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seanan_mcguire ([personal profile] seanan_mcguire) wrote2012-04-07 01:55 pm

The 2012 Hugo ballot is live...

...and between myself-as-me and myself-as-Mira, I am on the ballot four times. Which is the first time a woman has ever been on the ballot four times in a single year. I'm nominated for...

Best Novel, Deadline.
Best Novella, Countdown.
Best Fancast, The SF Squeecast.
Best Related Work, Wicked Girls.

I am both insanely excited and paralyzed with fear, which means I feel sort of sick to my stomach. Thank you, thank you, thank you a thousand times to everyone who nominated; it means the world to me, and we have made history this year.

Congratulations to all the nominees, especially Jim Hines (Best Fan Writer), Betsy Wolheim (Best Long Form Editor), the voice of Toby, Mary Robinette Kowall (Best Novella), Paul Cornell (Best Novelette) and my beloved Cat Valente (Best Novella). I'll post the full ballot soon, when I get over the twitching and the nausea.

Thank you so much. This is such an honor. I am so lucky. I can't stop crying.

Thank you.
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[personal profile] beccastareyes 2012-04-07 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats. You deserve it.

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] vulpine137.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay you, four times over :)

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh suuuuure. Not content to be on the Hugo ballot. You have to MAKE HISTORY at the same time.
Overachiever.
:)

[identity profile] jimhines.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you ever known Seanan to do something halfway?

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[identity profile] agharta75.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Mira's going to be insufferable for the next six months :-)
(congratulations to both of you!)

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
I think I can live with her. :)

Thank you!

[identity profile] fantasybookcafe.com (from livejournal.com) 2012-04-07 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! That is wonderful news! :)

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-05-01 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] calico-reaction.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so thrilled to see your name on the ballot! And multiple times too! WOOOT!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] caerwynx.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Rock on!!!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Trying!

:)

[identity profile] maverick-weirdo.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on you nominationS

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[identity profile] dan-phi.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats on the nominations!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] silvertwi.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
That's awesomely exciting. Congratulations!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] misachan.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
EEE! Congratulations! (Do you think they'll let you perform?:)

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
No, probably not. But they'll be putting Wicked Girls in the Hugo voter packet.

[identity profile] mrs-norris-mous.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely to see this. Given that you can decline a nomination how long have you been holding the glee in for ?

And its great to see Jim, Paul and Cat on the list to , Mary Robinette Kowall does a great job as the voice of Toby that I am sure it will influence me atleast when it comes time to read her work.

I found the full list via twitterThe list

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
A long, long, long time.

[identity profile] jimhines.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
If you win at least three, will you juggle them for us? Depending on the base, they might be weighted well enough to use for juggling clubs...

And CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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[identity profile] lapislaz.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'd pay good money to watch Seanan juggle Hugos.

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[identity profile] filkertom.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
WHOO HOOOOOOO! So much excellence! Congratulations, sweetie! [mwah]

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I just pinged someone on AIM with *ALL THE SHRIEKING* and I think that about sums it up. Every nomination is a merited one, but I'm EXCITED about Wicked Girls. Is this also the first time a music CD has been on the ballot, do you know?

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. It is.

[identity profile] debmats.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations for your well deserved nominations!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] bookwyrm86.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! That is so awesome :) I think the whole list is pretty awesome, but I'm thrilled especially that Deadline made it. Can't wait for Blackout!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] danceswithlife 2012-04-07 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so glad for you and the other nominees you mentioned. I got a membership so I could nominate these things, waited too long, then had computer problems at the last minute and couldn't nominate. I WILL be voting for you, and last year was close...so fingers crossed.

First filk album **GLEE**

Is "Countdown" the first Hugo novella nomination that was only published as an ebook in the nominating year? Maybe more history!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, although The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland won the Norton through the same path.

[identity profile] wood-dragon.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations x 4!!!!!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
!!!! x4

[identity profile] queenoftheskies.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations! That's awesome!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] vae 2012-04-07 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
So thoroughly well deserved. Congratulations.

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much.

And thank you, too, happy Parker.

[identity profile] beckyh2112.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations, darling! *throws self-cleaning confetti*

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
The best kind!
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[personal profile] erisiansaint 2012-04-07 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
MAZEL TOV!

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] herewiss13.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
So what do you plan for an encore? :-P

I'm not sure if Deadline will win, due _only_ to its middle-novel status, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Blackout there next year win as a judgement on the trilogy as a whole.

...which is not to say I won't still be rooting for you. It's truly no less than you deserve. :-)

[identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com 2012-04-08 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, very much.

I admit, I really want to win. I am stressed out of my mind.
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[identity profile] lapislaz.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG You're famous, girl! Wow, talk about overnight success! (I am totally ignoring at least 15 years of history, you may strike me down at the next con we meet up at.)

Seriously, dear, I am thrilled to pieces for you.

[identity profile] wendyzski.livejournal.com 2012-04-07 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Talk about an arc, though

2009- wins Campbell for Best New Writer
2010 - nominated for BestNovel, losing by the slimmest of margins
2011 - NOMINATED FOR ALL THE THINGS!!!!!

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