Noble Dead Raffle, Week 5: REMEMBER…
THE DEADLINE FOR THE FIFTH WEEK IS JANUARY 1st, MIDNIGHT, PST!
Be sure to get in your entry before then, as we know many of you will be busy celebrating the arrival of a new year. We’ll announce the winner by the following Monday afternoon, and then Tuesday morning we’ll give notice when the final Week 6 raffle opens up for new entries.
And only days until the release of S3B1: Between Their Worlds… the start of a new Series/Phase in the Noble Dead Saga.
The winner each week cannot enter further raffles in this series; those who do not win a raffle must re-enter a following one to be part of a new draw. If you need to catch up on how to enter, see the instructions below. [Open only to participants in the USA.]
Go to www.NobleDead.org, or click this following link to the Contact page. Submit the following complete information via that secured form:
Name: [First and Last in full]
Email: [where winners will be notified]
Subject: Noble Dead Raffle
Message: Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
NOTE: Barb and J.C. have full control of all participant information; you will not be added to any form of mailing list.
Within a few hours (usually), either J.C. or one of the staff will send you a confirmation that your entry was received.
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 5: NOW OPEN!
Win a copy of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts (hardcover)
It’s less than a week until S3B1: Between Their Worlds, appears on bookstore shelves, which begins Phase/Series 3 of the Noble Dead Saga. It’s already available for order via some online venues.
We’ll be watching for your next entry via email![Open only to participants in the USA.] Instructions are reiterated below...
Please note that since all books will be sent directly from the publisher, Barb and J.C. are not be able to sign them. After this announcement via NobleDead.org (echoed to all subscribers and venues linked to our site’s RSS newsfeed), anyone in the USA can enter by submitting the following information through the site’s Contact page:
Name: [First and Last in full]
Email: [where winners will be notified]
Subject: Noble Dead Raffle
Message: Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
NOTE: Barb and J.C. have full control of all participant information; you will not be added to any form of mailing list.
The deadline for receipt of entries in week 5’s raffle is Sunday, January 1st, 2012, Midnight, PST. Many of you might be off celebrating by then, so get your entry in earlier. The following Monday, one random winner will be notified via email and announced (by name only) through the site and its newsfeed. Winners may not re-enter a following contest, as we want to spread the prizes around. The publisher will be notified as well, but...
NEW NOTICE: As of December 19th, the promotional department at Roc (our publisher) is closed for the holidays. The winners of this week’s and next week’s raffles will have to wait until after January 3, 2012, for their book’s to be shipped. Arrival time is running about 7 to 10 business days (or less) from the time of shipment.
Noble Dead Raffle: Brief Correction
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 4: AND THE WINNER IS…
This ends the fourth week’s raffle, and Joe’s information will shortly be on its way to the publisher once we re-verify his shipping information. By tomorrow afternoon, we will open up week 5 of the raffle, so keep an eye out for the coming notice. Pass the word to any friends you think might enjoy getting in on this.
All instructions will be reiterated for those who missed weeks 1 through 4. All those who entered previous raffles and did not win may re-enter again to be considered for week 5; previous entries do not carry over to a following week’s raffle. Winner's of a raffle may not enter following raffles. Until then, congratulations again to Joe!
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 4: REMEMBER…
THE DEADLINE FOR THE FOURTH WEEK IS DECEMBER 25th, MIDNIGHT, PST!
Be sure you get in your entry before then, as we know many of you will be busy over the holiday weekend. We sure will! We’ll announce the winner come Monday afternoon, and then Tuesday morning we’ll give notice when Week 5’s raffle opens up for new entries.
And only a little over a week until the release of S3B1: Between Their Worlds… the start of a new Series/Phase in the Noble Dead Saga.
The winner each week cannot enter further raffles in this series; those who do not win a raffle must re-enter a following one to be part of a new draw. If you need to catch up on how to enter, see the instructions below. [Open only to participants in the USA.]
