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Seanan McGuire
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MIDDLEGAME! It's almost here! I feel like I'm beating this drum a LOT right now, but I really, really, REALLY want to write SEASONAL FEARS, so please pre-order MIDDLEGAME (any edition) and help me make the argument to my editors.
This is the book Library Journal calls "McGuire's strong narrative voice and vivid worldbuilding persist, as does a kind of magical understanding of a child's power and vulnerability."
Booklist says "In an ambitious piece of world building from a master of the craft," and Publishers Weekly says "This is a fascinating novel by an author of consummate skill."
And Kirkus says, in my first-ever STARRED REVIEW from them, "Satisfying on all levels of the reading experience: thrilling, emotionally resonant, and cerebral. Escape to Witch Mountain for grown-ups."
I am so, so proud of this book. Ebook, print, and audio are all going to be amazing, and I can't wait for you to read it.
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Seanan McGuire
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It has been pointed out to me that there is a corollary to Death of the Author, IE, Malice of the Reader.
Death of the Author assumes good faith on the part of the person finding unintended meanings in a work. Malice of the Reader applies to those situations where someone says "I'm trying to read more works by female authors" and someone else says "oh, so you hate men."
It's usually pretty apparent when someone is twisting a work until it screams in an effort to get a negative or "edgy" read out of it, and in those cases, I will say it's NOT on the author.
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Seanan McGuire
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There are times when people misunderstand my work and say so in places where I am guaranteed to see it. But Death of the Author means I wince, look sad, and don't say anything to them directly, because...
If that misunderstanding was even POSSIBLE, it's entirely on me. Authors can put things into our work that we didn't realize were going to be there. We are products of the cultures and times and yes, prejudices that raised us.
We all have -isms and -phobias to unlearn. I came out of the closet at fifteen. I still had internalized homophobia to unlearn. I have been a woman all my life. I still battle internalized misogyny, just like everybody else.
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Seanan McGuire
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I would really, really like it if reviews of THE SILENCE would stop beating the chronologically inaccurate drum of "It's a rip-off of A QUIET PLACE." There were plenty of things in this movie to complain about! Complain about real stuff, not stuff you decided!
Yes, I would say there's a good chance the movie of THE SILENCE got greenlit because A QUIET PLACE made money. But since Tim Lebbon didn't write A QUIET PLACE, he didn't get any of that money. Let the man get paid for work he did before A QUIET PLACE ever existed, okay?
If FEED ever becomes a movie, I fully expect to be accused of ripping off zombie properties that were created after Newsflesh was published. That's fine, as long as the check clears.
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Nisha Chittal
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The problem with CNN hiring Sarah Isgur as a political editor isn't that she's conservative. Networks put conservative voices on air all the time. But an editor has a direct role in shaping coverage and makes editorial decisions.
Giving a political editor job to a partisan operative who has pledged support of a 2020 candidate is an ethical minefield. That person is in a position to make decisions that shape editorial coverage.
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Right - this was part of much larger discussion, but it's worth unpacking this point for you all

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here’s an unsolicited thread re: imposters syndrome and being a woman-IDing person in politics (based completely on my own experience) (maybe it’s not that universal so maybe just ignore it) (oh man here I go again discounting my own opinion bc I don’t feel qualified to share it)
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I can't with this guy...but interestingly, he's also revealing a lot with each one of these interviews.

Why not just go speak to the Grand Jury? Clearly, it's not about avoiding spending more time talking about the investigation and your experience...

He can't help himself..
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He also said THEY WANT HIM TO TESTIFY...TO CATCH ROGER STONE ON PERJURY...

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