Warded Bookplates

So in addition to all the books coming out and various related excitement, there are a few secret projects I’ve been working on in my not-so-copious spare time. Many of these are still simmering on the back-burner,  in need of seasoning or some serious ingredients, but one just rolled off the artist’s board, so I thought I’d share it with everyone.

Last summer, I had this idea. I know there are a lot of readers out there who would love a signed book from me, but aren’t likely to get the chance anytime soon, either because I won’t be visiting their town, or country, or continent, or whatever. Signed books on eBay can get pricey, and mailing me your book so I can sign it and mail it back to you is a pain in the ass for all concerned.

Enter the bookplate. I remember when was a kid, my mom had these bookplates she put in all her books. They were these little vellum pieces of paper with the Latin “ex libris”, meaning “from the library of” that you could stick in your books and sign, so people would know they belonged to you. My mom’s plates looked like this:

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I thought about it, and decided to give Lauren Cannon, AKA Navate, Ward Artist extraordinaire, a call and we talked about the project a bit. I wanted something I could personalize and sign, but with a beautiful design as well that spoke of my work. We went back and forth with ideas, and finally settled on something amazing that Lauren brought to life (click image to enlarge):

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I love this image of The Warded Man and Twilight Dancer, exploring an ancient ruin of the old world, its wards overgrown and pitted, but still standing. Twilight  Dancer looks kickass, and the Warded Man, even tiny, reflects a determined solitude. There is space for me to write a personal note, or draw a picture, or whatever, in addition to signing.

Now that the design is ready, I will be sending it to the printer next week. Once I have the plates ready, fans will be able to simply e-mail me a request and I will send a plate out to you to adorn your favorite Peter V. Brett book. Or to put in other books, if you want to give them a touch of class. So long as the number of requests isn’t too overwhelming, I hope to be able to offer this going forward, in addition to sending plates to booksellers and giving them out at conventions.

Be on the lookout in the coming months for more awesomeness from Lauren, as well as some other secret projects of mine that I am DYING to share.

2010 is going to be a great year.

Posted on February 6, 2010 at 12:43 am by PeatB
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eBook Wars

So. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last week, you’ve probably caught wind of the kerfluffle between Amazon.com and Macmillan books. I first discovered that Amazon had delisted all the Macmillan authors when I went online to buy Old Man’s War by John Scalzi and was baffled as to why this popular book was not available.

If you’re a book lover like me, this affects you. Even if you don’t shop at Amazon.com. Even if you don’t own any Macmillan books (and odds are you do both). Even if you have no interest in eBooks and don’t expect you ever will. Why? Because these are early salvos in a war that has been brewing for some time, and one that will in some ways define the future of publishing.

I’ve been following the developing story with great interest, both through traditional news and through author blogs like John Scalzi, Charles Stross, Jay Lake, Brandon Sanderson, my agent Joshua Bilmes, and the like. I strongly encourage interested people to go and have a look at what these guys have had to say, even if you don’t agree. I’ve largely stayed out of the conversation myself because I feel that I have little to add that hasn’t already been said. And I’m not a Macmillan author, so it’s not my problem, right?

But then I got an e-mail from a reader asking for my thoughts on the issue, and on a proposed solution he had. I was going to answer the e-mail anyway, so I asked him if I could post the pertinent bits (it was a long letter) on my blog and respond there. He very graciously agreed.

From: Steven
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 12:07 PM
To: Peter V. Brett
Subject: Re: thanks

I mentioned previously that I read your book on an indirect recommendation of Pat’s [Rothfuss].  What I didn’t tell you is that I got it on my B&N Nook.  It was $9.99 and I figured what the hell.  …I really enjoyed your book and that I was excited to read the next. …I plan on picking up the hardback copy of The Warded Man, I ordered a copy of The Great Bazaar, and I’ll probably get both an ebook copy (for convenience) and a hard back copy of The Desert Spear.  So in the long run I’m out more money than I would be back in the classic physical copy only days.  I don’t mind that though as I know I can read the digital copy to my heart’s content without messing up the venerable hardback copy that becomes part of my collection.

