Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Brooke Lunderville, "Rosemary and Rue."

Valentine's ARC giveaway!

To celebrate Valentine's Day (and the excuse that it provides—I might as well be celebrating Champion Crab Races Day on the 18th), I've decided to do something truly awesome: a three stage ARC giveaway. Yes! Three ARCs of A Local Habitation will be awarded to three lucky entries over the course of the next week!

Here's how it works:

1. Comment on this entry telling me who your favorite character in Toby's world is, and why. Be as detailed as you want. (Yes, technically, this does make the contest open only to those who've read Rosemary and Rue. As this is a sequel, I don't feel bad about that.)
2. ...that's all, actually. Your part in things is now done.

I will select winners via random number draw tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. All winners will be selected at noon PST. All winners must contact me via my website "contact" link before eight PM PST on Sunday, or another winner will be selected, and I will shake my head in sorrow.

Game on!
Tags: a local habitation, book promotion, contest, giving stuff away, silliness, toby daye
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admnaismith

February 9 2010, 18:03:28 UTC 7 years ago


The Luidaeg, definitely. Toby's bargain with her is, it seems to me, the most powerful scene in Rosemary & Rue. The character who can get you whatever you want for a price is as old as the Pied Piper, the street dealer, and the Devil who wants to trade for your soul, and those dangerous bargains fascinate me. Robert Campbell has a series about a Chicago ward heeler who uses political favor-trading to solve crimes and look after the voters in his precinct; and the Cyberpunk RPG had a character type called the Fixer, whose special street-dealing skill made him the most indispensable member of a group.

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing more of the Luidaeg, learning about her code of trading, the things she demands in return for her help, the ironically bad outcomes to be alert for when bargaining, the consequences of promises and obligations.

The little snippets about Blind Michael also fascinate me, but we haven't been told enough yet for me to call him a "favorite" yet. He's mostly deliciously terrifying so far because of what has been left to our imagination.

emurphy42

February 9 2010, 18:26:46 UTC 7 years ago

Not to mention Toby having the sheer chutzpah to turn the bargain around so that the Luidaeg is left owing her something, with all that that implies among the fae.