Fragmentary catchup bits.

[seanan_mcguire]

1. I am basically over The Death Plague From Hell at this point, but I remain exhausted and behind on damn near everything. I'm catching up as fast as I can, but with 500+ LJ comments and nearly as many emails to go through, I'm having to do a lot more "is this actually urgent?" triage than I like. Please be patient, and don't yell at me if two whole days go by without my getting back to you.

2. While I'm asking for favors...please don't link me to Goodreads or Amazon reviews. I really and truly try to avoid reviews on those sites, because they just make me sad and twitchy. (Yes, there are excellent, erudite, well-composed reviews in both places. But the number of mean or thoughtless reviews is very high, and frankly, I don't have the energy to filter through them looking for the good stuff.)

3. If you missed the Deadline book release, or if Toby is more your cup of tea, remember that I will be back at Borderlands Books this coming Saturday, appearing alongside the fabulous Ben Macallan (aka Chaz Brenchley). He's asked me to join him so he'll have a partner for cards if no one shows up. Let's surprise him by having EVERYONE show up. I'll be reading from my new Tybalt prequel story, and there may be some awesome unexpected giveaways...

4. Everyone on the Wicked Girls shirt spreadsheet should have received their initial emails at this point. If you don't have one, please check your spam filter, as the email from Deborah (coming from a Gmail.com address) is somehow not getting to you. If you think I may have the wrong address for you, please let me know ASAP.

5. My house is an absolute disaster zone, and I'm going to need help cleaning out the closets soon. If you're local, not allergic to cats, and think spending a day going through the things I have shoved into my shelves would be fun, drop me a line. This is less "cleaning" and more "de-cluttering, purging, and organizing," which means it's less physical labor, more Tetris for the live-action set.

...so in short, please be patient, and I will try to deal with all emergencies in the order in which they were received.

Comments

[elnigma.livejournal.com]

My honey and myself have read now both Feed and Deadline , and liked them both. We're looking forward to your third in that series.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Mmm, catchup *g*. Glad you're feeling better (and haven't turned into anything nasty in the process and started eating cats or something). Anyone else I would tell to rest, but with you -- just have fun! And hugs...

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thanks, sweetie.

[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

Good luck with everything.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

If I lived anywhere nearby I'd be there in a heartbeat.

If you need anything I can provide, &c.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thanks, sweetie.

[archangelbeth]

Low-priority question: if one happened to find a really excellent review somewhere, would it please you to copypasta that review somewhere you could see it without risking the mean and/or thoughtless ones?

Good luck with everything else!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

If it's from one of those sites, no thank you. If it's not, just a link would be fine.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

.... Saturday. Drat. I'm going to be visiting relatives in Palo Alto that weekend. We were thinking about going up to San Fran on Friday though. Oh well.

Glad you're feeling better!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you're starting to feel better. I'm almost there too.

*hugs you from the other side of the state*

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

You're in Cali?

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I am! I'm in a hostel in San Luis Obispo overnight and then tomorrow we'll be chez tibicina again. pecunium is dropping us at LAX on Wednesday, thence to come home and unbox the new house.

<3

[filkferengi]

New house? Are there pictures?

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

There are, of the previous residents' stuff. When we've moved in properly there will be more pictures. This time of our stuff, and maybe even us. :)

I'll keep you posted over at my own LJ.

[filkferengi]

Cool!

[themysteriousg.livejournal.com]

I hope you are on the mend quickly. I feel a little better about my cram-it-all-in-yesterday that got out of hand. You make me seem positively slothful!

I'm local and can help though probably only in a block of a couple hours. The smalls must be attended to. They think they are important or something.

My bestie and I agree that Deadline is amazing but Dammit! we need the next book now, kay thanks. That is the goal I suppose. Hubby hasn't read it because then that would be admitting that he was compelled by a book. It's sitting out taunting him so I suspect he'll pick it up soon.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I indexed a box of Ponies yesterday, too!

Hooray for smalls.

