El Husbando just dumped these books in our laundry hamper in silent protest of the fact I've been storing them on the floor and he keeps stubbing his toes on them.
The ten little piggies shown are in fact mine, not his, and the books themselves have been gathering dust (and toes) mainly because I finished them but haven't gotten around to donating them to the hospital yet.
Which is another way of saying they're up for grabs. Let's have a contest instead!
In honour of my husband's ten aggrieved little piggies, I have split these books (plus four others I just unearthed from beneath the bed) into the following ten prize packs.
Prize pack 1 won by Sarah Laurenson!
The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu (book 1 of series)Darkness Calls by Marjorie M. Liu (book 2 of series
- The White Road by Lynn Flewelling (warning: 2nd book of duology)
- Trick of the Light by Rob Thurmon
Prize pack 3 won by McKoala!
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (book 1 of series)Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (book 2 of series)Club Dead by Charlaine Harris (book 3 of series)
Prize pack 4: [The "Demons and Doggies" Collection]
- The Edge of Reason by Melinda Snodgrass
- The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee
Prize pack 6 won by Merry Monteleone!
Emissaries From the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro
Prize pack 6: [The "Transparent" Twosome]
- Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane
- Thief With No Shadow by Emily Gee
Prize pack 7:
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
Prize pack 8:
- Running With the Demon by Terry Brooks
Prize pack 9 won by Michelle Massaro!
Count Zero by William GibsonFirst Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher (warning: 7th book of septology)
Prize pack 10: [The "Luck and Lunatics" Collection]
- Divine Misfortune by A. Lee Martinez
- Magickeepers by Erica Kirov
So how do you win one of these prize packs? There are three ways to enter!
- Convince five people who have never commented on my blog to do so. They must name you in their comment in order to be counted toward your total, and they are free (and encouraged) to compete with you by drumming up their own fivesome of commenters!
- Write me a humourous poem of at least 100 words and post it here. Multi-verse haiku are especially welcomed.
- Link to The Writer's Weigh Scale on any two writer's forums or blogs, then leave me a comment saying where you left the references (please include the URLs.)
I will mail the prize packs anywhere in the world, but I reserve the right to use El-Cheapo-Slo-Mo service if you're separated from me by sufficient quantities of brine.
Oh, and if I can't get in touch with you, I have to consider you disqualified and pass your prize on to someone else. Make sure you leave me some way to contact you; if I can click through and comment on your blog, that'll do the trick.
Any questions? Ask them here. Otherwise, good luck and enjoy yourselves!
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BREAKING NEWS 0001: FairyHedgehog is our first winner!
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BREAKING NEWS 0010: Michelle Massaro wins a prize pack!
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BREAKING NEWS 0011: FairyHedgehog wins a second prize!
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BREAKING NEWS 0100: McKoala wins a prize pack!
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BREAKING NEWS 0101: Sarah Laurenson wins a prize pack! (Donated to Merry Monteleone.)
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BREAKING NEWS 0110: Merry Monteleone wins a prize pack for writing in the face of danger!
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39 comments:
I've blogged about it, so I'll just have to hope! I have a nasty feeling though that all my commenters are already fans of yours!
It's a wonderful idea for a competition.
Was encouraged to enter by fairyhedgehog (good luck).
Nice selection of books! I'm here to mention fairyhedgehog too ...
Great giveaways!! Thank you. I came over from fairyhedgehog - I hope she wins!! :-)
Take care
x
Have I been here before?!
In any case, I am here to help FairyHedgehog win some books!
Sx
Thank you for mentioning me Charmaine, Kitty, Simon, and Scarlet!
New here! The fairyhedgehog sent me over for a look!
AND YES, LADIES AND GENTS, WE HAVE A WINNER ALREADY!! FAIRYHEDGEHOG TAKES THE FIRST LITTLE PIGGY HOME WITH HER!!
FairyHedgehog: Congratulations! Pick a prize pack and please email me the address you'd like it mailed to. My email address is:
jen_deben ~at~ yahoo ~dot~ ca
Also, hi and welcome to all FairyHedgehog's loyal readers! *waves*
Thanks, nytebird!
And thank you jjdebenedictus!
Visiting from Fariryhedgehog's site. I've never seen a giveaway done like this before, well done on a novel idea.
