Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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Get your geek on: a GEEKOMANCY giveaway!

I am a total geek. I have never tried to conceal my geekiness, choosing instead to embrace it for the wonderful thing that it is. Without my geeky pastimes, I wouldn't have the same friends, the same toys...the same life. I don't define myself by my geeky passions, but I can't pretend that they haven't defined me throughout my existence. Much like a bonsai is shaped by wire and scissors, I have been shaped by the X-Men and horror movies and roleplaying games and mythology, and I like me this way.

All things considered, it's probably not a surprise that when I was offered the chance to blurb Michael Underwood's Geekomancy, I said "sure, why not." A magic system based on and powered by the geeky joys that run my universe? Yes, please. And to no one's shock or amazement, I adored it. It's fun, it's peppy, it's about people I recognize, because they're the kind of people I voluntarily surround myself with every day of my life. The sequel, Celebromancy, came out recently, and is even more fun.

But here's the thing: these books are e-only, which means they miss out on bookstore browsers and surprise eyes, and too many of the awesome geeky people I know haven't encountered them or had the opportunity to give them a try. So I asked Michael's editor if I could do an e-book giveaway for the first book, to get people hooked on the series, and he said sure (after he finished blinking at me a great deal). And so I now present...

SEANAN GIVES AWAY SOMEONE ELSE'S BOOKS FOR A CHANGE!

This giveaway is for three electronic copies of Geekomancy by Michael Underwood. The limitations:

1. You will need to get the book through a specific channel (the publisher's website), because what I have are download codes.
2. The book is not going to be "Kindle ready," and may not be transferable onto a Kindle without evil magic.

To enter, leave a comment with your geekiest moment. No geek is too great! I, and the Random Number Generator, will select three winners on Friday, June 28th. Open to US residents only (sorry), please leave your comment on the entry itself; comments on comments will not be eligible to win.

Game on!
Tags: geekiness, giving stuff away, good things, people make things, reading things
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silvertwi

June 25 2013, 00:21:01 UTC 4 years ago

1) Joss Whedon was my Commencement speaker. There were special showings of his works, and I got to geek out and talk about the music he writes for a few minutes--with Joss Whedon. (I was dying of curiosity as to how a person who claims no musicianship could write music...and also just wanted to tell him how much I enjoy all the musical jokes in his works.) Also? I/my graduating class got to see Much Ado About Nothing weeks before it was released even in LA and NYC, etc. With a Q&A afterwards. And I high-fived him as I walked up to get my diploma. Best. Graduation. Ever.

2) I am now a sound geek. I work with sound equipment, and am now in love with high-quality headphones. Wicked Girls, in particular, sounds *amazing* with good headphones capable of reproducing the whole range of frequencies. OMG. I am in love with the combination of Sennheiser headphones and Wicked Girls. ... Oh, and I want to do sound design/engineering for a living.

3) For a wedding this past weekend, I tried to write a parody of "Hero of Canton" about the wedding couple, but ran out of time. I plan to finish it and post to youtube, though. :P :D