Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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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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Alana Lee Rock

June 26 2013, 06:52:34 UTC 4 years ago

I have a few moments. Preschool, I grew up on Atari (beginning stages of Geekhood). We had three of them, and at least a dozen games including Turtle Graphics. Elementary school, 3rd and 4th grade: refused to take my rainbow scarf (vaguely similar to Doctor Who's but it was close enough for me) each and every day of school regardless if it was 98 degrees with 95% humidity (near Houston, TX). Junior High, while at the Texas Renaissance Festival, getting singled out by a guy that looked like Conan the Barbarian and hearing, "little girl with child bearing hips. Wise to cover hips with sweater." And my parents have it on video, it's the gift that keeps on giving. High School, I played Deanna Troy in a 'Host Your Own Murder Mystery' party and let me tell you, I was behind it all (the mystery) and I worked it! College, two warrants out for my arrest for overdue library books. I kid you not. College bonus round, Captain Harris (or rather G.W. Bailey that played Harris on the Police Academy Movies) got rid of a college parking ticket for me. He was a really nice guy. Parenthood, I apparently got convinced by my ex husband to name our son after an old Dungeons and Dragons role playing character (the same name my ex goes by while doing Amtgard for the last 15+ years.) And as an added bonus, my husband and I attend usually two Renaissance festivals a year in full costume; I am usually a fairy and my husband the Goblin King (he especially loves to walk up to another goblin and give them, "+1 and landwalk abilities" and "Baaaa" at the Scots). We have a contest each time to see who gets the most random strangers taking pictures of us.