Interesting competition! I came through Fairyhedgehog's site as well but she's already won! Maybe I'll enter myself. Love the idea- thanks!
I've just seen the picture of Katirin on your website. Did you really draw that? It's awesome.
Michelle Massaro: Okay, I'll let you vote for yourself! Get four more commenters over here and you win a prize pack!
FairyHedgehog, a.k.a. WINN-AH: Thank you! Yes, I did. :)
I'm so impressed. You keep very quiet about your talents!
And I too am here via fairyhedgehog! What's to be done?
Batgirl: Well, FairyHedgehog already won a prize, so technically, nothing.
However! Since you've never been here before, I can count your comment as a vote for you, and if you round up 4 more people to leave a comment here, then you win a prize pack!
Come on; dooooo eeeeeet. :-D
I'm commenting for Michelle Massaro...Good luck, Michelle!
I forgot to say thank you to Petty, and thank you and good luck to Michelle!
And thanks and good luck to batgirl too!
I'll go away again now and leave you in peace.
*slinks away quietly*
I'm commenting for Michelle - aka- 'mochashello'. woooo
Michelle is up to three; go, go, Michelle!
I see fairyhedgehog already won, but that was why I stopped by. Can she win more than once?
Lisa, that's so sweet! Thank you!
Lisa: Yes, she can! And by my count, she only needs one more vote after yours to do it! Go, go, FairyHedgehog!
The books have arrived! Many, many thanks.
All the way from Canada, and sent to me by you. They are so special!
I hope we'll get good weather and I can read them in my hammock.
So I'll be the last one for a second prize pack for the magical FHH. Though I'm here on my own quite a bit, I totally missed this clever giveaway until she posted about receving her prize pack.
Maybe you should hold onto this one until she gathers her next 5 commenters. Saves a bit on postage, yes?
Sarah, you're so kind but why don't you jump in and go for a pack yourself?
It's just so exciting getting packages from online friends and I want everyone to get that chance!
There once was a writer called Jen
Who ran after agent-type men
She wrote a long novel
Mastered the grovel
And landed not one, but ten.
Nice poem, McK!
FHH - There are books on almost every surface in this house plus boxes of more in the garage. My TBR stack is also here, there and everywhere. I just remembered the other day that I had started one particular book about a month ago. Not sure where it is right now. Maybe buried on my desk (which I'm cleaning off bit by bit).
The only reason the floor isn't completely filled with books is that my wife has a kindle.
I need to give some of mine away myself at some point.
Sarah - I know the problem! I'm a net importer of books but I did manage to get five to the charity shop the other day! (They weren't good enough to use for a competition like this one.)
LADIES AND LADDIES, WE HAVE TWO MORE WINNAHS! THE LOVELY AND ETHEREAL FAIRYHEDGEHOG WINS ANOTHER PRIZE PACK (and if she likes, she can hold another contest on her blog, and I can send the prize pack to whoever wins it.)
AND THE RAZOR-EDGED AND SLEEK MCKOALA WINS HER FIRST PRIZE PACK FOR POETRY ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY!
AND WHAT THE HECK, SO DOES THE PATIENT AND BEATIFIC MICHELLE MASSARO, EVEN THOUGH I'LL HAVE TO HUNT HER DOWN. SHE GOT THREE VOTES!
AND THE WISE AND WINSOME SARAH CAN HAVE A PRIZE PACK TOO IF SHE WANTS ONE AND CAN CROWBAR MORE BOOKS INTO HER HOME!
*coughs* Ow, my throat.
WINNERS! LET ME KNOW WHAT PRIZE PACK YOU WANT AND EMAIL YOUR SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS TO:
jen_deben "at" yahoo "dot" ca
CONGRATULATIONS, WINNERS!
My goodness! Another prize pack! I'm going to have to think about this one.
Congratulations to McK, Michelle and Sarah!
Jen, this is a wonderful competition.
PS I've just noticed your binary numbering and I'm laughing!
FairyHedgehog: Thank you for single-handedly bringing this contest back to life! You deserve a second prize, just for that. :-D
Jen, that's so lovely of you!
It's a beautiful numbering scheme.
You're so sweet to grant me a pack.
Very cool! Thanks! Email on the way =)
Oooh, Sookie Suite, please! Although I will relent if postage bill to eucalypt is too high. I'll email you...
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