{"id":12442,"date":"2012-03-25T08:30:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T19:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=12442"},"modified":"2012-03-24T22:07:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T09:07:43","slug":"nearly-tuesday-27-march-advance-notice-of-release-day-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/25\/nearly-tuesday-27-march-advance-notice-of-release-day-festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly Tuesday 27 March: Advance Notice of Release Day Festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11197\" style=\"width: 157px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/19\/catherine-asaro-on-the-gathering-of-the-lost-the-wall-of-night-book-two\/gatheringofthelost-mm-1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11197\" class=\" wp-image-11197 \" title=\"GatheringoftheLost mm-1\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringoftheLost-mm-1-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringoftheLost-mm-1-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringoftheLost-mm-1-92x150.jpg 92w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringoftheLost-mm-1.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US cover<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11204\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/19\/catherine-asaro-on-the-gathering-of-the-lost-the-wall-of-night-book-two\/gatheringoflost-2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11204\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11204\" class=\" wp-image-11204 \" title=\"GatheringofLost (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/GatheringofLost-21.jpg 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AUS\/NZ cover<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next Tuesday, 27 March, is Publication Day for <strong><em>The Gathering of the Lost<\/em><\/strong> and on Thursday (22nd), I posted, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/23\/so-whats-happening-celebrating-publication-of-the-gathering-of-the-lost\/\">here<\/a>, indicating that I intended to mark the occasion on my blog, as well as having a real-time launch event on 23 April. And I threat&#8212; I mean <em>promised<\/em> that there would be &#8220;celebratory goodness&#8221; to go with the on-blog launch.<\/p>\n<p>I then mentioned the possibility of a book giveaway to mark the occasion, plus a competition for blog readers to comment and go into a draw to give their name to a character in <strong><em>Daughter of Blood<\/em>, The Wall of Night Book Three<\/strong>. And since no one posted to say &#8220;Nah, don&#8217;t do that!&#8221; I have decided to go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>So next Tuesday, the 27th, do visit and take part in the blog party. And if you comment on the day, your name will go into a draw to win any of:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grand Fantasy Book Prize No 1: <\/strong>a book pack comprising &#8212;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 x signed copy of <strong><em>The Gathering of the Lost<\/em><\/strong> (of course \ud83d\ude42 )<\/li>\n<li>1 x <strong><em>The Dragon&#8217;s Path<\/em><\/strong> by Daniel Abraham<\/li>\n<li>1 x <strong>The Inheritance Trilogy<\/strong> by NK Jemisin, comprising <em>The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms<\/em>; <em>The Broken Kingdoms;<\/em> and <em>The Kingdom of Gods<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1 x <em>The Alloy of Law<\/em> by Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><\/strong> <strong>Grand Fantasy Book Prize No 1: <\/strong>a book pack comprising &#8212;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 x signed copy of <strong><em>The Gathering of the Lost<\/em><\/strong> (again, of course \ud83d\ude09 )<\/li>\n<li>1 x <strong>City of Dragons<\/strong> by Robin Hobb<\/li>\n<li>1 x <strong><em>Graveminder<\/em><\/strong> by Melissa Marr<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Signed Book Plates &amp; Cover Flats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 x sets of the US <em>The Gathering of the Lost<\/em> cover flats and 10 x signed \u2018Helen Lowe\u2019 bookplates designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/mojobob.com\/gallery\/gallery.html\"><strong>Peter Fitzpatrick<\/strong><\/a>, creator of <em>The Heir of Night<\/em> map<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0PLUS<\/strong> ~<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> &#8220;Give <em>Your <\/em>Name To A Character in <\/strong><strong><em>Daughter of Blood<\/em>, The Wall of Night, Book Three\u201d <\/strong>Draw:<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who comments on both\/either <strong>Tuesday 27<\/strong> (USA\/Canada and Australia\/New Zealand) and\/or <strong>April 5<\/strong> (UK) release will go in the draw days to have their name included as a character name in the next book in The Wall of Night series, <em>Daughter of Blood<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Provisos include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each comment on every distinct blog post I publish on Tuesday 27 or April 5 will count as an eligible entry;<\/li>\n<li>The successful name must be the real name of the commenter, not a pseudonym;<\/li>\n<li>The person whose name is drawn will also be recognised in the Acknowledgments to <em>Daughter of Blood<\/em> and receive a signed, complimentary copy of that book;<\/li>\n<li>I reserve the right to adapt the winning name to best fit a fantasy character, e.g. \u201cJohn the Miller\u201d as opposed to \u201cJohn Miller\u201d<\/li>\n<li>I cannot predetermine how the &#8220;Your Name&#8221; character will appear in the story and whether he\/she will play a positive or negative role<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>All draws will be made by Random Number Integer<\/p>\n<p>The results of the Tuesday 27th giveaways will be published here on the blog on Thursday 29 March (NZ time) to accommodate differences with USA &amp; Australian time<\/p>\n<p>The results of the &#8220;Name\/Character&#8221; draw will be posted here on April 7 (NZ time) to accommodate differences with UK time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Tuesday, 27 March, is Publication Day for The Gathering of the Lost and on Thursday (22nd), I posted, here, indicating that I intended to mark the occasion on my blog, as well as having a real-time launch event on 23 April. 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