NOTICE: As of December 19th, the promotional department at Roc (our publisher) is closed for the holidays. The winners of this week’s and next week’s raffle will have to wait until January 3, 2012 for their book’s to be shipped. Arrival time right now is running about 7 to 10 business days maximum from the time a book is shipped.
Go to www.NobleDead.org, or click this following link to the Contact page. Submit the following complete information via that secured form:
Name: [First and Last in full]
Email: [where winners will be notified]
Subject: Noble Dead Raffle
Message: Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
NOTE: Barb and J.C. have full control of all participant information; you will not be added to any form of mailing list.
Within a few hours (usually), either J.C. or one of the staff will send you a confirmation that your entry was received… of course we might not get to it right on December 25th. We’ll be a bit busy.
Noble Dead Raffle: NOTICE TO ROBERT DOMROSE
We have no other way to contact you, Robert Domrose, so if you're out there, please contact the staff through the NobleDead.org site. The confirmation email to your recent raffle entry was rejected by the Yahoo mail server, claiming that your email account does not exist. Without a valid email we cannot enter you in the current raffle.
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 4: NOW OPEN!
Win a copy of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts (hardcover)
We’ll be watching for your next entry via email![Open only to participants in the USA.] Instructions are reiterated below...
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 3: AND THE WINNER IS…
CAITLYN CLARK wins the third of six copies of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts!
This ends the third week’s raffle, and Caitlyn’s information will shortly be on its way to the publisher. By tomorrow afternoon, we will open up week 4 of the raffle, so keep an eye out for the coming notice. Pass the word to any friends you think might enjoy getting in on this.
All instructions will be reiterated for those who missed weeks 1 through 3. All those who entered previous raffles and did not win may re-enter again to be considered for week 4; previous entries do not carry over to a following week’s raffle. Winner's of a raffle may not enter following raffles. Until then, congratulations again to Caitlyn!
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 3: REMEMBER…
THE DEADLINE FOR THE THIRD WEEK IS TOMORROW!
Be sure you get in your entry before Midnight, PST, Sunday. We’ll announce the winner come Monday afternoon, and then Tuesday morning we’ll give notice when Week 4’s raffle opens up for new entries.
The winner each week cannot enter further raffles in this series; those who do not win a raffle must re-enter a following one to be part of a new draw. If you need to catch up on how to enter, see the instructions below. [Open only to participants in the USA.]
NOTICE: As of December 19th, the promotional department at Roc (our publisher) will be closing for the holidays. The winners of this week’s and next week’s raffle, will have to wait until January 3, 2012, for their book’s to be shipped. Arrival time right now is running about 7 to 10 business days maximum from the time a book is shipped.
Go to www.NobleDead.org, or click this following link to the Contact page. Submit the following information via that secured form:
Name: [First and Last in full]
Email: [where winners will be notified]
Subject: Noble Dead Raffle
Message: Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
NOTE: Barb and J.C. have full control of all participant information; you will not be added to any form of mailing list.
Within a few hours (usually), either J.C. or one of the staff will send you a confirmation that your entry was received.
Chat with the Noble Dead—TONIGHT!
Over on Facebook, and moderated by Jenifer Butler, the fan group known as The Noble Dead will be hosting a FaceBook chat session for all fans of the Noble Dead Saga. The session begins at 9PM EST (6PM PST).
J.C. has confirmed that he will be in attendance for the first hour plus. He will not be providing spoilers for the coming books or the saga’s future; he might be willing to talk a little about S3B1: Between Their Worlds, with its official release in hardcover a little over two weeks away.
For those who have not finished all current books, be aware that this is an open discussion of all books to date; you may run into spoilers. If you’re interested in an evening’s hangout with other Noble Dead fans, drop by and see what’s up.
Q&A: Books/Series [Character]
Well, we’re behind schedule yet again, Looks like the holidays and finishing another book is not a stable combination for finding that schedule again. But we’ll keep trying.
