DSAC Winners

Okay, enough dithering. It’s time to pick some winners.

I’ve kind of been dragging my feet with this contest on purpose, hoping that my UK ARCs of The Desert Spear would arrive early in the month and I could add those to the pot, but I don’t know exactly when they are going on press, so I’m going to stop stalling, pick winners for the last two US ARCs now, as well as a couple of runners up, and then decide what to do with the UK ARCs when I get them.

Runners up:

First off, a signed copy of Das Lied der Dunkelheit to Elisa from Austria, who got the Austrian Tolkien society to pimp my book in a huge collage. That was a great entry:

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Next, a signed copy of The Warded Man to “Joe” who risked life, limb, and campus police to get crazy pictures like these:

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The two ARC winners:

One Advance Read Copy of The Desert Spear to AJ from Florida. AJ knows what it’s like to be in the desert in wartime, as I first got to know him as a pen pal during his tour of duty in Iraq. AJ also made some hysterical entries:

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One Advance Read Copy of The Desert Spear to Kim Kincaid, who made two extremely strong entries, both of which continue to give me great joy:

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Honorable Mention:

Finally, I would like call out Emily, who has entered the contest over and over in different ways, from photoshop heavy images to location shots. This is my favorite:

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No one has worked harder than Emily to win, so I wanted to give her something special. Last year, my friends threw me a launch party for the US release of The Warded Man. My friend Fotini make beautiful bronze bookmarks, stamped with warding circles as a special gift to all attendants:

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I still have a couple of these bookmarks saved, so I am going to send one to Emily, along with a promise. I have just decided that I will definitely be going to this year’s Worldcon in Melbourne Australia in September. While down under, I will probably do several signings. Emily, if you show up to any signing while I’m there, I will give you a free signed copy of The Desert Spear right there. Just flash the bookmark to prove you’re not your (evil?) twin sister.

Thanks so much to everyone else who entered! You are all still in the running when/if I get more advance copies to send out!

P.S.

This late entry came in from French Jess as I was finishing up this entry. She has made herself into the She-Hulk from Marvel comics, which I am totally geeking out about. Shulkie is a favorite of mine, ever since her seven foot green legs first walked into the Fantastic Four comic following the Secret Wars. What was that, 1984?

I am old.

Anyway, awesome!

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Posted on January 15, 2010 at 5:34 pm by PeatB
Filed under Appearances, Australia, Contests, Desert Spear, Fan Art, Fans, World Traveler
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6 responses to “DSAC Winners”

  1. Wow, I am honored to be a runner up! Thanks a lot Mr. Brett. I will certainly treasure the signed copy of your book.

    Posted by Joe, on January 15th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
  2. congrats to everyone! 🙂

    Especially to Emily who I might saddened a bit with my comment about photoshopped pics once (which wasn’t my intention at all so I’m happy for her now :)).

    Posted by Kathy, on January 15th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
  3. *Dies*
    I was staring at the screen so much my twin actually asked what was wrong with me 😛
    But then I showed her and she’s so excited!
    It’d just be so awesome to meet you!
    And, of course, even if I have to take a day off school I’ll go to a singing 😀
    Quote from Zoe ” Wow I cant believe this happened to you. I mean, things like that never happens to us. ”
    This is a pretty awesome way to begin 2010…*Passes Out*

    Posted by Emily, on January 15th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
  4. Congrats to all! Desert Spear was an amazing read. I received mine just before Christmas and devoured it. After finishing it a few weeks ago and having read several other books since, the story is still sticking with me. Yes, it is that awesome.

    Posted by Karen, on January 15th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
  5. Congratulations and very British salutations to all the winners and runners-up – not forgetting Emily, of course. The things I’d do for an ARC of The Desert Spear… I hardly dare speak their names.

    Posted by N. R. Alexander, on January 15th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
  6. they were all awesome 🙂
    And I did say that though my attention was divided between the xbox and Em.
    thats so cool! I cant wait 😀

    Posted by Zoe, on January 16th, 2010 at 12:45 am