My worry though is that the higher $15 price point puts it a little too close to the hardback copy of the book.  If I enjoy a book I’ll most definitely pick up the hardback copy… but I own a lot of hardback books from years prior that I never was able to get through because I didn’t enjoy them enough.  Not to mention it makes me question a little more the purchasing of both formats.  It will probably be at most $5 more each time but that does add up.  Although this comes from a guy that waits until he knows he has enough to qualify for free shipping before buying things online.

What I would really like to see happen is that hardback books mimic the LPs of today.  A lot of labels (mostly the smaller ones sadly) will release albums on LP and also include mp3s of the album with the purchase.  So you get that physical record that gives you a listening experience more personal and deep than listening to mp3s in whatever fashion and you also get the music in an easily accessible format as well. Something similar with books would be awesome.  A purchase of the hardback gets you a copy of the ebook as well.  Not everyone will use the ebook copy, but for those of us who will it’s a great deal.  We get the physical copy to hold onto and cherish and the more accessible digital copy to go along with it.

So what are you thoughts on that as an author?  Do you think a bundled offer would be detrimental or beneficial to authors and/or publishers?  I’m honestly not sure how the higher pricing of ebooks will pan out… especially since they started at $9.99 for most (regardless of who set that price… the seller or the publisher) and the current ebook reader base will definitely see it as a price hike in the short term.  I appreciate what you do and what authors in general do and I want to see you all compensated (and compensated well!).  It’s a tumultuous future for books I think, but I’ll be rooting for the authors foremost because without you guys there would be no books to begin with.

Regards,

Steven

The following is my my reply to Steven’s letter. It is my opinion only and does not reflect the positions of my literary agency, publisher, retailers, cat, or anyone else:

Hi Steven,

Thanks for writing, and for your support of authors. I don’t know that any of us other than a very few outliers are “compensated well”. The lucky ones, of which I am one, manage to make ends meet, if barely. Most authors don’t, and they are the ones who are taking the brunt of this wrestling match between Amazon and Macmillan. Authors like my buddy Blake Charlton, whose debut novel Spellwright is about to come out from Tor books, a Macmillan subsidiary. For a debut author, initial sales can make or break your career, and by delisting Blake’s books, Amazon has destroyed any hard-earned pre-orders he has garnered over the past few months, and put him into a position that will be very hard to recover from. Maybe the bean counters at Macmillan will keep that in mind when they consider his marketing budget or advances for his future books. Maybe not.

It’s important to realize that there are real people suffering because of this pissing match. Blake and hundreds of authors like him did nothing to deserve this treatment by Amazon. No one has all the right answers for what the future of eBooks and publishing in general has in store, but I think we can all agree that taking your ball and going home, leaving everyone else high and dry, is a dick move.

That said, I’d like to address a myth that Amazon has perpetrated by carefully worded press releases and omission of facts. Macmillan is NOT trying to raise the price of all eBooks from $9.99 to $15.99. Nor is Amazon championing the rights of consumers to pay a fair and low price for books. The new model Macmillan is proposing is one that would set the eBook versions of new hardcover books at the higher price point TEMPORARILY, and then reduce them over time, so by the time the book is in paperback, the eBook costs will have dropped accordingly, usually to well below $9.99. This means that a patient reader can SAVE money under the new model, but one who is eager to read a new book the moment it comes out and doesn’t care if it costs an extra few dollars can have that option. This supply and demand model has worked in commerce since time immemorial.

In your case, this means that in the case of a beloved author, you could buy a hardback book as a new release, read it once all the way through, and then put it safely on your shelf until the eBook price drops, and then purchase one for your digital library. Or in the case of a new author, you could wait for the cheaper eBook, and then decide if it’s worth picking up a hardcopy.

As for your suggestion of bundling the eBook with a hard copy, I think that’s a pretty good idea. A lot of DVD movies follow that model, offering free digital downloads along with a hardcopy purchase, so that the purchaser can view the content they have paid for in whatever format they like. Hopefully we will see something like that soon.

