(You can also read this post on Buttondown.)
I’m gingerly getting back into my normal routines now after the IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS book launch. I’m really, really pleased by how this book has been received so far, and I want to say thank you to everyone – the people who showed up to the launch or the pre-launch or the signing, or who blurbed or reviewed, or who pre-ordered a copy, or even just reposted something on social media. All of these little things add up and build momentum, and I am grateful.
And here’s just a few more in my little whirlwind of launch week announcements.
- I’ve got a Big Idea post up about IGNORE on Scalzi.com.
- And there’s an interview with me up at paulsemel.com!
- If you like podcasts, I talk about IGNORE on episode 402A of the Turn The Page podcast.
- Another really lovely couple of reviews came out, from Trish Matson on the Skiffy and Fanty Show and from Vincent Halles at Phrasemaker.
- I’m seeing IGNORE crop up on some more lists, including BookBub’s list of May’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Avalon Free Public Library’s list of Best New Books for the week of May 12, and Autostraddle’s list of Most Anticipated Queer Books For May 2026.
- Jordan Kurella, who enthusiastically blurbed this book already, shouted out to it again in this Nerds of a Feather interview.
Whew!
More soon – I’ve still got “Ten Unsent Letters to the Dark Lord” out this Thursday, which will be worth a whole newsletter post of its own. And you can expect at least one more little extra thing about IGNORE, maybe next week, while the dust settles.