
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Date: 2010-02-23 10:13 pm (UTC)Oh man - she was awesome.
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Date: 2010-02-24 02:06 am (UTC)Clearly, the author's job is to recap enough to jog the memories of those of us who did read the earlier book(s) but don't always remember as well as we should, but not to retell the whole story. It's the publisher's job to make sure that the earlier books are still in print so we the readers can start at the beginning and read them in order.
#2: "I'm allowed to be faintly pathetic. It's actually in my contract."
You may be allowed to be pathetic, but you actually are awesome.
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Date: 2010-02-24 08:30 am (UTC)I think it's possible to be both at the same time, as long as it's in different areas.
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Date: 2010-02-24 03:02 am (UTC)"Take two, they're small."
I did, in fact. Well, bought two. One for each of us to read initially so we don't have to fight over who gets to read it first, then one for the shelves and one to loan out so that we can drag more people in.
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Date: 2010-02-24 03:28 pm (UTC)by any other name...
Date: 2010-02-24 04:10 pm (UTC)On that note, do you publish under other names besides Seanan & Mira?
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Date: 2010-02-24 04:16 pm (UTC)Mira Grant is my only open pseudonym.
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