What I think a lot of people don’t understand is that books cost a lot of money to make before they ever get to the printer. In addition to the hundreds or thousands of hours of work that authors put into their books (usually at FAR below minimum wage, if you do the math), there is the work of their agent, who scouted and vetted their work and sold it to publishers, their editor, who read the manuscript and likely helped the author improve it greatly. The copyeditor who fact-checks the manuscript in addition to making sure spelling and usage is correct and consistent. The proofreader who goes through the galley. Illustrator/cover artist. The designer who does the layout. The translator if there is one. Marketers and sales reps to sell them. Etc. In addition to being compensated for their work, all these people need a chair to sit in. A desk to work at. Light. A computer with an internet connection. A phone. The publisher has a right to recoup these costs.

By keeping pricing artificially low on new bestselling books, Amazon may sell more Kindles, but that money is coming out of the pockets of publishers, who have been increasingly forced to cut back on that support staff, which will inevitable drive down the quality of the product. I’ve read some unedited manuscripts in my time. Even ones by big-name authors. Trust me, you want these things edited. Amazon is also using this muscle to crush its brick-and-mortar bookstore competition, who can’t compete with the lower price points. Maybe that’s fair in a free market, maybe not, but I think the loss of our local bookstores is a terrible blow to our culture.

Thanks again for writing. I really enjoyed your letter (even if responding made my brain hurt), and I appreciate the kind words about my work. I hope you continue to enjoy my books.

-Peat

P.S.

I’d just like to add that a lot of authors have been recommending to their readers that they respond to Amazon’s bullying tactics by doing their shopping elsewhere. Maybe, even (gasp!) in a store. I think that’s not a bad idea. I myself have used Amazon quite a lot over the years and really think they have done some wonderful things for reading and the convenience of purchasing/returns. I think even now that they can and will recover from this and be great again, but until they start behaving more responsibly, I think I’m going to be taking my business elsewhere.

I actually bought Old Man’s War on Wednesday. The old fashioned way.

Posted on February 5, 2010 at 1:45 pm by PeatB
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Red Moon

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Google alerts sent me a delightful link today, from the Twilight Portugal site. The new Portuguese-language urban fantasy (read: vamp/werewolf soap opera) TV show Lua Vermelha (Red Moon) premiered last night, and featured the Portuguese translation of The Painted Man, O Homem Pintado!

It seems mine is the book of choice for sexy Portuguese vampiresses. You can see a clip here:

Posted on February 1, 2010 at 1:07 pm by PeatB
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DSAC Round 2

I haven’t been blogging as much as I used to. Part of this is being super-busy, but another part of it is circumspection, out of a desire not to offer any spoilers about The Great Bazaar or The Desert Spear before people get a chance to read those stories for themselves. In the same vein, work on The Daylight War continues to go really well I think, but it is a lonely kind of well. The working file is now 150 pages long, but I’m not ready to show it to anyone, so I have literally no one to talk to about it. It’s kind of depressing, that I have this thing that consumes half my life that I’m unable to talk to anyone about.

Sometimes I love my job, but sometimes I really hate it, too.

But then I love it again, as my readers continue to bombard me with awesomeness. Last week I mentioned that there would soon be more ARCs of The Desert Spear, and so the DSAC contest would live again. Brendon from New Zealand, a serious contender last time around, submitted this series of pictures:

With the second leg of the DSAC give-away live I thought I’d supplement my earlier entry with some more shots. Rather than more “mountain high” photos this time we’re in “valley low” territory, a place called the Waiohine Gorge. So here are a few photos of myself reading in places of tranquility on the Waiohine Gorge track.

I’m travelling north on holiday soon…there might be more to come ;)

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Man, is there a single square mile of New Zealand that isn’t gorgeous? It’s kind of ridiculous. I need to go there sometime before I’m too old and rickety to hike ten miles.

Also, my buddy Myke has always wanted to enter the contest, but his status as a beta-reader disqualifies him. Instead, while on a trip to Germany defending freedom or whatever, he found someone to enter in his stead. In his words:

I visited Stangl & Taubald (Buchhandlung, which I think means bookshop) on 14 Worthstrasse in Weiden in der Operfallz, or just Weiden, as we call the city. The clerk there was a young lady who spoke English. They were sold out of both the print and audio versions of Das Leid der Dunkelheit, but she had heard of it and you and knew that a sequel was coming out soon. She was very excited and said that it was a big fantasy over there. She hadn’t read it yet because she said it was gigantic even by German standards, and I did my best to convince her. I asked her to order me a copy, and hopefully I can find time to swing by and buy it. Otherwise, she said she’d put it on the shelf.

