Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: annoyed
  • Music: Glee, "Somebody to Love."

ARC winner, flying away, iPod troubles.

Point the first: I have drawn the winner for the first A Local Habitation giveaway! I literally do this by feeding the number of comments into a random number generator, and then counting (this is very laborious, but worth it). So our first winner is...

asthecrowfly!

Please email me—DO NOT use the LJ messenger function—with your mailing address. I will be mailing the ARC out after I get home from New York (so next week).

Point the second: I am about to shut down my computer, get into the car, go to the airport, and fly to New York City. I'll be online in the evenings, and may even be online from the plane, since I'm going to need distractions while in the air. I have a lot of writing planned for the actual transit portion of the trip, and a lot of business meetings planned while in New York. I'm going to be Seanan and Mira this time. Fun for the whole family. Plus, The Agent is taking me to Serendipity 3. Mmmmmm, frozen hot chocolate.

Point the third: Coyote has decided that I depend too much on modern technology, and my iPod has died. Hard. Like, I spent half an hour on the phone with Apple technical support, and finally got told "I think it's your hardware." No shit, Sherlock. Anyway, I'm going to go to an Apple Store in Manhattan, where hopefully they'll say something like "gee, this is still under warranty, have a new one." If not, I'm going to sell one of Brooke's kidneys (again) or something, because my mental health really hinges on having portable music, and I no longer have my faithful old Sony Discman (it died quite some time ago). My housemate has loaned me his iPod for the duration of my trip, largely, I think, because he was afraid I might eat him if he didn't.

And that's the news from California. There will be more contests and ARC giveaways in the months to come, including the first contest proposed by The Agent, and I'll let you know when I reach New York alive.
Tags: a local habitation, book promotion, cranky blonde is cranky, giving stuff away, in the wild, technology, travel, where's seanan
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  • 14 comments

hms42

November 7 2009, 19:22:02 UTC 7 years ago

Safe travel. and good luck with Apple.

seanan_mcguire

November 8 2009, 00:36:09 UTC 7 years ago

Thanks!

gaaneden

November 7 2009, 20:45:24 UTC 7 years ago

asthecrowfly is going to be ecstatic. I introduced her to you. And now, I'm envious of her. :)

seanan_mcguire

November 8 2009, 00:36:55 UTC 7 years ago

You're still getting a copy for review! Soon, probably, since I'm going to be signing the ARCs for mailing out this week.

hsifyppah

November 8 2009, 00:34:28 UTC 7 years ago

If not, I'm going to sell one of Brooke's kidneys (again) or something,

Should I mail you another six-pack? You must be running low by now.

seanan_mcguire

November 8 2009, 00:37:42 UTC 7 years ago

That'd be swell, thank you!

judifilksign

November 8 2009, 02:16:52 UTC 7 years ago

Safe trip, and remember to tell your friends and agent the safe word triggers to flip you back and forth between your alter egos!

Candy Corn and...um...Uh oh.

seanan_mcguire

November 11 2009, 03:23:10 UTC 7 years ago

...oops.

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seanan_mcguire

November 11 2009, 03:23:32 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, ow.

My iPod was, sadly, just dead. But I am getting a new one.

hasufin

November 8 2009, 08:44:59 UTC 7 years ago

I've actually had pretty good luck with Apple's tech support. About a month ago I found that the volume button on my touch didn't work all the time. I took it in to an Apple store and they replaced it. Apparently someone realized that the cost of cracking the thing open was more than the cost of just handing out new hardware (and presumably reconditioning and reselling the old hardware later)

seanan_mcguire

November 11 2009, 03:23:45 UTC 7 years ago

That rules.

hasufin

November 12 2009, 13:54:12 UTC 7 years ago

I dunno... I had the sense to back up beforehand, but I was nonetheless expecting them to pop it open and blow on the buttons; net result was that I had a non-functional iPod for most of the afternoon until I had a chance to get home and resync it.

Still, having worked tech support, it is nice to see a company crunch the numbers and realize that the penny-pinching "No RMAs ever!" philosophy loses money.

jacylrin

November 9 2009, 14:54:43 UTC 7 years ago

Hope you enjoy your stay on my side of the country. Too bad I'm not closer to NYC. If you make it to the DC area, let me know :-)

seanan_mcguire

November 11 2009, 03:23:58 UTC 7 years ago

Not this time, alas, but maybe in the future.