Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: quixotic
  • Music: Glee, "The Lady is a Tramp."

Toby Daye book giveaway!

I feel like giving things away (I know you all love it when I do that). Specifically, I feel like giving away copies of the Toby Daye books. Want to win a book? Then come play my game. What game are we playing today?

Six word biography.

It's simple: leave a comment on this entry with a six word biography of yourself. They can be serious, silly, or anything in-between. Here are some examples for me:

"I've always been a cornfield girl."
"Halloweentown princess seeks candy corn, companionship."
"I did it all for dreaming."

Indicate which of the three books you're interested in. On Saturday, I'll use the random number generator to select three winners, one for each book. You can only win once, but you can ask for all three books, if that's what rings your chimes.

Game on!
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kippurbird

September 28 2010, 20:22:45 UTC 6 years ago

Is it sad that it seemed obvious to me?

bkwrrm_tx

September 28 2010, 20:24:20 UTC 6 years ago

No. I'm *thrilled* that it seemed obvious. They're one of my favorite sets of books, and it pains me that more people aren't as enthused with them as I am.

My mom gave me those and Asimov's 'Foundation' series when I was about 7 or 8, so I'd leave her alone about not having anything to read. I'm not sure she saw me all summer. :-)

kippurbird

September 28 2010, 20:31:25 UTC 6 years ago

They are one of mine too! At least the older ones. The more recent ones, by Todd, not so much. They seem so recycled.

But, no, Dragons Dawn is what really got me the itching bug to write fantasy/Science fiction. I got it for my Bat Mitzvah. I was terribly confused when I picked up Dragonflight and didn't recognize any of the characters.

bkwrrm_tx

September 28 2010, 20:33:35 UTC 6 years ago

Hehehe. Try convincing a complete non-reader that you want to name your first born Lessa. It didn't get any better when I explained that she was a dragon-rider.

Kid got named Shay. *grin*

Wasn't any better when I tried to name the second daughter Arcadia Darell. She ended up Cassie.

kippurbird

September 28 2010, 20:43:25 UTC 6 years ago

I have a friend who named their daughter "Lorien" and I've met a Arwen who has a brother named Theodred...

bkwrrm_tx

September 28 2010, 20:44:54 UTC 6 years ago

I could live with both of those.

Shay was actually from the Marlys Milhiser book 'The Mirror'. My sister and I fell in love with the name and whoever had the first girl got to use the name. I won. :-)

kippurbird

September 28 2010, 20:47:34 UTC 6 years ago

Shay's a neat name too.

I'd like to name a kid Theodred. As I don't think I'm ever going to have kids, I named a character that.