Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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LATE ECLIPSES ARC contest!

It's time for another ARC giveaway, this one requiring slightly more effort than the usual "random draw." I've noticed that there's always a spike in book orders right after I post pictures of one or more of my cats being adorable with a book (expect pictures of Thomas with An Artificial Night in the near future). So we're doing pet photography again! The rules:

1. Take a copy of my book.
2. Take a pet (your own, or someone else's, although you should ask before borrowing the neighbor's cat).
3. Take a picture.
4. Post the picture.

Entries will be taken until the morning of Monday the 24th, at which point I will use the random number generator to choose from amongst the eligible submissions. I reserve the right to award a second prize if there's a picture that just slays me, like if someone gives a copy of Feed to a tiger or gives a copy of Rosemary and Rue to a dolphin. Be creative, have fun, and show me your pets!

(Yes, small children in cat costumes count as pets for purposes of this contest, but they have to be yours.)
Tags: animals rock, giving stuff away, late eclipses, silliness, toby daye
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silvertwi

January 19 2011, 18:35:34 UTC 6 years ago

Ooh, I can't wait to see the entries! I unfortunately will not be submitting one, since I am no longer at home with my cats but at school with the books. :)

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cowansfaith

January 19 2011, 19:04:09 UTC 6 years ago

Ditto, except with a Kindle, lol.

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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tsgeisel

January 19 2011, 19:19:30 UTC 6 years ago

Does Feed count?

seanan_mcguire

January 19 2011, 20:33:15 UTC 6 years ago

Yes.

semy_of_pearls

January 19 2011, 19:22:36 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  January 19 2011, 19:25:23 UTC

This is the sort of thing that I don't care if I win, I'm going to participate.

In the meantime...
louhi with book 3

seanan_mcguire

January 19 2011, 20:33:05 UTC 6 years ago

KITTY.

semy_of_pearls

6 years ago

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lavenderfae9

January 19 2011, 19:47:16 UTC 6 years ago

What a time for my camera to die. My cats love your books!

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Amysue Chase

January 19 2011, 20:57:46 UTC 6 years ago

I hope this works. I posted on my blog which is here (http://randommeanderings.typepad.com/random_meanderings_at_mid/2011/01/desperately-seeking-an-arc.html) and if I am lucky the actual picture will appear below:

http://randommeanderings.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb5a53ef0148c7c9375f970c-800wi

We had to bribe Rosie to wake up for this and she was not interested in posing with a kindle.

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Amysue Chase

January 19 2011, 21:00:02 UTC 6 years ago

Sigh. Will try one more time to insert the pic or is posting the link enough?

http://randommeanderings.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341bfb5a53ef0148c7c9375f970c-popup

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Amysue Chase

6 years ago

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wendyzski

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Amysue Chase

January 19 2011, 21:34:21 UTC 6 years ago

Love this..he is the very picture of uninterested! So handsome.

dillen_dagen

January 19 2011, 21:31:01 UTC 6 years ago

Picture Viewable at http://dillen-dagen.livejournal.com/

^^ That's my Baylie with Rosemary and Rue.

seanan_mcguire

January 19 2011, 22:07:06 UTC 6 years ago

Awwww. What kind of doggie?

dillen_dagen

6 years ago

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Cat in a tree.

pendle1511

January 19 2011, 22:06:04 UTC 6 years ago



This is Min, my five year old wild cat, playing the dutiful subject. Of course, “dutiful” being questionable, she was starting to get a little miffed by the end. :)

The whole library...

kidogirl

January 19 2011, 23:21:58 UTC 6 years ago

You don't have to take my word for it!