This time out, we’ll address a, um, well, steamier topic. It’s not really something we care to get into because, um, well... Oh the heck with it… let’s talk sex! Sort of…
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 3: NOW OPEN!
Win a copy of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts (hardcover)
Third times the charm, so get your entries in and have a book shipped straight to your door from the publisher. This is all in celebration of the holidays and the the coming January release of S3B1: Between Their Worlds, which begins Phase/Series 3 of the Noble Dead Saga. So why not take a shot at an extra present.
There are only four books left to be awarded over the coming weeks. [Open only to participants in the USA.] Instructions are reiterated below...
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 2: And the Winner is…
ANNA MARIE GFELLER wins the second of six copies of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts!
This ends the second week’s raffle, and Anna’s book is already in process. By tomorrow afternoon, we will open up week 3 of the raffle, so keep an eye out for the coming notice.
All instructions will be reiterated for those who missed weeks 1 & 2. All those who entered previous raffles and did not win may re-enter again to be considered for week 3; previous entries do not carry over to a following week’s raffle. Winner's of a raffle may not enter following raffles. Until then, congratulations again to Anna!
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 2: Remember…
THE DEADLINE FOR THE SECOND WEEK IS TOMORROW!
It was a busy weekend, so we’re a little late with this reminder. Be sure you get in your entry before Midnight, PST, Sunday.
We’ll announce the winner come Monday afternoon, and then Tuesday morning we’ll give notice when Week 3’s raffle opens up for new entries. The winner each week cannot enter further raffles in this series; those who do not win a raffle must re-enter a following one to be part of a new draw. If you need to catch up on how to enter, see the instructions below. [Open only to participants in the USA.]
Go to www.NobleDead.org, or click this following link to the Contact page. Submit the following information via that secured form:
Name: [First and Last in full]
Email: [where winners will be notified]
Subject: Noble Dead Raffle
Message: Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
NOTE: Barb and J.C. have full control of all participant information; you will not be added to any form of mailing list.
Within a few hours (usually), either J.C. or one of the staff will send you a confirmation that your entry was received.
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 2: NOW OPEN!
Win a copy of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts (hardcover)
It’s time again, folks, so get your entries in and have a book shipped straight to your door from the publisher. This is all in celebration of the holidays and the the coming January release of S3B1: Between Their Worlds, which begins Phase/Series 3 of the Noble Dead Saga. So why not take a shot at an extra present.
There are only five books left to be awarded over the coming weeks. [Open only to participants in the USA.] Instructions are reiterated below, along with answers to recently submitted questions.
Noble Dead Raffle, Week 1: AND THE WINNER IS…
NICK BROWN wins the first of six copies of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts!
This ends the first week’s raffle, and Nick’s book is already in process. By tomorrow afternoon, we will open up Week 2 of the raffle, so keep an eye out for the notice.
All instructions will be reiterated for those who missed week 1. All those who entered week 1’s raffle and did not win may re-enter again to be considered for week 2; entries do not carry over to a following week’s raffle. Winner's of a raffle may not enter following raffles. Along with the coming instructions, we will include answers to a few questions that came up concerning the raffle’s operation. Until then, congratulations again to Nick.
Noble Dead Holiday Raffle!!! REMEMBER…
THE DEADLINE FOR THE FIRST WEEK IS NEARING!
Be sure you get in your entry before Sunday, Midnight, PST. We’ll announce the winner come Monday afternoon, and then Tuesday morning we’ll give notice when week number two’s raffle is open to new entries. The winner each cannot enter further raffles in this series; those who do not win a raffle must re-enter a following one to be part of a new draw. If you need to catch up on how to enter, see the instructions below. [Open only to participants in the USA.]
Go to www.NobleDead.org, or click this following link to the Contact page. Submit the following information via that secured form:
Name: [First and Last in full]
Email: [where winners will be notified]
Subject: Noble Dead Raffle
Message: Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
NOTE: Barb and J.C. have full control of all participant information; you will not be added to any form of mailing list.
