And this book makes three

So Silver Bright is sitting next to me, wearing a birthday crown and having a piece of cake (chocolate ganache... some sort of special bookday powers are keeping the fairies out of the frosting.)

The lovely seanan_mcguire recently posted an excellent set of Do's and Don'ts for her release of One Salt Sea.  If you are at all inclined, love the theater series and want to see it do well, please mosey over and read. Might I particularly recommend the "DO buy the book as soon as you can" as an appetizer. "DO ask your local bookstore if they have it on order" is also excellent today, and "DO post reviews on your blog or on Amazon.com." I will also add B&N.com and Chapters Indigo to that list,.

AND NOW, THE BLING.

I have hardcover copies of So Silver Bright to give away, as well as five "rose rings" (as featured on Jason Chan's excellent cover art.)


There will be a bazillion and one ways to enter... ok, perhaps not quite that many, but all of them require making some noise. So...

1) Use your favorite social media outlet to talk about the book release, linking to your online bookstore venue of choice (blog/Facebook/Tweet/Tumblr, or all of the above, one entry for each.) PLEASE tag me @lisamantchev on Facebook posts and use the #sosilverbright hashtag on Twitter!

2) Post a review to your blog, Amazon, or B&N.com. (Two entries for each review.)

3) Take a picture of yourself with your copy of the book., or a picture of the book "in the wild." These should be posted in your social media outlet of choice (one entry for each post, so if you post the picture on your blog, your FB, and link to it on Twitter, you get three entries.) You can also post them in this thread or the release day page on Facebook!

4) Celebrate the day in the most theater-appropriate manner you can imagine. This might include: costuming, desserts, glitter, handsome boys, coloring your hair, or calling in a scene change. The fairies only ask that you remember how they feel about musical numbers... But post pictures to your social media outlet of choice (one entry for each post.) You can also post them in this thread or the release day page on Facebook!

Once you have performed these random acts of cupcakery and silliness, you can email your point total ( lisa at lisamantchev dot com ) with the subject line SO SILVER BRIGHT RELEASE DAY CONTEST. PLEASE include your mailing information and links where applicable. Open until Friday, September 16th at midnight PST. Winners will be notified as soon as humanly possible. This is an international contest, open worldwide.

I will be also giving spot prizes as possible to entries of super-creativity and/or anything that makes me laugh out loud (or cry.)

Thank you for taking this journey with Bertie, the fairies, and me. We appreciate it more than you will ever know.