{"id":31288,"date":"2016-01-31T21:02:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T08:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=31288"},"modified":"2016-01-31T21:02:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T08:02:37","slug":"we-have-a-result-daughter-of-blood-release-week-giveaway-tuckerization-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/01\/31\/we-have-a-result-daughter-of-blood-release-week-giveaway-tuckerization-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"We Have A Result: &#8220;Daughter Of Blood&#8221; Release Week Giveaway &#038; Tuckerization Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_31296\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/01\/31\/we-have-a-result-daughter-of-blood-release-week-giveaway-tuckerization-draw\/clare_jan2016\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31296\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31296\" class=\" wp-image-31296\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Clare_Jan2016-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"Clare Davis: draw scrutineer\" width=\"208\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Clare_Jan2016-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Clare_Jan2016-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Clare_Jan2016.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clare Davis: draw scrutineer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To celebrate release week for <strong><em>Daughter Of Blood<\/em><\/strong> I&#8217;ve had two giveaways on offer, both fully international:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">i) 1 x autographed set of all my books to date, to go to 2 readers (ie 2 x sets of books all up);<\/span> and<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">ii) A Tuckerization opportunity &#8212; i.e. for one commenter to give his or her (real) name to a character in the fourth and final <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.helenlowe.info\/wallofnight.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Wall of Night<\/a> series&#8217; novel (working title: <em>The Chaos Gate<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All those who left a comment here between Tuesday 26 January (NZ time) and Friday 29 January (US, EST) were eligible to enter.<\/p>\n<p>The draw has been made by Clare Davies, the South Island rep for MacMillan (i.e. not even <em>my<\/em> publisher&#8212;so completely independent!), via the Sorting Hat (aka &#8220;Random.Org).<\/p>\n<h3>And Now We Have A Result (Cue: Trumpet Fanfare!)<\/h3>\n<p>Or, in fact, three results! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><strong>The two winners of the 1 x complete set each of all my books published to date are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Neiel Ward<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jacqui Bennetts<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The winner of the Tuckerization draw, to give his\/her name to a character in <em>The Chaos Gate<\/em>, The Wall Of Night Book Four, is:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">June Young<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>And just as a reminder, this was the \u2018deal\u2019 for (or parameters governing) the draw:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The successful name must be the real name of the commenter, not a pseudonym;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The person whose name is drawn will also be recognised in the Acknowledgments to <em>The Chaos Gate <\/em>and receive a signed, complimentary copy of that book;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">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 &#8212; or, <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/01\/28\/meet-daughter-of-bloods-tuckerization-character-enter-cheryl-g-raham\/\" target=\"_blank\">as was revealed on Thursday<\/a>, \u201cCheryl Graham\u201d may become Che&#8217;Ryl-g-Raham. \ud83d\ude09 )<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">I cannot predetermine how the \u201cYour Name\u201d character will appear in the story and whether he\/she will play a positive or negative role;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>I will now email the winners directly, but if they do not contact me back by midnight (US, EST) on Tuesday 2 February (2016), I will re-draw.<\/p>\n<p>But for now, congratulations to all the winners! 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