Within a few hours (usually), either J.C. or one of the staff will send you a confirmation that your entry was received.
Q&A: Writing (World-Building)
Overall, this is the sort of topic that’s appropriate for what’s coming our way in the near future. We won’t dig too deep but rather answer a basic question around the edges. World-building is most especially a concern — sometimes a misleading obsession — for writers in the premise genres of SF, Science Fantasy, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy and Horror. The trick is how much you do and keeping in mind that it’s all about the story-making, not the world-building. If the latter takes over the focus from the former, then you’ve wander astray.
As to why this topic is so appropriate, we’ll be doing a brief seminar on world-building (as well as workshopping manuscripts from a small group of writers) at the upcoming 2012 Cascade Writers Workshop. More on that coming soon. And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming…
Noble Dead Holiday Raffle!!!
Win a copy of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts (hardcover)
To celebrate the coming January release of S3B1: Between Their Worlds, and the beginning of Phase/Series 3 of the Noble Dead Saga, our publisher has asked us to run an online raffle. [Open only to participants in the USA.]
Starting each Tuesday for the next six weeks, we will announce the opening of a raffle for one of six hardcopy editions of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts. Please note that all books will be sent directly from the publisher; Barb and J.C. are not be able to sign them. After the announcement via NobleDead.org (echoed to all subscribers and venues linked to our site’s RSS newsfeed), anyone in the USA can enter by submitting the following information through the site’s Contact page:
Name: [First and Last in full]
Email: [where winners will be notified]
Subject: Noble Dead Raffle
Message: Street Address, City, State, Zip Code
NOTE: Barb and J.C. have full control of all participant information; you will not be added to any form of mailing list.
The following Monday, one random winner will be notified via email and announced (by name only) through the site and its newsfeed. Winners may not re-enter a following contest, as we want to spread the prizes around. The publisher will be notified as well, and the winner can expect to receive the prize within 2 to 4 weeks.
Let the fun begin! The first week’s raffled is now open. All entries must be made by Sunday 12/04/2011, midnight, Pacific Standard Time.
Q&A: Authorship [Publishing]
A lot of people have a story they want to tell, but it takes more than this to see it in a bookstore… or as an ebook via one of the online versions of a “big box” store. As a rough guess, maybe 1 in 10 people want to write down that story. A tenth of those do so, and a tenth of those finish the first draft. Maybe another tenth learn to refine it adequately, and again a tenth will get to the point of publishing it somehow. But the possibility of it being produced by a professional publishing house gets even smaller. Still, with 300,000,000+ people in the USA at present, those fractions only bring us down to 30,000 potential story-tellers who get something in print each year. That’s a lot more than actually make it to the final step…
A Feast of Thanks…
It’s time again for the harvest feast in the USA, which is late compared to other corners of the world. It’s when we all try to remember something for which to give thanks, regardless of spiritual ideology or philosophy.
At a professional level, in relation to the Noble Dead Saga, we have people abroad who deserve that as well...
Q&A: Authorship [Personal History]
Many people who end up wanting to be writers, or specifically authors, don’t start out that way. Life leads them down wandering paths, and along the journey to building a life is when such things begin to ferment. It could (and should) be said that story-making and story-telling are two different things. For an anyone working in any medium of expression, prose or otherwise, these are two different talents. When they are refined into skill sets, they must be integrated at the most intimate as well as pragmatic levels. That’s quite a feat, and some who don’t end up as “story-tellers” nonetheless begin early in life as “story-makers”… and they may not even know it…
Powell’s Authorfest Recap
All went well, and we caught up with some friends in the spare moments. A few photos were snapped along the way, so if curious, drop by the Noble Dead Saga's official Facebook page to check those out.
