geekyThis is the first giveaway. It is open to all, with the caveat that if you are outside the United States, you must be willing to pay postage if you win. I am sorry about that, but I can't afford international postage right now. If that's cool with you, yay! If it's not, I really am sorry, and hopefully will win the lottery soon.
To enter, leave a comment with your location (US/non-US), and what super power you would have if you lived in Velveteen's universe. Winners will be selected via random number generator, BUT! If you don't include everything above, you cannot win.
I will randomly select a winner on Sunday, November 18th, so that I can mail the book before Thanksgiving.
Good luck! Game on!
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November 14 2012, 16:53:03 UTC 4 years ago Edited: November 14 2012, 16:57:05 UTC
I would be able to imbue my knitting with protective powers.
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November 14 2012, 16:56:18 UTC 4 years ago
Cellular metabolism that functions at peak efficiency under anaerobic and hypoglycemic conditions, eliminating the requirement for food, air, or blood flow. “Dude, I can see your spine.” Preferably with increased resistance to infection and increased healing.
November 14 2012, 16:57:04 UTC 4 years ago Edited: November 15 2012, 19:48:00 UTC
Power: Sorcery, with a limitation - only after listening to a thematically or lyrically appropriate song.
November 14 2012, 17:00:17 UTC 4 years ago
The power to speed read. (My tbr pile is winning.)
November 14 2012, 17:01:15 UTC 4 years ago
Use the accumulated stress of my life to power my ability to make people asplode. With the power of my brain.
November 14 2012, 17:04:39 UTC 4 years ago
I would have the power to correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling on all printed material: billboards, menus, books, political posters, newspapers, ads on buses, what have you. The temptation to use this power in support of personal bias instead of Righteous GRAMMAR! would be strong - but this just offers scope for character story arc and back story. :-)
November 14 2012, 19:52:24 UTC 4 years ago Edited: November 14 2012, 19:52:51 UTC
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November 14 2012, 17:07:14 UTC 4 years ago
I'd want to be able to manipulate magnetic fields.
November 14 2012, 17:08:58 UTC 4 years ago
Technology healing aura.
"My computer keeps freezing. Can you come take a look?"
" Sure, be right there."
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"Okay, well, it WAS freezing. It just refuses to freeze in front of you."
November 15 2012, 19:09:34 UTC 4 years ago
November 14 2012, 17:11:20 UTC 4 years ago Edited: November 14 2012, 17:12:38 UTC
Maybe this is a little weird, but I want the ability to put together and take apart all forms of flat pack furniture without damaging it, including the back where the little tacks are put in. And, as a bonus, wouldn't those tacks make a really useful weapon. :)
November 14 2012, 17:15:00 UTC 4 years ago
The power to breath fire
November 15 2012, 17:31:20 UTC 4 years ago
There's a reason that fire breathing dragons have scales
November 14 2012, 17:21:53 UTC 4 years ago
Is that a power? The power of WANTING? I can just see it now: "I am... the WANTER." "The Wanderer?" "The Wanter!" "The Water?" "THE WANTER." "Oh, what do you want?" "I WANT A PONY." *poof* "Neiiiiigh!"
In slightly more seriousness, there are many powers I'd love to have. However, if I lived in Velveteen's universe, it's a certainly that I'd be saddled with something like Wifikinesis, the ability to mentally link to the Internet as long as there was wifi nearby. I would be... HOTSPOT.
Or I'd have the power to understand cats, which would probably be very depressing and much more conducive to becoming a supervillain.
November 14 2012, 18:20:08 UTC 4 years ago
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November 14 2012, 17:22:52 UTC 4 years ago
And I'm honestly accident-prone enough that my only possible answer is either an impressive healing factor, or imperviousness a la Colossus.
November 14 2012, 17:23:40 UTC 4 years ago
I'd have the power of "Day Dream" -- to cause the action to stop while I drifted into space, thinking, and to cause my daydreams to take on erie reality!
Also -- Yay, happy book!
November 14 2012, 17:28:57 UTC 4 years ago
I would be able to produce laboratory supplies on demand and replacement parts for any equipment, no matter how obsolete. I'd most likely end up as assistant to a series of mad scientists. :)
Also, thanks for the reminder to check that the book is available for order now. I've had that tab open in my browser since the original announcement but hadn't looked at it since last month.
November 14 2012, 17:36:48 UTC 4 years ago
My superpower would be exuding a pheromone that makes the people around me relax.
November 15 2012, 17:33:23 UTC 4 years ago
*is tense*
November 14 2012, 17:43:33 UTC 4 years ago
November 14 2012, 17:49:24 UTC 4 years ago
I would want increased physical abilities (and can then tell people who think girls are weak to SHOVE IT.)
November 14 2012, 17:53:42 UTC 4 years ago
If I could have a superpower, it would be the ability to maintain a comfortable personal environment (temperature/humidity/pressure/atmospher
In other news, my feet are FREEZING. You got out of the midwest just in time.
November 14 2012, 17:54:49 UTC 4 years ago
My super-power- ability to jump into books.
November 14 2012, 17:56:38 UTC 4 years ago
I've often thought about (comparatively) serious superpowers I could have, like the ability to make anyone incapable of deception to or about persons for whom they have no empathy, which I could then employ upon the halls of Congress so I could sit back and watch the fun. Or teleportation, which would be really really handy when it came to visiting out-of-state friends and family. But in the Velveteen universe, that's not nearly fun enough. So...
I'm thinking The Editor, whose superpower would be to take any recorded medium such as television or film, and to basically change or improve it according to my desires. Photographer got the wrong angle? The pixels conform to my desire and choose a better, more dramatic angle, fixing the underexposure and color along the way. Camera op cuts away just before the dramatic kiss? Somehow, the kiss is back in the finished video of the play. Oh, and *always* pointed in the right direction to catch the amazing or hilarious occurrence. Bonus points for being so far under the radar that Super Patriots doesn't really notice it's there.
November 14 2012, 18:02:49 UTC 4 years ago
I would have the power to detect any animal products in food, so that I will never accidentally eat a non-vegetarian marshmallow ever again!
November 15 2012, 17:40:49 UTC 4 years ago
November 14 2012, 18:02:58 UTC 4 years ago Edited: November 14 2012, 18:06:16 UTC
Superpower - It would be great to have the ability to learn a language within minutes of hearing it spoken.
November 14 2012, 18:03:34 UTC 4 years ago Edited: November 14 2012, 18:04:31 UTC
I'm in the US. Specifically, under the jurisdiction of the Super Patriots West Coast division. Praying fervently that Velveteen takes them out before they go truly batshit.
November 14 2012, 18:10:45 UTC 4 years ago
As for a superpower...Access to a small pocket dimension through the use of anything that can be zipped shut, like a handbag. On the other hand, I already have too much trouble finding stuff in my bag as it is.
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