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I arrived home after school very grumpy (it had been a long day, and I was tired), and then I looked out on the porch. In truth, I was trying to coax Sebastian inside so I could shut the door, but the sight of FIVE BOXES from my publisher changed my mood immediately!!!
I have books! Lots of books! Two boxes each of Not Your Father's Horseman with its new cover and Dark Moon Seasons, and one box of Writers for Relief, which has a StarChild story in it that I wrote. And since I have these lovely things, what else could I do but hold a contest?
So, here it is. Seasons doesn't launch officially until April 24th, but I love my fans, so I'm going to give away one prize pack to a lucky winner: one matched set of Horseman and Seasons, both autographed. A second winner will get a copy of Relief, also signed.
All you have to do? Tell me what Horseman you'd want to be, and why. I'll leave this thread open until Sunday, April 19th. At 5 pm EST that night, the thread closes. I'll draw two winners randomly and send the books out on my way to work Monday morning.
So enter! Tell everyone you know! Tweet it on Twitter (because I forgot my phone in my car and can't access Twitter from work)!
And yes, this means there will be books at RavenCon. :D
Edit: Feel free to repost this or link to it - the more entries, the better!
Edit the Second: And a new twist! One of the RL characters in the book,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
utilitygeek, has offered to sign the book as well! So you get not only MY signature, but one of the character's as well! How cool is that?
I have books! Lots of books! Two boxes each of Not Your Father's Horseman with its new cover and Dark Moon Seasons, and one box of Writers for Relief, which has a StarChild story in it that I wrote. And since I have these lovely things, what else could I do but hold a contest?
So, here it is. Seasons doesn't launch officially until April 24th, but I love my fans, so I'm going to give away one prize pack to a lucky winner: one matched set of Horseman and Seasons, both autographed. A second winner will get a copy of Relief, also signed.
All you have to do? Tell me what Horseman you'd want to be, and why. I'll leave this thread open until Sunday, April 19th. At 5 pm EST that night, the thread closes. I'll draw two winners randomly and send the books out on my way to work Monday morning.
So enter! Tell everyone you know! Tweet it on Twitter (because I forgot my phone in my car and can't access Twitter from work)!
And yes, this means there will be books at RavenCon. :D
Edit: Feel free to repost this or link to it - the more entries, the better!
Edit the Second: And a new twist! One of the RL characters in the book,
utilitygeek, has offered to sign the book as well! So you get not only MY signature, but one of the character's as well! How cool is that?
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It's like giving up being Picard to be Kirk. Sure, it's cool in some ways, but really it's (at best) a lateral move.
So don't even consider me for your silly contest! Make me a Horseman -- Humbug!
Also, I get one of the books anyway. :-)
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If I had to choose one, it'd be death. You get to carry a Scythe and let's face it all the other horsemen are just paving the path for Death. It's good to be on top.
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I'll post a link to this on my twitter page.
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And wow, two votes for Death! She's popular today! :D
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And red horses are wicked.
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Thanks!
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Since everyone else has chosen death- I'll go with Famine. But only because of the character from Good Omens. Food that isn't really food...
Anyway, Hi! congrats on the books. I can imagine how amazing that must feel. :)
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And yeah, I love that book. His Horsemen were SO much fun...
Thanks for the congrats - I'm wicked excited!
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I haven't read your books, but they sound interesting. I also decided to check out the Horsemen on wiki and I wasn't aware of the other interpretations. So, I say I want to be Conqueror.
"And I beheld, and lo a white horse; and he that sat on him had a bow: and there was given unto him a crown, and he departed as conqueror and to conquest.""
Being Conqueror sounds interesting and not necessarily evil.
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Being Conqueror does sound interesting. My Horsemen aren't necessarily evil, though...
Then again, my definitions of good and evil in the books aren't exactly black and white either. :P
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I would have to say War is my favorite of the Horsemen. Big sword, red horse, and fun toys? What's not to like? (There's also the War in Good Omens, which makes it all the better!)
Your series sounds really interesting. I'm going to have to see about getting my hands on it.
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War is fun - and yes, he really does have the best toys.
My Horsemen are a bit different from the norm, but I'm enjoying them. :D
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Having a nifty sword is also a plus.
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Thanks!
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I'd like to be plagues. It's sciencey and geeky enough, doncha think? :wink:
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I'd also have to go with Death "On a Pale Horse" but because of Peirs Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series.
Besides, your stuff has been on my list of need to reads since RavenCon07(?).
~Tera
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And yeah, Death has been my favorite always - I'll have to read Incarnations of Immortality.
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As far as the horsemen, I have to go along with the crowd, but that's because Death has been my favorite forever. And I envision her female as well. Can't wait to see what you do with her.
Cheers,
Margaret
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This is rather like asking someone which superhero they want to be, or what superpower they want to have. I mean, each of the Horsemen has a unique set of abilities.
Death is the snazziest, but also the simplest, in a way. There isn't much variance. Death is death.
War is about the same, but war *evolves*. It changes all the time.
Famine, now, there we start getting inventive. Famines kill, sure - linking them to death - and they can start and end wars, which links back to death again via a weirdasss little network of lines. And what people do when they haven't got food, well...
And on top of that you've got pestilence. I think a lot of farmers can testify to the powers of giant flocks of insects, right? :) And the pestilences that can strike humans, 'course.
Hmmmmmm.
I think I would choose to be Pestilence, so I could start the party, bringing in Famine, War, and Death behind me.
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Erwin has the shovels.
Oh, he does other things, too. He holds the reins while Famine and Death argue with yet another pimply teenaged clerk about taking the horses through the Burger-Zowie’s drive through. (Pestilence won’t eat there, but he won’t hold the reins either).
Erwin is a fair hand with comforting The Pale Horse when Death lets her get into the oats.
But mostly I’d like to be Erwin because unlike the rest of the Horsemen, Erwin gets to ride a pony, and I’ve wanted a pony since I was 6 years old.
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I KNEW I was missing a Horseman!
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Hope all is well with you, Val.
best,
lisa
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A magic bag of food sounds awesome, though. I need one of those!
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On the flip side, I would be a kind and merciful Death. *shrugs*
That's all so cool! I really DO need to read your books....
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There are all sorts of nasty ways to make a person ill. Fascinating to see it in action.
Why yes I watch The Stand every time I get sick...why do you ask? ;)
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I loved Nikki in Snow, so I'd be tempted to say I wanna be her, but actually no. I couldn't be. My favourite bit of her in Snow was when it all of a sudden showed in her eyes, the really old and dark and awesome (in the old sense of the word) power. So yeah. As much as I loved it, not for me.
I think I might choose Pestilence. Cause then I get to ride a purty white horse, and I've always loved white horses (says the 5 year old girl inside me). Also, I love the play with the ideas of good and evil, with plague (dark) on a white horse (light). Just neat as anything.
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