The 2012 Hugo ballot is live...

[seanan_mcguire]

...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.

Comments

[oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com]

Oh suuuuure. Not content to be on the Hugo ballot. You have to MAKE HISTORY at the same time.
Overachiever.
:)

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

Have you ever known Seanan to do something halfway?

[hoppytoad79.livejournal.com]

Not if she has any say in the matter. ;)

[oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com]

One time she got bored and walked halfway to Los Angeles. Does that count?

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

True story.

[dornbeast.livejournal.com]

Only if you count "she decided to get some sleep before she did the other two-thirds."

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Always have been, sweetheart.

Gotta keep earning my keep.

[oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com]

There's earning your keep and making the rest of us look bad.
On the other hand, "Hugo Award Winner Seanan McGuire" sounds good when I inevitably shanghai you into an anthology.... Moo ha ha ha ha ha.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

See? I'm USEFUL.