Friday, May 4, 2012

Curiouser and curiouser contest

I'm in an exceedingly good mood. My week was a pitch perfect mix of challenging, exciting, and engaging. It involved high stress day job meetings, celebrations, chalk drawings, and fire. Really, it was incredible. I suppose you could even call it a curious sort of week.

*and then it happened that Natalie failed to segue seamlessly*

So, I'm going to give away an ARC of a book I've had the privilege to watch evolve, THE CURIOSITIES by the Merry Sisters of Fate (do I really need a parenthetical here? don't you know them already? Brenna, Tessa, and Maggie).

What's it about? I'm glad you asked:
A vampire locked in a cage in the basement, for good luck. 


 Bad guys, clever girls, and the various reasons why the guys have to stop breathing. 


 A world where fires never go out (with references to vanilla ice cream). 


 These are but a few of the curiosities collected in this volume of short stories by three acclaimed practitioners of paranormal fiction. 


 But The Curiosities is more than the stories. Since 2008, Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff have posted more than 250 works of short fiction to their website merryfates.com. Their goal was simple: create a space for experimentation and improvisation in their writing—all in public and without a backspace key. In that spirit, The Curiosities includes the stories and each author’s comments, critiques, and kudos in the margins. Think of it as a guided tour of the creative processes of three acclaimed authors. 


 So, are you curious now?

I'm sure you ARE curious and you're dying to figure out how to win this beautiful ARC.

The rules are simple, really: I want you to show me how curious you are about THE CURIOSITIES.

This is a points for creativity sort of contest, but the kind of creativity is entirely up to you. The only requirement is that your blog entry/tweet/facebook update/vlog/tumblr post/whatever include the words "I'm curious as a ___ about THE CURIOSITIES."

For example, you might tweet: I'm curious as a cucumber about #THECURIOSITIES!

Or you might blog an original piece of artwork: (This was also the week I learned cucumbers are strangely difficult to draw and they look better without arms.)

Whatever you do, include the phrase "I'm curious as a _____ about THE CURIOSITIES." Add links to this post if it suits your fancy. Enter as many times as you like, just make sure you drop links to your entries in the comments below.

I'm afraid this is a US address only contest. I also need to be able to see your tweets/FB updates/etc - I can't count locked entries. Sorry!

I'll pick my favorite entry next Friday the 11th, so you've got time to be creative. Aaaaaaand go!

21 comments:

  1. Damn my UK address! And my inability to do anything creative in any case :D

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    1. Sorry! I'm sure this one's going to hope the pond eventually, though.

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  2. I'm curious as a honey badger about THE CURIOSITIES. (Tweeted)

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  3. I'm curious as a kitten with mittens about #thecuriosities. (Tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/StephieWink/status/199984702554255360)

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  4. I'm Canadiana so I'm out! Looks like I'll have to obtain my copy by other means.

    Fun contest!

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  5. I've got cats on the brain from working the Pens for Paws Auction, but here's my entry:
    https://twitter.com/#!/angelicarjaxon/status/200321607414198272
    Fun to read the rest!

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    1. I accidentally removed your comment, Rachel! And I can't figure out how to reverse it. *curses blogger* If you get this, can you re-post?

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  7. Repost of the above comment. Luckily enough, I still had this on the clipboard as the most recent thing I'd copied!

    https://twitter.com/#!/Sir_Rachel/statuses/200344318739877891

    I think I should automatically win for this, right? ;)

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  8. And here is my exceedingly ~fantastic art I drew for The Curiosities!

    https://twitter.com/#!/Sir_Rachel/statuses/200424558757556225

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    1. Rachel! This was my favorite entry. Please email me with your mailing address at nataliecparker AT gmail DOT com and I'll get your ARC in the mail.

      Congratulations!!

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  9. I'm curious as a child outside their parent's closed bedroom door about THE CURIOSITIES and if anyone will check out my entry on http://www.gregorific.com/.
    Happy Writing!
    ~gregorific

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  10. I'm curious as a zombie the night before a raging apocalypse about THE CURIOSITIES and how many people will misspell CURIOSITIES like I always do, at www.gregorific.com.
    Entry at www.gregorific.com, that was obvious, right?
    ~Second entry by gregorific, double mention on link.

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  11. Sigh, wrong side of the Pond for me :-

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    1. Sorry! I'll have more international contests in the future.

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    1. I promise they won't all be US-specific. Whenever I can, I open contests internationally.

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  13. I'm as curious as Pandora in a room full of locked boxes about THE CURIOUSITIES.(tweeting now)

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  14. I'm as curious as a Canadian Candy-stripper Counting Caroling Cantaloupes about THE CURIOUSITIES

    Tweeting now... :-p

    https://twitter.com/#!/DyadicEchoes/status/201001032086597633

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  15. I'm as curious as a raccoon stuck in a peanut butter jar in a Cracker Barrel parking lot about The Curiosities. (tweeted. It will not let me paste the link on my iPhone, but my username is @stefanienoell)

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  16. Hey, what happened to posting the winner? I'm curious who won . . .

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