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seanan_mcguireLast Thursday, while in a car on the way to Half-Price Books, my phone rang. It was an unfamiliar number, and so I answered warily, all too aware of the various scams people are currently conducting. "Hello," said a woman. "I'm looking for Seanan McGuire?"
"May I ask who's calling?"
She identified herself as from SFWA (the Science Fiction Writers of America). I identified myself as Seanan. Lots of identification happened, all while I was going "no, this can't be what I want it to be, because that doesn't happen."
She said, "I am pleased to let you know that your novella, Every Heart a Doorway, has been nominated for a Nebula Award."
I made a noise that only bats could hear. The driver did not run us off the road. The woman laughed. I said the right, polite things. I hung up.
I cried.
This is the first time I have ever been nominated for a Nebula Award (if you don't know what that is, details are here). I have wanted one for as long as I could remember, since I was a little girl and reading anthologies and authors with that amazing word on the cover. And now I'm nominated.
I am so happy.
"May I ask who's calling?"
She identified herself as from SFWA (the Science Fiction Writers of America). I identified myself as Seanan. Lots of identification happened, all while I was going "no, this can't be what I want it to be, because that doesn't happen."
She said, "I am pleased to let you know that your novella, Every Heart a Doorway, has been nominated for a Nebula Award."
I made a noise that only bats could hear. The driver did not run us off the road. The woman laughed. I said the right, polite things. I hung up.
I cried.
This is the first time I have ever been nominated for a Nebula Award (if you don't know what that is, details are here). I have wanted one for as long as I could remember, since I was a little girl and reading anthologies and authors with that amazing word on the cover. And now I'm nominated.
I am so happy.
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CONGRATULATIONS!
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Date: 2017-02-23 06:41 pm (UTC)Congratulations! Every Heart a Doorwayis a beautiful use of the novella form, which can often feel too big or too small for a story. It also made me cry a lot.
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Date: 2017-02-23 06:53 pm (UTC)I love you so much, Bunny, and I believe in you.
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Date: 2017-02-23 07:04 pm (UTC)You've been nominated by a plurality of your peers. I'm all kinds of Kermit happy-flail for you!
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Date: 2017-02-23 07:30 pm (UTC)Congratulations! Well done and love EHAD.
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Date: 2017-02-23 09:38 pm (UTC)I'm so happy for you! Congratulations!
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