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Becoming a fan of Seanan McGuire

April 26, 2010 Stephanie Leary 3 Comments

I’m still mired in revisions, and I haven’t had much reading time lately, but I do try to give myself a break at lunchtime, usually with a book. This past week, I’ve been having lunch with Seanan McGuire, in a literary sort of way. I’d heard that Rosemary and Rue was a pleasant departure from the more tiresome sort of urban fantasy that is currently glutting the bookstores, and the people recommending it were right. Toby is a great character. Her personal problems are generally not of her own making, and she has good reasons for getting involved in supernatural investigations (or not, as the case may be). Her world is well-constructed and very different.

In short, I like. I finished the second book, A Local Habitation, earlier today, and then I went looking for the author’s website, as I am wont to do. A quick perusal of her most recent LJ posts is illuminating.

She’s mentioned Nick and Nora Charles and Veronica and Logan in a post lamenting the way unresolved sexual tension and happily-ever-after endings are handled in television. She is apparently a fan of Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. (SO much love.) Her WIP list is as long as mine, and as varied. The “current music” bits of her posts feature Dar Williams and Glee.

I conclude that, not only do I like this person’s books, but she is precisely my kind of geek. She has a new book out tomorrow, hooray!

(And her website does not suck! What a relief. I rejoice with a small chair dance.)

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Comments

  1. Robert Stackhouse says

    April 27, 2010 at 4:51 am

    Reading a book at the desk at lunchtime, what a novel idea.

    She gets serious geek points for the title “Chicks Dig Time Lords”.

    Have you encountered many authors with sucky websites?

    Wow, after looking at that WIP list, I’ve decided I should become an author (and so should anyone else with ADHD tendencies). I’ll have to remember to try to give this author’s books a look.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • steph says

      April 27, 2010 at 10:59 am

      I do websites for authors in my freelance business. I have seen more terrible author websites than I can ever begin to describe.

      Reply
  2. Lisa H says

    April 27, 2010 at 8:02 am

    I knew you were still evil. Knew it, knew it, knew it.

    And now I must get myself to a bookstore.

    Reply

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