{"id":25462,"date":"2014-12-03T07:43:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T12:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=25462"},"modified":"2014-12-03T08:35:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T13:35:53","slug":"the-kevin-and-chuck-want-you-to-make-a-nerdtivity-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2014\/12\/03\/the-kevin-and-chuck-want-you-to-make-a-nerdtivity-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Kevin And Chuck Want You To Make A Nerdtivity” Contest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Once upon a time, my wife and I took a cheap empty Nativity scene.<\/p>\n

And we turned it into the Nerdtivity.<\/p>\n

Then we did it three<\/strong><\/span><\/a> more<\/strong><\/span><\/a> times<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have not done it in five years and I was pondering doing when again.<\/p>\n

I pondered so publicly on THE TWITTERS, and there my good friend and bestselling bad-ass author extraordinaire Kevin Hearne said (and I’m paraphrasing here):<\/p>\n

“Fuck yeah, we should do a contest.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And I was like, fuck yeah, we should do a contest<\/i>.<\/p>\n

And so, here we are, telling\u00a0you\u00a0<\/em>to make your own Nerdtivity scene and send it to us. Kevin and I will pick our favorite, and then\u00a0you guys\u00a0<\/em>will pick\u00a0your<\/em> favorites, and then for the halibut we’ll also pick a couple random entrants.<\/p>\n

THERE SHALL BE PRIZES. What Prizes?<\/p>\n

Here There Be Prizes<\/h2>\n

Grand Prize Winner (one chosen by Kevin and Chuck) gets:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A\u00a0Complete! Signed! Set! (books 1-7) of the IDC UK editions from Kevin! Such a set doesn’t exist anywhere else in the world<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Seriously.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0turbo-rare SNACK OF THE SEX MANTIS mug<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0from Kevin: a\u00a0pulp classic by Beauregard Fat!<\/p>\n

One terribleminds t-shirt (either: Certified Penmonkey or Art Harder, Motherfucker)<\/p>\n

One terribleminds mug (choice of: Certified Penmonkey, Secret of Writing, Art Harder [NSFW or SFW versions!}, or Writer Juice)<\/p>\n

One signed set of the Miriam Black trilogy (Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Cormorant), all in mass market paperback (these versions are going out of print December 31st!)<\/p>\n

One signed set of the first two books of the Heartland series (Under the Empyrean Sky, Blightborn), both in hardcover.<\/p>\n

Second Prize Winners (two chosen by audience) get:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Any one signed IDC book of their choice from Kevin.<\/p>\n

A Rula Bula embroidered polo shirt<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in either M or XL from Kevin. They don’t make them anymore!<\/p>\n

One signed copy of The Kick-Ass Writer<\/p>\n

One terribleminds mug (choice of: Certified Penmonkey, Secret of Writing, or Art Harder)<\/p>\n

Third Prize Winners (two chosen randomly) get:<\/strong><\/p>\n

One signed IDC book by Kevin (book of your choice)<\/p>\n

A shitload of e-books by Chuck (writing books, plus some fiction thrown in)<\/p>\n

The Rules<\/h2>\n

You get one entry. Multiple entries disqualifies you.<\/p>\n

Send your photo to terribleminds at gmail dot com.<\/p>\n

[Edit: make sure the word “NERDTIVITY” is in your subject header of the email!]<\/p>\n

Your photo is due by 11:59PM on the dreaded Sunday the 14th of December.<\/p>\n

Kevin and I will pick our favorites that week, and then you guys will have some time to pick\u00a0your<\/em> favorites, too. And then we’ll pick the random winners and everyone will celebrate by getting drunk on Kevin’s lawn. I’m pretty sure that’s the plan, anyway?<\/p>\n

Contest only open to those in the United States\u00a0unless<\/em> you’re willing to front the costs of your own shipping because for reals, that stuff can get hellishly expensive. DAMN YOU, GLOBAL DISTANCE.<\/p>\n

The Not-Quite Rules<\/h2>\n

Your Nerdtivity can be anything, really, outside the norm of the normal Nativity scene, though obviously the intent is to aim for that axis of geeky \/ nerdy \/ pop-culturey. Have fun. Be funny. Embrace your own inner nerdtivity. Photoshop is acceptable, though bad Photoshop won’t do you any favors. Really<\/i> bad Photoshop can be sorta awesome, though, so YMMV.<\/p>\n

That’s it.<\/p>\n

Any questions, pop ’em in the comments below.<\/p>\n

Before we flee, too — here’s Kevin’s Nerdtivity: “The dread lord Morpheus presides over the birth of Neo in the Matrix, who dreams of the Dreaming and Adventure Time while a masked 1920’s Sandman tells him what to fear most in life.”<\/p>\n

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NOW GO FORTH AND NERD OUT, MY NERDS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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