The next day, he wrote again:

I headed back to the Bucher in Weiden to check in with the pretty bookseller there. Her name is Verena, and she’s a HUGE fantasy fan.

She had ordered a copy of Das Leid der Dunkelheit because I asked her to yesterday. I bought it and gave it to her as a gift, but made her promise to read it and (if she liked it, which she assures me she will) to recommend it to customers and to her fantasy reading friends. I also directed her to your website and asked her to contact you when she was done.

Lastly, I photographed her for DSAC, holding the book in front of the fantasy section.

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Myke is a prince among men.

Two interesting things about Verena’s store: One is that my friend asked them to order a book, and they had it THE NEXT DAY. Unheard of, in my experience.

Also, if you look behind her, I love that Stan Nichols’ book  Orcs, the only novel I know sympathetic to the plight of those burly older brothers to goblins, translates into German as DIE Orks, the battle cry of just about anyone who’s ever played D&D or read Tolkien.

Translation is fun.

Posted on January 29, 2010 at 6:47 pm by PeatB
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This Is My Job

If you missed out on the mayhem, I just participated in a Live Chat RPG on Suvudu with authors Ari Marmell, Diana Rowland, Jason Thompson, along with some fans. It was, as you might expect, utterly bizarre. You can click the link and scroll through the chat in its entirety, though it ran in real time from 2-4pm this afternoon.

Right in the middle of the business day.

I was unfamiliar with the rules of the game we were set to play (Skullduggery), or the other players/characters, and in true DM fashion, the King of RPGs waited till the last minute to give us the game info. We spent the first half hour of the chat just trying to work out the logistics of the chat software, and then everyone kind of went off in their own direction. We stumbled with frustrating slowness through the adventure, killing first and asking questions later (sorry about that), and in the end hadn’t accomplished much when we ran out of time. But we laughed. All the players were on a conference call, and we were laughing the whole time. I wish that audio feed had been connected to the chat. It was priceless.

In other words, it was just like every other RPG I ever played.

At one point,I said to Kaitlin Heller, the Del Rey editor hosting the festivities from the Random House offices, “This is your job, Kaitlin. You’re at work.” Everyone laughed uproariously. We all were, really, and took a moment to glory in it.

“Honestly,” Kaitlin pointed out, “work isn’t usually this fun.”

It’s true. It may seem like writing or editing fantasy is a blast, but for a good 10 hours or more a day, you’re really just staring at a screen or keyboard by yourself. Often it’s more like 14 hours a day, and trust me, no one’s in it for the money.

But sometimes there is a moment of real joy, when you realize your profession is something you love.

While we’re on the subject, check out this little gem: Seventh Circuit Rules D&D a Threat to Prison Security

Posted on January 26, 2010 at 6:27 pm by PeatB
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Thankful

I am very much aware of how incredibly fortunate I am, having my work published all over the world in many languages. This is an opportunity that was unheard of for all but the most blockbusting genre authors just a few short years ago, but the internet has made the world smaller. Thanks to advanced communications technology (and a very good agent), markets are available to me that were closed to far better authors than I less than a decade ago.

But even more than this, this internet has given me the ability to get to know a sampling of the amazing people from every continent on Earth who are sharing in my work. Through this blog, facebook, e-mail, twitter, Myspace, and various internet forums, and with the aid of google translate, I have a level of reader interaction undreamt of just a few years ago.

I always kind of expected my readers to be people like me. Slightly introverted male nerds. I didn’t expect to hear from men and women, grandparents and gradeschoolers, liberals and conservatives, religious and atheists, artists, musicians, writers, jewelers, doctors, models, lawyers, teachers, company presidents, movie producers, game designers, , computer technicians, soldiers, police, and folk from countless other walks of life.

At no time was this more apparent to me than the Desert Spear ARC Contest (DSAC). For those of you who are new to the blog, this was a contest I ran over the holidays (and into the New Year) where I invited readers to submit digital photos of themselves holding one of my books, and my favorites would win signed advance copies of The Desert Spear. The response was amazing, and really overwhelmed me with joy.

