Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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On the fourth day of Hogswatch, your Seanan gave away...

...a copy of Indexing!

Welcome to the fourth of the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch. I will be starting a new giveaway every day between now and December 13th. Each giveaway will have different rules, and a different deadline, although all prizes will be mailed on December 30th, because I am bad at going to the post office (and also, avoiding the post office until that other winter holiday is over).

The third giveaway is for a copy of Indexing (the first one). This is going to be a random number drawing, because I just got home from the East Coast two days ago, and I'm still tired. So...

1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. If you are international, indicate both this and your willingness to pay postage.
3. Name your fairy tale.
4. That's it.

I will choose the winner at 1PM PST on Friday, December 11th.

Game on!

ETA: This drawing is now CLOSED.
Tags: fairy tale remix, giving stuff away, happy hogswatch, indexing
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morningapproach

December 5 2015, 01:28:31 UTC 1 year ago

My fairy tale is The Sea Maiden, an old celtic tale - http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Celtic_folktale_17.html

I am american, for all intents and purposes!

tsgeisel

December 5 2015, 01:36:42 UTC 1 year ago

1) Hi! Hi! Hi!
2) I'm in the US.
3) "The Sun, The Moon and the Stars" as retold by Stephen Brust.
4) Ok.

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draggonlaady

December 5 2015, 01:37:07 UTC 1 year ago

Has anybody told you today that you're awesome? I expect they have but I'll join the line :)

Fairy tale: How Coyote flew with the blackbirds.

Lauren Rowe

December 5 2015, 01:43:56 UTC 1 year ago

When I was little my favourite was always the Twelve Dancing Princesses. I'm international (UK) and willing to pay postage :)

Greg Rheam

December 5 2015, 01:48:04 UTC 1 year ago

In the US

favorite fairy tale: Alice in Wonderland

also to thelittlestdoc Uprooted should totally count as a fairy tale.

blueeowyn

December 5 2015, 01:53:26 UTC 1 year ago Edited:  December 5 2015, 01:55:42 UTC

Comment
Not international
Can I name my fairy tale "Bob"? Of the Disney ones, I love Brave; of the classics Snow White.
Woot

Edit Having now read some of the comments, I have things to read and I should have thought more ... oh well.

lellyvision

December 5 2015, 01:57:47 UTC 1 year ago

I live in the continental US!

My fairy tale... Ursula Vernon's spin on Little Red Riding Hood. Too many to choose from!

Meredith Mahoney

December 5 2015, 02:05:19 UTC 1 year ago

commenting, I think my fairy tale would be the one where the princess kisses the frog and it transforms to a prince, though nowadays I'd rather just have the frog, thank you.

Snow White

Gloria Ruth Kennedy

December 5 2015, 02:06:02 UTC 1 year ago

Snow White! Once I read it in the original German, it gave me a whole new perspective: »Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand,
Wer ist die Schönste im ganzen Land?«

so antwortete er:
»Frau Königin, Ihr seid die Schönste hier,
Aber Schneewittchen ist tausendmal schöner als Ihr.«

When the mirror told her that Snow White was 1000 times prettier than she was; is it any wonder that the queen was pissed!?! I am not saying that a poison apple was the answer, but I can understand why the queen was miffed.

keikiicake

December 5 2015, 02:40:05 UTC 1 year ago

1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. II'm in the US
3. I'm definitely Gretel. I'd follow a trail of candy into hell itself without a second thought.
4. YAY INDEXING! I'm enjoying the second book so much.

Give away

pconn604

December 5 2015, 02:56:10 UTC 1 year ago

Have to go with the shoemaker and the elves i think.
But really all i know about fairytales i learned from you ☺

marfisa

December 5 2015, 03:09:38 UTC 1 year ago

I'm in the U.S. and my fairy tale is "The White Cat" (a sort of gender-switched variant on "Beauty and the Beast," except the curse on the princess-turned-talking-cat doesn't seem to have been brought on by anything she personally did to offend the person who cast the spell).

Bonnie Whitley Potter

December 5 2015, 03:52:28 UTC 1 year ago

What a hard question! I'll pick Brave. I just love it when she kills it at the archery competition.

danceswithwaves

December 5 2015, 04:44:21 UTC 1 year ago

Happy holidays from Maryland.

I love the role of roses in Beauty and the Beast but my favorite fairy tale (which might more accurately be a folk tale but oh well) is the Jewish tale The Pirate Princess.

barsukthom

December 5 2015, 04:55:56 UTC 1 year ago

The Tale of Marya Morevna.
I mean, look! Our Hero goes a-wandering, comes across a battlefield. He asks one of the bodies, (This is translated from the Russian) "Whoa, dude, what happened here?" Ivan the Corpse answered, "Yo, my friend, Marya Morevna happened onto us, for truly, she is an Bad-Ass." Our Hero IMMEDIATELY says, "DUDE! AWESOME! I must meet this lady! She is SO the mate for me!"
It gets complicated after that, because her Dad is Koschei the Deathless, and, well, the course of True Love never DID run smooth.

ancelinegrey

December 7 2015, 12:57:06 UTC 1 year ago

That sounds like a really awesome fairy tale. Where can I find it in English? My Russian is sadly limited to recognizing letters and small words like pronouns and "tea" and a few colours.

barsukthom

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corucia

December 5 2015, 05:02:15 UTC 1 year ago

Not sure if it's allowable, but what the hey...
Bridge of Birds, the first of the Chronicles of Master Li and Number 10 Ox.

US locale....

colliemommie

December 5 2015, 05:12:59 UTC 1 year ago

In the US.


I've always had an affinity for the headman's daughter in The Embroiderer Prince. She has a good balance of the romantic and the sensible. I love you too, handsome stranger, and it's nice that you're a prince, but everyone needs a profession, so go learn something useful!


Plus then she saves him and all the other captives in the mine. I always wanted to ride to the rescue at the head of a bunch of boyars.

Rachele Willoughby

December 5 2015, 05:20:21 UTC 1 year ago

I'd love to win a copy of Indexing to give to my son. My favorite fairy tale right now, I think, is Brother and Sister since I just recently lost my oh-so-foolish roe.

lysystratae

December 5 2015, 06:18:40 UTC 1 year ago

I'm in Kansas; I suspect my fairy tale would be Baba Yaga.

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iphignia939

December 5 2015, 08:17:29 UTC 1 year ago

Yes please! Snow White and Rose Red.

sirfox

December 5 2015, 08:36:54 UTC 1 year ago

Am Domestic, willing to cover postage anyway.

The tale of the enchanted forest that wasn't, the wardrobe that went nowhere, and a lifetime of trust issues.

etcet

December 5 2015, 12:17:27 UTC 1 year ago

1. Comment!
2. Florida only acts like another country. Planet. Whichever.
3. "The Princess' Surly Bootblack"
4. It!

bookwurm

December 5 2015, 15:29:36 UTC 1 year ago

Happy Hogswatch! My fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast (even though I know it sends some terrible messages about love being enough to "fix" someone).

vaspider

December 5 2015, 15:32:05 UTC 1 year ago

My fairy tale is the one I'll write tomorrow.
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