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seanan_mcguire...it turns out Alex Price is just as popular as his sister!
I am delighted to announce that Half-Off Ragnarok debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List in position #18, a new high for this series. With every book, we inch a little closer to the top ten, and I couldn't be more delighted.
I was very nervous about this book. I announced from the start that InCryptid was going to be a family affair, but it's still hard to switch protagonists, especially when people seem to enjoy the one you already have. I did see some early rumbles from people who were sure that the books wouldn't be any good at all without Verity there to anchor them, and I have been incredibly relieved and delighted to see my readers embrace Alex with open arms.
I love all the members of the Price family, and more, I love the way I can use them to show different things about one another. Verity doesn't see how much her dance career hurts Antimony, who has never been allowed to pursue anything she really loved in the same way, and Antimony doesn't see how much Verity works and sacrifices for the things that seem to come to her so easily. Having both of them onscreen lets me explore both sides of the story. It's wonderful.
Alex has one more book to go, next year's Pocket Apocalypse, and I hope you'll like it just as much as you did this one. Thank you all so, so much.
It's been a lot of fun so far.
I am delighted to announce that Half-Off Ragnarok debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List in position #18, a new high for this series. With every book, we inch a little closer to the top ten, and I couldn't be more delighted.
I was very nervous about this book. I announced from the start that InCryptid was going to be a family affair, but it's still hard to switch protagonists, especially when people seem to enjoy the one you already have. I did see some early rumbles from people who were sure that the books wouldn't be any good at all without Verity there to anchor them, and I have been incredibly relieved and delighted to see my readers embrace Alex with open arms.
I love all the members of the Price family, and more, I love the way I can use them to show different things about one another. Verity doesn't see how much her dance career hurts Antimony, who has never been allowed to pursue anything she really loved in the same way, and Antimony doesn't see how much Verity works and sacrifices for the things that seem to come to her so easily. Having both of them onscreen lets me explore both sides of the story. It's wonderful.
Alex has one more book to go, next year's Pocket Apocalypse, and I hope you'll like it just as much as you did this one. Thank you all so, so much.
It's been a lot of fun so far.
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Date: 2014-03-23 02:34 am (UTC)And YEARN to get to Antimony's story!
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Date: 2014-03-23 03:26 am (UTC)I loved the book, as I have loved every single story I've read about them (most of them, I think?) and will quite happily read every single one you write. Ever.
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Date: 2014-03-23 11:50 am (UTC)Now that it appears her audience is not having much of a problem with the change to Alex's voice, she MIGHT begin to feel she has a bit more freedom there. There's still a problem that the mice might either distract from the protagonist or become too popular and shift the main flow of the narrative (on HAPPY DAYS it was The Fonz - originally supposed to be a minor, seldom used character, he stole the show).
Of course, the readers have a certain liberty to expand on the Aeslin Mice Voice. Perhaps a filksong titled "Aeslin Mice" (to the tune of "Nashville Cats") needs to be written and sprung on Seanan....
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Date: 2014-03-23 03:05 pm (UTC)I have to agree, as much as I love Verity AND Alex AND all the members of the Price clan, the Aeslin mice are my very favorite characters of all. All Hail the High Priestess of Bestsellerdom!
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Date: 2014-03-23 06:17 pm (UTC)There is -so much- in the InCryptid universe to explore that just one POV can't possibly take it all in. It took a few pages for me to 'hear' Alex's voice instead of Verity's, but after that it was effortless. Somehow Antimony's voice is never a problem for me - that girl has presence like no other!
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Date: 2014-03-23 07:10 pm (UTC)Also, I'll say it again: thank you for the shout out to Square One!
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