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 15 2012, 00:41:41 UTC 4 years ago
I would be able to control my birds. Geese, chickens, and ducks would do my bidding - including continuing on with their normally peaceful lives if nothing were bothering me at the moment.
November 15 2012, 00:42:18 UTC 4 years ago
I am having a very hard time figuring out what my super power would be, but I think it would be either something computer-ish, or perhaps the ability to camouflage with mental powers when desired so others didn't pay me much mind when I didn't want attention.
(What I'd *like* is some magic parenting power to make my kids behave, but I think that's pretty unlikely, lol.)
My husband, on the other hand, might well have the ability to sprout extra eyes and arms when needed in order to deal with children. Child behind his back is misbehaving? Without his having prior knowledge, *pop* there's an eye so he can see. :P Though they'd also show up so he could celebrate good moments, hug someone who needed it, carry multiple kids, etc.
November 15 2012, 01:00:41 UTC 4 years ago
Yep. I'd have the ability to start arguments by my mere presence.
November 15 2012, 01:12:27 UTC 4 years ago
I'd have the ability to draw water out of nearby objects due to eating those "do not eat" silica packets.
November 15 2012, 01:14:33 UTC 4 years ago
Power: Healing, Limitation: Non-human animals only.
November 15 2012, 01:25:19 UTC 4 years ago
Ignoring my co-worker who thinks the BEST power would be to spray lemon juice from his finger tips (yeah, I don't know...) My power would be to be able to shift whatever words/images I have in my mind directly to paper. I say paper rather than a computer screen because I'm still hoping that will be invented in the not-too distant future.
November 15 2012, 01:46:03 UTC 4 years ago
The ability to talk at people until they go away. As a geek who loves to info-dump, I already have this power, but maybe in Velveteen's universe it would be useful for more than pissing off elderly relatives.
November 15 2012, 01:50:45 UTC 4 years ago
This is probably because I'm NaNo-ing in a noisy coffee shop right now, but all I can think of is the power to create SILENCE. Everyone could go about their business and all, but I'd be in total auditory denial of it. Ahhhhh.... I really love quiet (and I've never found headphones or earplugs that do anything but create an echo inside my head.)
Come on, random number generator!!
November 15 2012, 01:56:49 UTC 4 years ago
My superpower (idea stolen from Walt Flanagan) would be self-healing, including healing of old age and wrinkles. I wouldn't make a big deal of being a hero, and wouldn't have an alter ego. I'd just try to do some good quietly.
November 15 2012, 02:02:53 UTC 4 years ago
My superpower would be the ability to do stuff I enjoy without being lazy. Also I could fly.
November 15 2012, 02:03:40 UTC 4 years ago
My Superpower would be the ability to confuse anyone I talk to, to the point where they wouldn't be able to tell up from down or black from white!
November 15 2012, 02:06:51 UTC 4 years ago
Super power: the book whisperer -- able to whisper words off the page and fight crime with their power ("but hark, what light through yonder window breaks" said with POWER and FOCUS would bring some rockin' light out and blind your opponent, for example)
November 15 2012, 02:17:25 UTC 4 years ago
I would want the power to read and write any language I saw.
November 15 2012, 02:21:24 UTC 4 years ago
Now if I had the super-power of my choice in Velveteen's universe, it would be teleportation. That has to be my all-time favorite super-power.
And I'm local - in Campbell, CA: probably close enough that you could send it to me at a BASFA meeting [you should show up sometime ^_^] - or I could drive over to pick it up and spare you the postal fee.
November 15 2012, 02:22:25 UTC 4 years ago
The ability to learn from other people's mistakes.
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November 15 2012, 02:43:26 UTC 4 years ago Edited: November 15 2012, 02:43:56 UTC
United States.
November 15 2012, 02:44:25 UTC 4 years ago
Hrm. I'm torn between communicating with felines (as in, understanding exactly what they are trying to tell me, and tell them exactly what I want), and being able to split into however many bodies I need to get everything done that needs done (along with actually having some "free" time). Although I suppose an combination of those two would be interesting :)
November 15 2012, 02:46:00 UTC 4 years ago
For a super power I'd like that oldie but goodie: invisibility.
November 15 2012, 02:48:26 UTC 4 years ago
Power: The ability to manipulate molecules.
November 15 2012, 02:49:09 UTC 4 years ago
My superpower would be: the ability to transmute gold into lead!
November 15 2012, 03:09:39 UTC 4 years ago
I would be The Spirit of St Patrick's Day. Less responsibility than Xmas or All Hallows, and free beer for everyone.
November 15 2012, 03:10:11 UTC 4 years ago
And I'd like to trade the ability to destroy batteries (rechargeable or otherwise) in for the ability to fudge time a little, either to run faster or slower in my vicinity for brief periods of time. Dunno what you'd call that, though.
::hugs RNG::
November 15 2012, 03:12:27 UTC 4 years ago
I would absolutely read by osmosis. Books speak to my soul, and being surrounded by books brings peace, so obviously the superpower of choice is to obtain all knowledge through touching battered paperback novels, right? (Woe, the kindle is my sworn enemy, though I do love it so...)
November 15 2012, 03:14:04 UTC 4 years ago
I would wield an enchanted folding table (a wizard was aiming for a sword. He missed.) that transforms objects I hit with it. The table would be bound to me so to everyone else, it would just provide a convenient place to eat while watching television.
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