I am happy to say that Voyager has promised to send me more advance copies in a few weeks, so the DSAC contest will be resurrected when they arrive. Everyone is still in the running, but I will start accepting new entries as well. Keep that in mind if you’re going to be traveling anyplace special in the coming months. :)

One of those new ARCs is already won, though, as French Jess, believing the contest was over, just sent in a few more pictures for fun. Of course, they turned out to be some of the best entries to date. Check these out:

As promised, here are some pictures I took while visiting a medieval city at Les Baux de Provence (yes, Provence like the restaurant where you eat so good!).

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And as I wanted to prove you that no one deserve more an ARC than me…

I faced the catapult ordeal

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And the pillory!

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But it’s always bereable with a good read in hands!

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That’s it! Even if the contest is finished, I took a lot of fun doing this pictures, and I hope you enjoyed them :-)

Posted on January 25, 2010 at 2:36 am by PeatB
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Juggling

I feel like I haven’t been updating the old Peephole as much as I’d like these days, but it’s been hard of late. I feel like Rojer trying to juggle with his crippled hand sometimes, moving wildly to try not to drop any of the balls.

2010 has been very busy, and it’s just starting up. In addition to playing with the most adorable baby girl in the world and kvelling over my new nephew Pearse, I am working late every night on The Daylight War, book 3 in the Demon Cycle. I am still in the stepsheet phase, but that file is already over 135 pages long and I add a few pages to it every day. I’m really pleased with how the story is developing, and I think it is going to kick some serious ass.

It’s ironic that all my work on The Daylight War is happening at night, but my days are spent working with my publishers on the books I’ve already written. I essentially have 3 books coming out in the next 10 weeks:

1) The Great Bazaar and other Stories: This small hardcover book is coming out from Subterranean Press on January 31. It is a limited edition run; I think they are only printing like 2,000 copies total.

If you enjoyed The Warded/Painted Man and are planning to read The Desert Spear when it comes out, I really recommend The Great Bazaar. The title story is a 60-page novelette about Arlen during his Messenger days. It takes place in Fort Krasia, the setting for much of The Desert Spear, and was specifically designed to bridge the two books.

In addition to the title story are some wonderful scenes from the first book that were cut for space before the final draft, a Krasian dictionary/glossary, and a ward grimoire which shows which symbols protect against which demons, and giving detailed descriptions of the demons themselves. It also has an incredible cover by Lauren K Cannon:

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2) The Warded Man MMPB: On March 23, The Warded Man comes out in paperback with a familiar new cover! If you haven’t picked up the hardback because of the price, or if you weren’t drawn to the somewhat plain cover, you are in luck. Del Rey has licensed the awesome UK cover for the paperback, painted by the fantastic Larry Rostant:

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3) The Desert Spear: April 13 in the US. Mark your calendars. I cannot tell you how excited I am for TDS to finally come out! I honestly believe that this is the best thing I’ve ever written, and I am so eager to be able to finally hear what people think. Plus, Larry Rostant has given it the Best. Cover. EVER!

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I have a couple of updates to the website planned as well, and two secret art projects I am working on with Lauren K. Cannon that I am dying to show off once they are ready. I’m also planning my convention schedule for the year. I am looking at Lunacon in NY in a couple of months, and perhaps I-Con as well. I plan to head to Australia for Worldcon in September, and Ohio for World Fantasy in October. I’m considering a few others, like Balticon, and a couple in California. If anyone has suggestions, let me know!

If anyone is interested, remember to tune into my live-chat RPG on Tuesday!

Posted on January 23, 2010 at 4:45 pm by PeatB
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Live Chat RPG on Suvudu

Dice 003_webKaitlin Heller, one of the editors at Del Rey books, is a nerd.

I know, I know.  That’s hardly a surprise, and Creator knows I live in a glass house in that regard. I’m just saying.

Kaitlin has been trying to get a Del Rey D&D game between authors and editorial going for quite some time, but due to mass scheduling conflicts, her efforts have always come to naught. I gave up D&D several years ago, more out of necessity than choice.  I only had limited free time/creative energy, and needed to make a choice between gaming and writing.

