Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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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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the_rainbow_jen

December 5 2015, 15:32:08 UTC 1 year ago

I've always been fond of Rumpelstiltskin, especially the re-workings in more modern times.

Thanks for the contest!

Indexing giveaway

scifiknitter

December 5 2015, 15:43:19 UTC 1 year ago

My fairy tale: The Six Swans. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Swans
Maybe reading this over and over as a child helped make me into a knitter.
I'm in the US and would be happy to pay for postage.
p.s. Loved seeing/hearing you at Chessiecon!

autumnstar1

December 5 2015, 15:44:10 UTC 1 year ago

My fairy tale is Sleeping Beauty.

wintersolstyce

December 5 2015, 15:49:20 UTC 1 year ago

US. Mine is Red Riding Hood in its original form. It's dark, it's nasty, and it shows what fairy tales really were.

seabhac_mhor

December 5 2015, 16:37:39 UTC 1 year ago

1) Behold, for I have commented!
2) Absolutely in the US.
3) My favorite "fairy tale" (though more properly it's not strictly a "fairy" story) is how Raven stole the sun, the moon, and the stars for the people. If we're going European, I also adore Robin McKinley's Beauty.

dragonsblog

December 5 2015, 16:38:25 UTC 1 year ago

Let's see, if you mean "give your fairytale a name" I'd say something like "Nature Princess and the Friendly Dogs" (even though when I'm at Disney and they call me Princess, I'm all "I'm a queen, I'm in charge", being the Nature Queen seems a little domineering.)

If you mean "pick an established fairy tale" I think maybe a little of Snow White, minus the evil queen and dead part, maybe a little of Giselle? I'm awfully fond of Merida, but I don't have a lot of bears and magic in my life.

If you mean "what fairy tale has given you nightmares" that would have to be the Red Shoes one. Vanity = bad, damn, I get it. That was when I decided to go for the Disney versions, not the old versions with vengeance and violence.

Jen Ridge

December 5 2015, 17:36:01 UTC 1 year ago

Little Red Riding hood is definitely my favorite fairy tale :D I haven't had a chance to get my hands on a copy of indexing, so fingers crossed!

amdsmrnitesdrm

December 5 2015, 17:38:19 UTC 1 year ago

I adore Indexing and would love to be able to gift a friend, who is also a huge fan!

My fairytale is totally Rapunzel!

wakuchan

December 5 2015, 20:23:53 UTC 1 year ago

Picking a fairy tale was unexpectedly difficult so let's go with a tie between Beauty and the Beast and the various retellings of Rumpelstiltskin!

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marooux13

December 6 2015, 00:02:11 UTC 1 year ago

My fairy tale will be Humpty dumpty. I fell liked him, but in my case all the kinghorses and all the kingsman and doctors put me together again.

I'm in the U.S.

candyflosskillr

December 6 2015, 00:06:52 UTC 1 year ago Edited:  December 7 2015, 06:15:28 UTC

1) a comment is made
2) Happy to pay for international postage to NZ is indicated
3) I didn't really have a non-Disney favourite so I consulted and got lost in Wikipedia reading fairy tales for hours. I was quite taken with the One-Handed Girl

Sheila OKeefe

December 6 2015, 00:19:01 UTC 1 year ago

I'm in the US. My favorite today is Hansel and Gretel because I have a craving for some good gingerbread. I think I've been seeing too many gingerbread houses lately, I need to back some gingerbread men.

orcaarrow

December 6 2015, 02:50:29 UTC 1 year ago

Indexing is very innovative. I am becoming quite interested in the types of fairy tales.

I am in the US and willing to pay postage.

I am Puss In Boots AT 545B.

dr_zrfq

December 6 2015, 03:49:42 UTC 1 year ago

::sings:: Another contest, another post... ::stops before getting clobbered for wiseassery::

Despite some editions of The Princess Bride being labeled on the cover as "A Hot Fairy Tale", it actually isn't one. So as much as I adore the book I gotta pick something else.

So here's perhaps an oddball choice: Tolkien's "Leaf By Niggle". It has resonated with me since I first read it in high school.

meredith44

December 6 2015, 08:38:00 UTC 1 year ago

I am not international. And I would pick "The Six Swans", mostly because I read a retelling of it that I really enjoyed. (And which I have to thank you for me finding again, as apparently it was the first in a seven book series, and I feel the need to read the rest now that I know they exist.)

James B Franks

December 6 2015, 10:00:03 UTC 1 year ago

In the classic sense, I'd have to go with Little Red Ridding Hood.

Amelia Edwards

December 6 2015, 18:08:37 UTC 1 year ago

The History of Dwarf Long-Nose, wherein a young boy offends a witch and is turned first into a squrirrel, becomes a master chef, is turned into a dwarf and then starts a war when he breaks his enchantment and runs off with his girlfriend who'd been turned into a goose.

alexcansmile

December 6 2015, 18:16:48 UTC 1 year ago

1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. I am US based
3. I'm a big fan of the Hansel and Gretel story.
4. :)

alinore

December 6 2015, 19:40:11 UTC 1 year ago

Not international.

The goose girl

Entry

Mike McDermott

December 7 2015, 01:49:42 UTC 1 year ago

I have a US address.

My tale is probably the cobbler, but I have to confess I'm not very familiar with all the details....

Nanite-Brewed in the USA

asg_qa_s7

December 7 2015, 02:33:12 UTC 1 year ago Edited:  December 7 2015, 02:34:47 UTC

I bought the e-book serial, but missed the 1st 13(?) posts (*still* a good value!). I'd love a complete copy. My fairy tale is "The Armless Maiden."

Win or lose, thanks for the chance to play. ^-^

ancelinegrey

December 7 2015, 12:53:45 UTC 1 year ago

I'm in Canada but I have a US postal address.
My favourite fairy tale is The Golden Bird from Grimms fairy tales. But Ialso love the 12 Dancing Princesses and The Frog Prince because I couldn't pick one favourite if it killed me.

madam_atom

December 7 2015, 15:42:25 UTC 1 year ago

1. Hiya.
2. USian.
3. "The Ugly Duckling," because it gave me hope for long enough to find my flock--and to realize we're more jay than swan, and that's okay.
4. Okay!

aersi

December 7 2015, 16:13:03 UTC 1 year ago

I'm in the US!

I don't know if it quite counts, but I read Jane Yolen's book "The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Stories" when I was very little, and they all felt like fairy tales to me.
“The Weaver of Tomorrow” would be mine.
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