Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: stumped
  • Music: Moulin Rouge, "Elephant Love Medley."

Okay. Advise me.

I have a few more ARCs to give away, and I'm stumped. So how should I give them away? (Hint: saying "give them to me" will actually not endear you, unless you finish that sentence with "I do all the buying for a major bookstore" or something similar, and can present credentials.) Have you got a favorite review site? Have I missed a contest? Should I abandon them on BART cars? What?

Propose anything. I am open to the crazy.

EDIT: So it's said, the "abandon on BART cars" option was a joke. I won't do anything that involves releasing ARCs into the wild, outside the bounds of the standard social contract, with no idea where they went. Not okay.
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djonn

August 17 2009, 19:25:40 UTC 7 years ago

I'm assuming that "a few more to give away" already means "in addition to the handful I'm keeping for archival purposes and to placate the cats". Now, then....

The WTF!Pumpkin Contest: Retail being what it is, it is not quite too early for people to start finding instances of Weird And Amazing Pumpkin Products. Entrant who provides photographic or other evidence of the weirdest and/or most amazing gets an ARC.

The Write Seanan's Dialogue Contest: This would involve picking a suitable "With Friends Like These" strip, cleverly zapping the words out of the word balloons in an electronic version, and giving entrants the chance to offer their own dialogue. Winner might be chosen by popular vote, by a Panel of Clones, or by the Will of the Seanan.

The Mad Pandemic Contest: Entrants must create (as in "name and describe", not "synthesize in their secret lairs") a hypothetical Deadly Pandemic capable of wiping out, horribly devolving, or otherwise causing serious harm to large portions of the human race.

The Rampant Generosity Scheme: Not strictly a contest, but a possibility to be considered -- hold an auction for the very last ARC, with the proceeds to be donated to a suitably worthy cause.

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2009, 04:11:17 UTC 7 years ago

See, most of these require actual effort on my part. Right now, that's a problem. I'm out of go.