I am at peace with my choice.

Still, I miss ropleplaying games, and last year at my Warded Man launch party, I drunkenly promised Kaitlin that if she ever got that Del Rey game going, to count me in. I meant it, even after I sobered up. Even though I have even less free time now, than I did a few years ago, there still a part of me that wants to put on some Led Zeppelin, get out my graph paper, and roll some dice.

So when Kaitlin invited me to join in a Live Chat RPG on Suvudu to help promote the new Del Rey book King of RPGs, I was intrigued.

Normally I am a D&D purist, and don’t tend to play other gaming systems. Nothing against other games, but I didn’t memorize the Dungeon Master’s Guide, Player’s Handbook, and Monster Manual for nothing. Still, the chat seemed like a nice way to get a quick gaming fix without commitment, and thankfully, Kaitlin never spoke to my old gaming buddies and learned their most cardinal rule:

Never let Peat play a thief.

So… we’ll see how that works out.

Also playing are:

* Ari Marmell, author of The Conqueror’s Shadow, Agents of Artifice, The Tomb of Horrors 4th edition and numerous other fantasy novels and D&D/RPG books!
* Diana Rowland, author of the urban fantasy police procedurals Mark of the Demon and Blood of the Demon!

* A few lucky fans.

You can watch the live chat on Tuesday, January 26, from 2-4pm EST by clicking here.

Posted on January 21, 2010 at 7:19 pm by PeatB
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Welcome Pearse

My nephew, Pearse Brett Foley, was born today at 2:22 pm, 19 inches long and weighing in at a hefty 8 pounds, further securing my genetic legacy to future generations, and giving me another excuse to go to the toy store all the time.

Congratulations to my sister Kelly and her husband Darragh, and welcome to the world, Pearse!

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Posted on January 19, 2010 at 5:33 pm by PeatB
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DSAC Winners

Okay, enough dithering. It’s time to pick some winners.

I’ve kind of been dragging my feet with this contest on purpose, hoping that my UK ARCs of The Desert Spear would arrive early in the month and I could add those to the pot, but I don’t know exactly when they are going on press, so I’m going to stop stalling, pick winners for the last two US ARCs now, as well as a couple of runners up, and then decide what to do with the UK ARCs when I get them.

Runners up:

First off, a signed copy of Das Lied der Dunkelheit to Elisa from Austria, who got the Austrian Tolkien society to pimp my book in a huge collage. That was a great entry:

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Next, a signed copy of The Warded Man to “Joe” who risked life, limb, and campus police to get crazy pictures like these:

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The two ARC winners:

One Advance Read Copy of The Desert Spear to AJ from Florida. AJ knows what it’s like to be in the desert in wartime, as I first got to know him as a pen pal during his tour of duty in Iraq. AJ also made some hysterical entries:

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One Advance Read Copy of The Desert Spear to Kim Kincaid, who made two extremely strong entries, both of which continue to give me great joy:

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Honorable Mention:

Finally, I would like call out Emily, who has entered the contest over and over in different ways, from photoshop heavy images to location shots. This is my favorite:

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No one has worked harder than Emily to win, so I wanted to give her something special. Last year, my friends threw me a launch party for the US release of The Warded Man. My friend Fotini make beautiful bronze bookmarks, stamped with warding circles as a special gift to all attendants:

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I still have a couple of these bookmarks saved, so I am going to send one to Emily, along with a promise. I have just decided that I will definitely be going to this year’s Worldcon in Melbourne Australia in September. While down under, I will probably do several signings. Emily, if you show up to any signing while I’m there, I will give you a free signed copy of The Desert Spear right there. Just flash the bookmark to prove you’re not your (evil?) twin sister.

Thanks so much to everyone else who entered! You are all still in the running when/if I get more advance copies to send out!

P.S.

This late entry came in from French Jess as I was finishing up this entry. She has made herself into the She-Hulk from Marvel comics, which I am totally geeking out about. Shulkie is a favorite of mine, ever since her seven foot green legs first walked into the Fantastic Four comic following the Secret Wars. What was that, 1984?

I am old.

Anyway, awesome!

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Posted on January 15, 2010 at 5:34 pm by PeatB
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