[trektone.livejournal.com]

It was nice seeing you last Saturday. I am now sick w/cold and sore throat -- I think it's evil Mira's fault. Or maybe I ate too many yum "brains" cupcakes.

See you Saturday! By then I hope you are all well and I am at least weller.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Not mine! I was no longer contagious by that point.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Two trips to Borderlands on two weekends. I am envious as HELL right now.

*reads some more* Wow. You would actually ask me to help clean? You're brave. And if soon means sometime towards the end of July? That's possible. (Seriously. Escape the oven that is SoCal in summer? Sign me up.)

[katyhh.livejournal.com]

Heya dear,
I have not received any email about the t-shirt (katy@filk.de).
I have checked the spamfilter, but nothing there either that looks like a t-shirt mail of any kind from a gmail address. So - could she resend, please?

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I have re-sent her your address.

[trixiaw.livejournal.com]

Is there any chance you could post what you read from Tybalt’s prequel? Id love to come in person but its a bit of a trip from England.

Hope you have fun.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, no. I can't post anything that isn't published without violating my contract and then never getting to publish it for anyone else to read.

[trixiaw.livejournal.com]

Fair enough.

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're feeling better.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[laurenthemself]

I'm so glad that the death plague has moved on; I hope that it doesn't come back. Much as I wish I could help you de-clutter, Australia is sadly not local, although if I attach large enough engines to Perth, I could fix that.

Also, I personally would never yell at you for delayed responses. I think it's amazing that you manage to reply to as many comments as you do as it is.

Also also, I'm still working on this, but here's the first two verses:

The zombie Rising started in the year two thousand and fourteen
And despite the world's best efforts to keep most everybody clean
It spread worldwide within days and set millions to shambling
And though everybody ran and hid the virus kept on rambling

Well, we blamed the Kellis lab, and we blamed the CDC
We blamed all the governments, and we blamed Marburg-Amberlee
But when the dust had settled and the fingers had been shaken
The blogosphere rose up to ensure the world was not forsaken

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

AWESOME.

[incandescens]

Very glad to hear you're better, and just wanted to say that you have at least one UK reader who has now read and enjoyed both Feed and Deadline.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!!

[ladymurmur.livejournal.com]

Be gentle with yourself - sometimes it takes a a while for those last few percent of the Death Plague to clear up. And we want you healthy enough to enjoy CONvergence while you're here!!!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Trying!

[vincentursus.livejournal.com]

I am basically over The Death Plague From Hell

Did you keep a sample for future use?

Glad to hear you're feeling better.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[purrplexitty.livejournal.com]

I return on the 14th at night. So if you plan on doing your closets after that, I am totally game.

While on my trip to West Orange, NJ I have finished both Late Eclipses and Deadline..... OH MY GOD WOMAN! STOP MAKING ME CRY! Or don't..ya know..just sayin'.

My friend in AZ was practically beating me over the head to read Deadline as fast as I could, so we could talk about it. Still, I took my time and savored my read. As for Late Eclipses, I'm sure the person sitting next to me when I started sniffling and crying at one point and absolutely had to HUG to book to my chest was amused.

But really...amazing reads, still in love wit both stories and all your wonderful characters. I positively squealed at the tidbit for Blackout. My hosts were amused.

And to round it all up, glad you're feeling better!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I think the cats might eat you.

[phantomdancer.livejournal.com]

Hey I'll help you clean if you like. I've been wanting to hang out with you for a long time anyway...

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

That could be fab!

[indilwen.livejournal.com]

I'm local and definitely not allergic to kitties! Actually, if I can keep my focus (mostly) away from said kitties and (mostly) on my set task, I'm even pretty decent at cleaning/organizing stuff. So if you still need help, let me know. I just moved, so all my cleaning/organizing instincts are still in overdrive.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

The kitties are veeeeery distracting.

[yellowblackhaze.livejournal.com]

Glad you're feeling better. Hope the germs stay away from now on.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Me, too.

[bigherman.livejournal.com]

I can help with the closets! Just let me know as soon as you have a date so I don't get schedule myself at work.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay! And the kids like you.