{"id":6049,"date":"2017-08-11T22:42:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T21:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=6049"},"modified":"2017-08-11T22:42:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T21:42:05","slug":"second-life-visitor-seanan-mcguire-wins-a-hugo-award-for-best-novella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=6049","title":{"rendered":"Second Life Visitor Seanan McGuire Wins A Hugo Award For Best Novella"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Author Seanan McGuire, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/34117507251\/in\/photolist-U7Mfty-TYR9gD-STUA9A-SU2fSW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4188\/34117507251_eb3f581e44.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Author Seanan McGuire\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At Fantasy Faire 2017 we had<a href=\"https:\/\/fantasyfairesl.wordpress.com\/litfest-special-guest-seanan-mcguire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a special visitor as part of LitFest<\/a>, author Seanan McGuire.<\/p>\n<p>Seanan made a couple of appearances during Fantasy Faire 2017, the first was an interview with Saffia Widdershins.<\/p>\n<p>The second included Seanan reading from her own work.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Seanan McGuire Books, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/33405240394\/in\/photolist-U7Mfty-TYR9gD-STUA9A-SU2fSW\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2845\/33405240394_d6fcc8aa3f.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Seanan McGuire Books\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you&#8217;re on Second Life, I&#8217;m about to be interviewed as part of this year&#8217;s Fantasy Faire! Come on down!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seanan McGuire (@seananmcguire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seananmcguire\/status\/856588943558459392\">April 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Seanan had been nominated for two Hugo Awards, one for best series for The October Daye Books and one for best Novella for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/seananmcguire.com\/wayward.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every Heart a Doorway<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seanan&#8217;s Every Heart a Doorway has today been announced as the winner of that best Novella Award.<\/p>\n<p>A full list of this years award winners can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehugoawards.org\/hugo-history\/2017-hugo-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Seanan McGuire &amp; Saffia Widdershins, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/33406541354\/in\/photolist-U7Mfty-TYR9gD-STUA9A-SU2fSW\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4166\/33406541354_c108598305.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Seanan McGuire &amp; Saffia Widdershins\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Fantasy Faire 2017 we had a special visitor as part of LitFest, author Seanan McGuire. 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