The photos are courtesy of authors Louise Marley
Q&A: Books/Series [Research]
And we’re back again after a slight delay, though a little earlier in the catch-up than previously announced. Sometimes (as you’ve seen in our previous Q&As) the line between the perspective of readers and writers isn’t distinct. The interests of one audience leads to the other, and visa versa. So it is, this time out, with a peek into the past. Appropriate considering that this coming January 2012, with the release of S3B1: Between Their Worlds, we’ll be ten years into the saga from the readers’ side, and over twelve years for us on the writers’ side…
Q&A Delay
The latest Q&A is running late (as it should have been up this last Friday) because we've been at it hard working on the S3B2: The Dog in the Dark even as we're all waiting for S3B1: Between Their Worlds to hit the shelves. Oh, and we have to prepare for a signing tomorrow evening. The next Q&A entry should be ready and published by Monday afternoon (PST). We'll be back on schedule for this series by the following Friday.
Excerpts Failure Has Been Fixed
We heard that the Excerpts in the Books page ceased functioning. This may have happened over a week ago during some site work. All has been corrected, so if you dropped by during the last week for a read, give it another try now.
S3B1: Between Their Worlds
That is the last info about the book that can be released, as we all wait until January 3rd, 2012, when the book appears on the shelves. Pre-orders are available at all online venues. Links to some of those are available within the book’s information on our site. Magiere, Leesil and Chap are back!
Q&A: Writing [Collaboration]
Time once again for a couple of questions and answers. This time out, we’ll cover two related ones on a topic that often gets raised for us. As you’ll see, these questions are ones only a handful of writers could really address. No wonder they are among the top three we’re always asked.
News Options: Facebook Linkage
News linkage options for readers and other visitors have received a small update; look to the sidebar of our site(s). If you already chose your preferred method to receive our updates, you do not need to make any changes. More such convenience tweaks (and expansion of options) are planned for the near future. Stay tuned.
JC’s Haunt…
I prefer not to use the ND site for personal topics, since most don’t appeal to readers specifically, but now and then there’s an exception. I’ve been following activity on one of several Noble Dead fan pages on Facebook, aside from our own official page. A few people have looked about for art done by fans for the characters of the Noble Dead saga. Back in the early days, when we ran a small forum on our first ND web site, this type of artwork popped up now and then.
While browsing the group mentioned above, I looked up from where I sit at the dining room table (where I often write). I re-noticed one of our oldest artworks on the wall that isn’t a print from one of our books… or a general artwork we just like. It still mesmerizes me for how I…
Wait, I’m getting too far ahead. Let’s go back to the beginning…
Q&A: Writing [Character]; Media Tie-ins [Games]
For our first entry in this ongoing series, we chose both an old question from interviews [adapted] and a new one from those recently submitted by readers. We’ll try to keep things mixed up that way as often as we can. This will likely lead to further expansion and reorganization of the site’s FAQs when we have time. The title of each Q&A article will reflect the topic(s) addressed and possibly where they will be filed under old and new headings in the FAQs.
FaceBook Success
For now, to subscribe via FaceBook, go to the official page at https://www.facebook.com/TheNobleDeadSaga and look to the bottom of the left sidebar. There you will find both the SMS and RSS subcribers links... or you can just click those linked words herein to give it a try.
Q&A: In the Beginning…
Book Signing: Powell’s Authorfest
Barb and J.C. will attend “Authorfest” at the Beaverton Powell’s bookstore. This is a fun event where many local SF/Fantasy authors will be in attendance and signing their books. Since it is a bookstore (and one of our favorite local chains), of course books are on sale during the event. The store staff makes a great effort to be certain all current books by attending authors are available. Please join us if you can!
Date: Sunday 11/13/2011
Time: 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005
S3B1: Between Their Worlds
S3B1: Between Their Worlds is on schedule for release in the first week of January 2012. Pre-orders are available now at all online venues.
S3B2: The Dog in the Dark
S3B2 has been added to the release schedule in the Books page as “pending”. This entry in the Noble Dead Saga is now in process, as we have completed the planning phase and are working on the draft.
Twitter Connected
We've finished connecting a twitter account to NobleDead.org. This is just a quick post to see if it is actually going to work.
Still Under Development
