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A RED-ROSE CHAIN winners, and a note on rules.

Let's have some good and some bad together, shall we? First, the good. Today's winners of an ARC of A Red-Rose Chain are...

jillheather
desolate_noir
mage_cat

Congratulations! Please send me your mailing address via my website contact form (identifying which of our winners you are, since email addresses don't always give it away) to receive your prize! I must receive your information within twenty-four hours, or the prize is forfeit.

Now, the bad. Or well, the confused.

Look, y'all: rules matter. Sometimes they matter because without them you never get your stuff (see the above about sending your mailing info via my website contact form). Sometimes they matter because they're "filter rules"—IE, "are people paying attention to what I ask, or are they just here for the free stuff?" I've been featured on the "this person is giving away free stuff" blogs a couple of times, usually at Hogswatch, and you know what? It sucks. I love giving things to people who care. I hate giving stuff to people who just want it because it's free, or because they think it has good resale value (both things I have been told by folks who found me via the "free stuff here" lists).

So yeah. If the rules say "you must include the word banana," then you must include the word banana, or you cannot win. If the rules say "name your favorite book in the series," then you must name your favorite book, or you cannot win. There were several entries in this most recent giveaway that could not have won, even if the RNG had chosen them, because they did not follow the (very simple) posted rules. (To be clear, the RNG did not pick any of them, so I didn't have to choose between the rules and breaking someone's heart.)

Please, please, follow the posted rules. For everyone's sake, but especially for your own.
Tags: a red-rose chain, giving stuff away, shameless plea, toby daye
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Banana!

Sad not to have won but still soooo excited to have Red-Rose Chain to look forward to.

Hugs for the author! 'Nips for the kitties!
Thomas has taken to eating his 'nip straight from the bowl. I fear his power.

marziek

2 years ago

Yeth Mahthter.

;)
Thhhppppt.
Sorry I am not sure which of the two books I mentioned are my favourite books and it pains me to give the wrong answer. I will try and do better.

You at least gave an answer. Had the RNG chosen you, I would have considered you a valid winner. There were people who just went "book book book" and called it a day.

domynoe

2 years ago

asg_qa_s7

2 years ago

asg_qa_s7

2 years ago

which is why i didn't enter.

but Hogswatch! i had no clue till last fall, when my bestie broke the house rule imposed by her son about never watching the movie till the correct time of year...

that was SO good. Sir Pratchett definitely did GOOD on world building!
He did so, so good.
You warm my heart! Of course I spent most of my morning explaining to people why they didn't score better on our last solicitation , and our rules are much more complicated.
Heh.

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Aw.
I shall keep in the theme of good and bad: Bad (sad) that I did not win (and congratulations to the winners!), but good that I now have an excuse to buy the paperback on release day :)

(If I had won, I would have purchased the kindle edition, because while I don't want duplicate books I do believe in giving money to my favorite authors. So, y'know, they can keep the lights on. And feed the cats.)
(I appreciate that immensely.)
I keep trying to think of something coherent and gracious to say here, but my brain keeps getting stuck on "Yay!" and "Eeeeeeee!"
Just make sure you send in your info via the website contact form, if you haven't already! (All mail is received, but my PA is in France right now, so she's a bit delayed in forwarding it on to me.)

mage_cat

2 years ago

bunny_m

2 years ago

So, is saying something like, my favorite is a short but here is my favorite book okay? Or is that a problem.

Also, thank you for doing these. It's really awesome (I'm also in the would buy a copy anyway, but reading early is nifty)
That's fine. It's not a very structured rule.
I put my favorite book under Subject and then later wondered if that wouldn't be noticed or something. Oh well, better luck next time.
Your name didn't get drawn by the RNG; if it had, I would have seen the book.
I looked back and I didn't follow the rules, and I'm very sorry. I was on vacation, and apparently my brain took a vacation, too.
It's okay! It just means that, had your name been selected, you couldn't have won. Which would have been sad.
When I posted my answer for the contest, I had not yet finished Ashes of Honor. I just finished it earlier this week and WOW, that was intense! My favorite is probably still An Artificial Night, because that was the book where I fell for Toby. Before that I wasn't quite convinced. But that hooked me. And the more I read, the more hooked I get. I'm enjoying Chimes at Midnight .... Keep up the good work!

And, yeah, people don't read directions or pay attention to rules. I've learned from the Luidaeg that rules are REALLY important to follow. You never know what's at stake.
So glad you're still having fun!
My excitement about A Red-Rose Chain cannot be textually rendered.

::glee::
Glee!
I was going to enter but I couldn't decide between Ashes of Honor and A Winter Long so I just... didn't. Because I can be incredibly silly sometimes.
And that's totally fair.