Szeth's Facepalm

Hi guys

Something completely awesome happened on monday, which was that I GOT TO MEET MY FAVORITE AUTHOR!!! IT WAS MAGGIE STEIFVATER--

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SECOND favorite author haha sorry that was a typo lol (Hoid, Dallen, and a parrot definitely aren't holding a gun to my head right now lololol send help haha sorry typo again) obviously my first favorite is our king and ruler Brando Sando who's fan website i am posting on lololol

Anyway it was Maggie Steifvater doing a book tour for Greywaren and when i tell you it was one of the favorite experiences of my lifetime so far, belive it. Have you ever met someone (famous/well-known or otherwise) who you thought were just the most amazing person ever and then you meet them and they're actually kind of annoying or not as nearly cool as your expectations?

That is the absolute exact opposite of what happened. Maggie Steifvater is literally the coolest person i have ever met. She gave a thirty-fourty minute talk before the signing and it was absolutely hilarious and also riveting and interesting and gave so many interesting facts about her books. And she was simultaneously exactly how i expected but also better, she talked about cars and music (any steifvater fan knows she's a car person lol). And when she was signing my books, she looked at my name AND SHE PRONOUNCED IT CORRECTLY!!! NO ONE EVER DOES THAT!!!! It's not even that hard, it's uncommon but very similar to a common-ish word in the english language and still no one ever gets it. BUT SHE DID AND SHE WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST PERSON EVER! And i told her some of the other pronunciations people say (there's one that sounds kind like an insult) and she said "People who say that should never speak again" and did the sign language for no talk (LMAO).

And she spent, like, a minute looking all over my copy of The Raven King because it has a flap, and she said "sorry for being so fascinated but i've never seen or signed a book like this before, which is crazy cause i wrote it!"

I wanna be exactly like her when i grow up, she is all of my dream jobs combined into one: YA author, musician/composer, artist, competitive bagpiper (jk wanting to be that one. But she is a competitive bagpiper.) she is also just SO COOL. If i am ever half as cool as her my life will be fulfilling and beautiful.

Look how awesome her signature is (name reveal???):

(Yup that's definitely my name)

I also bought a set of tarot cards she illustrated and they're so gorgeous, here are some of my favorites:

Sorry for the long AF su. Anyway if you somehow aren't convinced yet PLEASE READ THE RAVEN CYCLE AND DREAMER TRILOGY PLEEEAAAAAAASEEEEEE. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. I would say it's certainly changed mine cause this experience of meeting Maggie was once in a lifetime and i never would have had it without reading those books (i know i say this all the time but THANK YOU ELF!!!!!!!!!).

GO READ THEM PLEASE