You can go your own way: the 2014 Hugo ballot is live.

[seanan_mcguire]

You can see the full ballot for this year's Hugo Awards here, to be given out at this year's Worldcon, Loncon 3, to be held August 14th to 18th, 2014, in London, England. Supporting and Attending Memberships are still available.

Why am I saying this?

I am saying this because Parasite, written under the name Mira Grant, has been nominated for Best Novel.

It's a good ballot this year. It's a complicated ballot this year. It's a terrifying ballot this year. It's a troublesome ballot this year. But I am sharing it with some of my favorite people in the entire world; I am sharing it with Cat Valente's wonderful "Six-Gun Snow White," which is in the Best Novella category (and is hence not up against me YAY); I am sharing it with Charles Stross's Neptune's Brood, make it our first shared Hugo ballot since we became friends; I am sharing it with Pacific Rim and Mark Oshiro and Foz Meadows and Sheila Gilbert and so many amazing people. I want to hug them and shriek about how we made it, before we get raging drunk together, and it's wonderful.

If you nominated, whether you nominated me or someone entirely different, thank you. We are shaping the future history of science fiction, and that's amazing.

I will do my best to be worthy of you all.

Comments

[geekhyena.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Best of luck this year - Parasite is a fantastic book, and I loved reading it. (as did half of my department at work - I was seeing copies everywhere last quarter).

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[geekhyena.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I keep loaning out my copies of your books to people. You're like the literary version of Kellis-Amberlee: once bitten, your fans are compelled to seek out new people to infect and spread the awesomeness.

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

♥ ♥ ♥

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

:)

[tikiera.livejournal.com]

Parasite is good - I have the ebook and audiobook, and I only do that with things that hold my attention past the 2nd read (audiobooks are for listening to at tedious work at work). Eventually, I will own the paperback for lending also.


Good luck!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[mbernardi]

Yes, this is exactly right! Parasite was on my nomination ballot.

[ben wolfe (from livejournal.com)]

This year's Hugo ballot is what convinced me to buy a supporting membership to Worldcon. The fact that Parasite is on the ballot is one of my reasons for doing so.

[geekhyena.livejournal.com]

Same here. Actually my ballot was predominantly Seanan's works, simply because out of the stuff I read last year, hers was the best. ^_^

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your nomination! I will be voting for the first time this year. I can hardly wait for the Hugo packet to arrive.

[billroper]

Congratulations!

[soon_lee]

Congratulations!

It is certainly an intriguing ballot this year for several reasons.

[laurenthemself]

I'm just imagining the voting packet with the whole freakin' Wheel of Time in it.

I am very, very happy for you.

And as an aside, your icon reminds me that I have until Sunday to finish my submission for a short story competition. The theme? “Once the carnival’s been to town, nothing is ever the same…”

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[mrs-norris-mous.livejournal.com]

It will be good to see you in London.

Congratulations and good luck, you have tough competition I really enjoyed reading "Ancillary Justice" as well.

I can see "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot" winning Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.

[patoadam]

Congratulations on your nomination! I will be voting for the first time in many years.

[sirfox.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the Nomination!

When you enjoy your work, it shows. :}

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Seriously.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I hope your submission came out awesome!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Hee.

That would be awesome.

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

Good to know!

[seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com]

I hope so. :)

[laurenthemself]

Oh, it did. I won the competition! Here's the story if you want to see.