I don’t actually know what’s wrong with all of you — I’m suspecting some kind of brain parasite transmitted via Twitter — but yesterday my Twitter follower count shuddered and clicked over to the 25,000 mark. So: confetti, ponies, sex orgy, bourbon, etc.
Anyway, so I thought this was a good time to give away some books.
I’ll give away all three Miriam Black books — the first two (Blackbirds and Mockingbird) will be signed paperback copies, and Cormorant (aka, book three) will be a digital copy.
Here’s how you get ’em:
a) Be from the United States, or be willing to pay international shipping / accept e-books instead.
b) Between 6AM and 11:59PM EST on December 4th, 2013, tweet what you think the next Miriam Black book should be called — note that all Miriam Black books have thus far been named after a bird, so, you should do that, too. You must include a link to this blog post! Oh, and most important part of them all because it’s how the NSA oh sorry I will track you — use the hashtag:
#miriamblackbookfour
c) The next Miriam Black book will actually be called Thunderbird, so don’t use that name.
d) One entry per person, please.
e) The next morning (12/5), I’ll do a random draw from those who have used the hashtag. After I eat breakfast and drink coffee and clean up whatever dead body I’ve been sleeping next to all night thanks to another one of my violent, hallucinogenic fugue states.
I’ll shout out the winner here and on Twitter.
And for the rest of you — hey, Cormorant lands at the end of the month, dontchaknow?
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Cole says:
Yay! Going to get all 4 books for my holiday reading ~ can’t wait! It’s been a busy year… I deserve it!
December 4, 2013 — 6:07 AM
Cole says:
Eek, I meant all 3 books… dammit. The fourth will be for next holiday 😛
December 4, 2013 — 6:12 AM
Mozette says:
Aaaww… crapola! I live in the wrong country 🙁
December 4, 2013 — 6:09 AM
Alex Edwards says:
Thunderbird? Oh please for the love of all things holy could you insert a few references to the TV series? Maybe a creepy puppet or marionette?
December 4, 2013 — 6:15 AM
Indru says:
I guess Mockingjay is out of the question, right? 😀
December 4, 2013 — 6:22 AM
Indru says:
How much is the international shipping for the paperbacks? Say… from US to Romania?
December 4, 2013 — 6:23 AM
terribleminds says:
I think about $44 US dollars!
December 4, 2013 — 6:57 AM
Indru says:
In that case I’ll settle for the digital ones. 😉
December 4, 2013 — 9:14 AM
terribleminds says:
Angry Robot has now agreed to pay for international shipping, so. TA-DA.
December 4, 2013 — 9:16 AM
Indru says:
@terribleminds: That’s awesome! Well, assuming by any chance I win. 😛 BTW, I started reading Blue Blazes. Bought it from an online shop that starts with B, ends with Y, and does free delivery worldwide. 😉
December 4, 2013 — 10:14 AM
Pat says:
Thanks to you for your insights and comments Chuckrockstar, BUT some of us don’t tweet. Have a great time any who…
December 4, 2013 — 7:09 AM
terribleminds says:
I’ll have a contest closer to (or just after) release that’ll take place on the blog, instead. 🙂
December 4, 2013 — 7:42 AM
Katy Mann says:
Tweeted. Fun idea. So…now you’ll be getting Tweet-spam!
December 4, 2013 — 7:59 AM
Mark Gardner says:
Don’t have twitter, so I guess I’m ineligible.
December 4, 2013 — 8:57 AM
Lee says:
International postage? Pah! Angry Robot will cover that…
December 4, 2013 — 8:59 AM
Lee says:
*DearGodletthewinnerlivenextdoortoChuck*
December 4, 2013 — 8:59 AM
Leslie says:
living next door to Chuck would be most interesting….
December 4, 2013 — 9:23 AM
Ash says:
Albatross
December 4, 2013 — 11:38 AM
Lee says:
Bad-legged Pigeon
(Ooh… Spin-off series potential!)
December 4, 2013 — 3:37 PM
Delfina Hallett says:
Weaver
December 4, 2013 — 6:13 PM
Jenny says:
Blue-Footed Booby, obviously.
(I have no Twitter to speak of, so no harm posting here, right?)
December 4, 2013 — 11:03 PM
RTAllwin says:
Easy: Vampire Finch
(I have no twitter, won’t take part, so steal away! And yes, there is a vampire finch. It even drinks blood – no I swear, check that shit out!)
December 5, 2013 — 8:03 PM
Athena says:
Damn, so wish I’d seen this a few days ago. Not tweeting, ’cause I can’t enter anyway, but I’d like to second Albatross.
December 8, 2013 — 10:55 PM