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Seanan McGuire

@seananmcguire.bsky.social

I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.

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It's after midnight on the east coast, and that means today is my book day! BUTTERFLY EFFECTS is out in the world!

I am ecstatic, exhausted, and anxious, and so I am going to bed.

10.03.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 159    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

AOC came out swinging against age verification legislation and somehow the entire tech press seems to not have noticed?

09.03.2026 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1628    πŸ” 527    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 2

I desire to love this dog.

10.03.2026 04:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder that if you like this, you can go preorder Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos RIGHT NOW and get a Command Tower and also @seananmcguire.bsky.social will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine strixhaven-omens-of-chaos.com

09.03.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

On my way to @brick-mortar.bsky.social to sign pre-orders of BUTTERFLY EFFECTS! Get yours in now if you want one.

Like, now-now. I will sign your book.

09.03.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Basically, take the amount of money you think your favorite author gets, halve it, and then halve it again, and you have a number that's probably a lot closer to their actual earnings from writing.

"But I don't think they make that much!"

Halve that. Halve it again.

09.03.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1433    πŸ” 241    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 48
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K Arsenault Rivera with Seanan McGuire β€” 'Daughter of the Hunt' When a goddess falls for her sacrifice, can their love survive?

Speaking of next week, Seattlites can come watch me and @seananmcguire.bsky.social talk books!

www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/k-arse...

09.03.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Learn to read the omens where you find them… – Rose-Owls and Pumpkin Girls

For those who missed it last night:

seananmcguire.com/blog/2026/03...

09.03.2026 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Cis people need to pay attention to the way they communicate this. They freely admit that after all of their research, they came up with zero evidence that HRT was harmful.

Then they banned it anyway, claiming their inability to find a reason is a reason in of itself.

09.03.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3078    πŸ” 1486    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 32
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Exclusive | FDA’s Controversial Vaccines Chief Will Leave the Agency Dr. Vinay Prasad will depart in April, after a year leading the division that approves vaccines and biotech drugs.

Vinay Prasad got booted for the second time. He used unsupported data from VAERS as a basis for restricting use of the Covid mRNA vaccine, overriding real experts.

Kennedy's video showing off working out in denim doesn't hide the glaring chaos & instability that is HHS.

πŸ§ͺ archive.today/i87uK

09.03.2026 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

ARCs are generally bad library donations. They aren't made to stand up to repeat reads the way finished books are.

09.03.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And that is fair.

09.03.2026 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Learn to read the omens where you find them… – Rose-Owls and Pumpkin Girls

Why pay money for ARCs, which are explicitly marked not for sale, when you could win one, AND get stickers? seananmcguire.com/blog/2026/03...

09.03.2026 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Important thread.

09.03.2026 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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A little light reading for this evening. Many thanks to @seananmcguire.bsky.social. Absolutely no spoilers will be posted here.

Also anyone that got a copy at ECCC and immediately put it up on eBay should be ashamed of themselves.

09.03.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

btw about that pixar thing, the reason why these people think having a conversation about gay people with kids is difficult is because they don't know a way to say to their kid "gay people are normal but you are not allowed to be one" without sounding like a bigot (there is a reason for that)

08.03.2026 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3259    πŸ” 1033    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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dawn of the final day - 24 hours remain - is written in white on a black background Alt: dawn of the final day - 24 hours remain - is written in white on a black background

Day 4 of ECCC! Come to the basement and get some werewolf books! Table 11120!

If you can’t, get them off my kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/149...

08.03.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this part TOO

08.03.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 256    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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The president who took us to a war nobody wanted (and is covering for powerful pedophiles) is now holding our government hostage until Congress passes a law that makes it easier for him to maintain power

Imagine if this were happening in another country

08.03.2026 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 895    πŸ” 390    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 42

Just wait until the book has been released. Then there's not the concern that someone who desperately wants to read it will buy and read a book instead, plot details are public, and you're not being a jerk. Sell it as a collectable, not an early-access experience.

08.03.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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international Womens day to the best undead mare!

08.03.2026 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 286    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

To be very clear, selling an ARC you legitimately own is bad form and kinda shitty if you do it before the book is released, but it's never piracy. You have the legal right to do it at any time.

08.03.2026 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yup!

08.03.2026 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Baen is selling them directly, and that's very different than buying a print ARC on the secondary market.

08.03.2026 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I never give anyone dirty looks for bringing me ARCs to sign. I have no idea where they came from.

08.03.2026 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No one should be selling ARCs, period. But someone selling the ARC after the book is out is likely to be asking for less money, and hence doing less potential harm.

08.03.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Something I really appreciate about Bridgerton is that Cressida’s dresses always look like they’ve just paused midway through devouring her.

07.03.2026 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Selling ARCs hurts everyone involved in making the book happen--AND it's a dick move. Please don't be an asshole about us trying to give you fun, free, cool shit.

Don't buy or sell advance reader copies.

08.03.2026 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

The doctrine of first sale means you can't be legally punished for selling an ARC, and if you just picked it up at a con, it's not like the publisher can track it back to you. But the author doesn't get paid. The resale is invisible in a way that ARCs for promo uses are not.

08.03.2026 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

2. If you're able to acquire an ARC, remember that "not for resale" is on the cover for a reason, and please, please, do not sell it. Selling ARCs is what leads publishers to reduce and reduce their print runs: we're going to wind up all-virtual if people don't cut it out.

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