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Seanan McGuire
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*checks Facebook for the first time in weeks, immediately encounters a dude she doesn't know calling her a liar over an ancient Livejournal post*
Only people who have never gone viral seem to accuse others of lying for "their viral moment." Going viral is MISERABLE. I would never lie for that.
In this case, it was "she's lying to virtue signal." Not really sure how "some people read actions differently when they're taken by male characters" is "virtue signalling," but that whole concept confuses me anyway.
In conclusion, I am a professional lie. I don't lie for less than eight cents a word, and I'm long-winded as fuck. Most people can't afford me.
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As we continue our gradual October Daye recap, we reach THE WINTER LONG. This is the book that someone in Penguin Marketing accurately predicted from the title of book one. It's also the book whose back cover text fits in a tweet.
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Seanan McGuire
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So someone screencapped this ancient blog post and put it on Facebook, and now dudes I don't know are calling me a liar. Fun times!:

seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/528621.html
I especially like being called a liar on Facebook, aka, "the one social media platform where you may actually put a quarter in my mother and create a problem I have to deal with in the flesh world."
Also, I appreciate that I'm being called a liar for a critique of the different ways male and female characters are treated, and the dreaded concept of the Mary Sue. (Hint: I hate that phrase. It's used to belittle, reduce, and dismiss female characters in utterly cruel ways.)
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Looking to get your hands on MIDDLEGAME a little early? Head out to THIRD PLACE BOOKS (@ThirdPlaceBooks) in Lake Forest Park, WA, on Saturday, May 4th, at 6pm.
This particular bookstore has an excellent bakery and a resident blue frog named Cobie. Highly recommended. Plus legit early-release copies of MIDDLEGAME! I don't know yet whether this is a ticketed event.
Looking to get your hands on MIDDLEGAME a little less early, but still within a technically "early" slice of time? I'll be at the Cedar Crossing Powell's on Monday, May 6th. I do not believe this is a ticketed event.
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