2009-04-06

lauraanne_gilman: (citron presse)
2009-04-06 07:33 am

A Month of Contests!

Okay, not quite, but it may seem that way this month, since there's Stuff going on in April.

First, all week the authors included in the MIDNIGHT CRAVINGS anthology will be blogging and giving away stuff! Here's the schedule:

April 6 - Michele Hauf
April 7 - Bonnie Vanak
April 8 - Karen Whiddon
April 9 - Lori Devoti
April 10 - Anna Leonard (that would be, yes, me.)
April 11 - Vivi Anna

Stop by their blogs all week, to see what's going on! My contest will start on the 10th, and run for 48 hours. Comment on that post, and you'll be included in a drawing to win a copy of MIDNIGHT CRAVINGS, a copy of THE NIGHT SERPENT, and -- because this is me, and I know you guys -- chocolate! And none of that Hershey's or Godiva stuff, either. :-) You don't have to guess anything or write anything more than "hi!" -- all you have to do is comment.

And now for today's contest/challenge:

Yesterday, coming back from the Park, I saw something odd: someone on the 3rd floor had put a knife block -- complete with knives! -- on the ledge outside their window.

(alas, I didn't get a picture of it, being too damn tired to rummage for my camera at that point).

So. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to establish plausibility: why was it left there? What was the reason, the purpose, the intent? Plausibility is the important thing here: make me believe it! You have 75 words, maximum. The contest will close on Friday, and the winner will be announced next Monday, at which point another contest will be announced, every Monday until BLOOD FROM STONE is released on May 4th.

Best response to this challenge as chosen by me (ties to be broken by A Celebrity Judge) will get a copy of the new mass market edition of CURSE THE DARK. And, oh what the hell -- chocolate!

[you do not have to be a LJ member to enter/win.!]
lauraanne_gilman: (dandelion break)
2009-04-06 06:33 pm
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So, I had an entire post talking about the plusses and minuses of my day, nothing wildly exciting unless you're me, and then I got word that friends of mine have lost much if not all of their belongings, including the family dog, in a house fire.

And, y'know? Not much I can write about after that matters so much.

I'm just thankful the two-legged family is safe. Things can be replaced, even beloved pets pass on before us in the normal scheme of things. Peoples? Safe is good. Safe is best.

EtA: it's hit the 'offical' news outlets: http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/06/len-wein-housefire/