rushedSo Disneyland was a little more exhausting than anticipated, and the eleventh and twelfth days of Hogswatch got pushed back a bit. I'm sorry about that. This is the posting for the eleventh of the Twelve Days of Hogswatch. Each giveaway has different rules, and a different deadline, although all prizes will be mailed on January 9th, because I am bad at going to the post office.
The final giveaway is for a birthday swag pack, assembled by yours truly. It will contain:
* A copy of the art bookmark I designed several years ago for Borderlands. These bookmarks have been gone for years, and have clownfish mermaids all over them. Super cute, and a rare example of my working in full color.
* A Slasher Chicks T-shirt. You get to pick the size, although sizes are limited (it was a very short run), so I can't promise I'll have the one you want. But hey, it would be a rockin' present for somebody else.
* A copy of your choice of Wicked Girls or Stars Fall Home, signed.
* One of the unique, never-for-sale "I'm with the band" passes we make for the Traveling Circus. I don't have passes from all events, but I can check to see if I have a specific title (Seanan books only).
This is a random number drawing with a twist. So...
1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. If you are international, indicate a willingness to pay postage.
3. Explain to me why YOU deserve this birthday gift.
Please remember that all giveaway rules are non-negotiable. Failure to follow the rules of a giveaway will mean that you cannot win, even if the RNG picks you. I will be choosing three finalists, and then letting their arguments sway me to a final winner.
I will choose the winner at 1PM PST on Wednesday, January 8th. I know that's super-tight, but I need to do the mailing.
Game on!
January 7 2014, 20:47:28 UTC 3 years ago
... drat. That's hard. It's hard to ever say "I deserve" something even when I have worked for something and this is a random giveaway and hence, hard to work for it.
I have been a good girl and not wished anyone into the corn field despite having to cope with wedding prep and shoe breaking problems (last of it's kind, maker discontinued it and apparently I literally wore it to pieces). Though I can add 'wore a shoe to pieces due to the amount of walking I did while wearing them' to my chart of awesome, surreal and crazy things I have done. It goes up there with 'rode a bike without brakes down a mile long very steep hill and survived without broken bones' and 'spent 4 miles walking a unscheduled detour on 2 mile hike before I realized we had gone too far because tree pretty' and 'surprised the boardwalk ride operator and my classmates with my ability to go on the ride repeatedly at this top speed, thus scoring several free rides, including one from the operator, as they all thought just one more ride would make me sick and were willing to pay to prove I couldn't handle it endlessly - it whirled around and around around and I just laughed and laughed and laughed'.
(Wedding prep isn't bad, it's just work and stressing about the things I can't schedule yet, because I can cope with to-do lists, but can't cope with to-do lists without the items being defined and capable of currently being done. And wow, even a wedding with 15 guests and as low key as one can get is still work.)