Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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Hogswatch is approaching! What does this mean for you?

Hello, happy people!

Tuesday (December 1st) will be the first of the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch, my now-annual "Seanan gives things away for thirteen days because why not" celebration, and I just wanted to issue a few quick reminders. Namely...

1. Each giveaway will have its own rules. Some will be US-only. (Most will honestly be US-only, because I can't afford to pay international postage at this time. More about this to come.) Others will say things like "your comment must include the word 'banana' to be considered a valid entry." Failure to precisely follow the rules of a giveaway will mean you cannot win. There is no wiggle room here, at all. This is partially for my sanity, and partially because when I give things away, the free stuff blogs tend to signal boost, and insisting that the rules be followed means that there's enough of a barrier to entry that I can be reasonably sure things are going to people who actually want them.

2. No, you do not need to follow this blog to win. That being said, each entry will say something like "the winners will be posted at X time, and will have until Y to contact me." Every time I do a giveaway, I have folks contacting me days after the stated time, wanting to know if they can still claim their prizes. I fully understand that life happens—I've been the late one before—but the timelines are firm. So if you don't follow this blog normally, I recommend checking in daily until all Hogswatch giveaways are over.

3. In the instances where I am willing to deal with the cost and complication of international shipping, I may say "you must pay postage to receive your prize." If you'd like to volunteer to pay international postage for a giveaway winner, please comment on that day's giveaway to indicate this. Make sure it's a first-level comment, and not a reply to a specific person. (If you're only willing to pay for a specific person, tell them in private, and y'all can work it out without me.)

4. All prizes have already been selected by me, but I will not be revealing them until the day that their drawing begins.

5. You can enter all thirteen days if you want to.

And that is all. First entry goes up Tuesday!
Tags: giving stuff away, good things, happy hogswatch
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Yah! I love your Thirteen Days of Hogwatch.
It is a fun thing!
I love Hogswatch! Every holiday season, my brother and sister in law (who are fellow Pratchett fans) always get a small gift from the Hogfather. :)
'nk you.
Yay for giveaways from Seanan! Of course I don't plan to enter the giveaways myself, as we already have too much stuff. But I am wondering if you would welcome some assistance sending the winners their stuff. Perhaps there is a tip jar that could defray the postage?
That's a good suggestion! Let me figure out what final postage costs will be.
I would be willing to deal with cost and complication for shipping a couple of (not too large) international prizes, because this giveaway is much of a goodness, and because dealing with one or two is much less daunting than dealing with thirteen! Seanan, would that be okay and not complicate things too much for you? I'm thinking that, if the prize is won by someone without a U.S. address, you could just ship the things to me and I would then ship them on to their actual recipient.

This seems like the sort of thing that would be best to offer only with your consent, and thus I'm asking here.
That is not overly complicated at all! I will ping you if we have international winners. :)
I'm really excited for Hogswatch, please excuse me while I ask this completely dumb question relating to 2. - approximately how long will you give people to respond to each of the winners posts? I promise I have checked each day's entry carefully before asking.
Usually about 48 hours from the time of the "you have won" post going live. Those posts will specify how much time the winner(s) will have.
Thank you, 48 hours is amazing, I was thinking it was going to 1 hour. *is sheepishly sheepish*