This is Muddlety--a Siamese in calico disguise! Many treats were involved in the staging of this photo!

morvoren

January 20 2011, 01:56:31 UTC 6 years ago



(I am allergic and there is no one from whom I can currently obtain a pet, so this is the closest I can get. But I can never turn down a chance to show off my Cheshire Cat.)

dillen_dagen

January 20 2011, 02:46:47 UTC 6 years ago

awesome!!

morvoren

6 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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kyrielle

6 years ago

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kyrielle

January 20 2011, 03:00:51 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  January 20 2011, 03:01:24 UTC

I'll join in this one with a picture of Ray being interested in a chin scratcher A Local Habitation:

A Local Habitation: Cat-Approved

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phantomess05

January 20 2011, 03:07:10 UTC 6 years ago

I LOVE THIS

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kyrielle

January 20 2011, 17:14:47 UTC 6 years ago

Love the second one - and he is so cute!

danjite

January 20 2011, 09:07:08 UTC 6 years ago

Damn.

I actually have two of your books in New Zealand!

And I am here!

Writing a conference presentation to give on Tuesday in Brisbane.

And sick enough to be on steroids for my poor, wheezing lungs.

With all the animals safe on the farm- two hours from here.

(Yes, the ceremony will be on the farm!)

Ah well... next time.

Or even maybe for fun after the contest is over... concept art, doncha know?


seanan_mcguire

January 20 2011, 15:22:01 UTC 6 years ago

YAY THE FARM!

Now feel better.

steph_thorns

January 20 2011, 10:52:30 UTC 6 years ago

Valiant; he just woke up and now all this.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a142/TCurhex/Pictures/P1030501.jpg

trialia

January 20 2011, 12:46:17 UTC 6 years ago

Heh, going to have to get an extra hand to hold the camera... Gemma is actually the least book-interested cat I've ever had!

ailsa_cf

January 20 2011, 12:50:41 UTC 6 years ago

Alas, my dogs are at home and I am at college, but I'm enjoying seeing everyone else's pictures.

nefershen

January 20 2011, 17:09:03 UTC 6 years ago

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to insert the picture here so you get a link isntead!

http://pics.livejournal.com/nefershen/pic/000019xd/g1

Seeing all these pictures makes me really want a physical book. These covers are gorgeous.

anindigomind

January 21 2011, 02:29:21 UTC 6 years ago


I think Chai was trying to tell me something about delaying dinner to take the picture - he wouldn't let me put any other books down. :3

marziek

January 21 2011, 16:26:39 UTC 6 years ago

Maybe eventually, the HTML will work? Resizing is not my friend....


Pushkin!

marziek

January 21 2011, 16:28:24 UTC 6 years ago

For other LJusers having trouble posting images, you can get the HTML code here:

http://www.livejournal.com/support/faqbrowse.bml?faqid=6&q=images&lang=

But I could NOT get the resizing option to work at all...

I had to load the resized image into my scrapbook to get it to work. :(

Cynical Nymph

January 21 2011, 17:03:25 UTC 6 years ago

I have no LJ account, but a lovely fairy was nice enough to make this link for me.

This is His Siamese Highness Prince Tarot Cribbiacci, wishing in vain that I would indeed leave him to his Artificial Night because, for the love of Ceiling Cat, he's NAPPING, CAN'T I SEE THAT??

http://pics.livejournal.com/marziek/pic/0000409k

marziek

January 21 2011, 20:07:08 UTC 6 years ago

Seanan, this is CN's kitty Tarot for her entry... I think she had trouble getting the photo up too.

Mr. Tarot Cribbiacci

mrs_norris_mous

January 21 2011, 20:47:20 UTC 6 years ago

http://flic.kr/p/9c2Tig</a>

http://flic.kr/p/9c2Tig, sorry we only have fish and my books haven't arrived yet but I am on the second audio book bought via audible....

zeekie

January 21 2011, 23:06:16 UTC 6 years ago

Here's my paradox Leroy and Jethro with Feed on my kindle.
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and here's a very confused Jethro waking up to find a kindle on him
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morvoren

January 21 2011, 23:19:07 UTC 6 years ago

Aww, your paradox are (is?) adorable!

zeekie

6 years ago

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bunsen_h

January 22 2011, 04:34:32 UTC 6 years ago

For lack of other pets...

Squids and FeedTxulhu and Feed
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