SO THAT HAPPENED.

[skye_writer]

So, I have a Wordpress blog. Today I wrote a little blog post about Guillermo del Toro's new film and about my inability to fathom the motivations and thought processes of people who insist that things that are tangentially related are in fact deeply connected and related to each other. You can read it here.

I posted a link on my twitter, as you do. I tagged del Toro in it, since it saved characters and anyway famous people never notice when I tag them--

AND THEN HE RETWEETED IT.

WHAT.

I kind of freaked out? a little bit? And naturally my twitter notifications were blowing up all afternoon (less so this evening). And according to my WP dash, the post has gotten over FIVE HUNDRED VIEWS. I mean... what???? IS THIS REAL LIFE?????

I'm a little giddy over it to be honest. I haven't gotten like a new following or anything out of it, but it is kind of warming the cockles of my heart to think that someone I admire deeply as a storyteller might have read something I wrote, and liked it enough to share it.

Comments

[unearthlymarmot]

Wow, that's so exciting! It's so great when someone you admire notices your work. Congratulations!

[skye_writer]

It is exciting! I still can't quite believe it happened, but it did, and I'm just... fdjakl;fdaj a little bit. I love it. :DDD

[maplemood]

Holy crap, that's amazing! (Also read your blog post and agree with everything you had to say; what's so bad about a story that stands on its own? It sort of reminds me of the trend in YA books where every "high concept" fantasy or sci-fi story MUST end on a cliffhanger and have a sequel. Just...why?)

[skye_writer]

It's so amazing! and YES, EXACTLY. I can kind of see why the spate of series and sequels (authors gotta make money, publishers too), but standalone stories are nice. I feel like there's been a dearth of standalones in YA SFF, to be honest. I can't think of anything I've read or seen or heard of that has been standalone. Some of Robin McKinley's books come to mind (mostly Shadows and Dragonhaven, which are both from several years ago), but... hm.