Lisa Hendrix

As generated by Random.org, the following commenter numbers win:

4 (Dena)

10 (Debbie K.)

13 (Jean)

Congratulations!

Each of you will receive an ARC of next June’s book, IMMORTAL OUTLAW, to be mailed as soon as they become available next spring. Use the Contact form here on the website to send me your mailing info, ladies. Prizes not claimed by November 17 will be forfeited and a new winner drawn.

This one’s the killer contest I’ve been planning almost since I started the book.  I managed to lay hands on a reproduction Viking amulet, just like the one Ivar wears in Immortal Warrior.  It’s based on a design from the Bamberg Casket, and it’s hand cast in silver alloy and comes with a matching chain. I was so excited when I found it and even more when it arrived in the mail; it’s heavy and wonderful and full of magic of it’s own.

And if that isn’t enough, the winner will also receive my complete backlist, all autographed.

You’ll need to read the excerpt so you can answer the simple question, then click on over to my official Contest Page to enter.  And good luck!

I just received an email from an on-line pal who spotted copies of IMMORTAL WARRIOR in stacks of books about to be shelved in a mall in Michigan. She gets an ARC of the next book (Immortal Outlaw, June ‘09) for being first reporter, but the rest of you have a chance to win an ARC, as well.

Comment on this post with your first sighting, or most unusual sighting, in your area.  I’ll draw three names from those who comment by Nov. 8 and ship you an Outlaw ARC as soon as they become available next spring.

And remember:  The official release date just happens to be Election Day here in the States.  Pick up your copy of Immortal Warrior early in the day, then carry it into the polls for while you’re standing in line. Let’s start a movement:  Books and Ballots.

UPDATE 11/11/08:  Winners were picked and announced HERE, but you’re still invited to post your sightings.  I love to know where this hunk o’ burnin’ love is being found!

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I announced this on the front page of the website, but I realized I’d better duplicate the news here so my RSS subscribers can get in on the fun:

In anticipation of the November 4 release of IMMORTAL WARRIOR, I’m giving one lucky reader a chance to win an autographed ARC (advance reading copy), which for those who don’t know, is a bound copy of the uncorrected galley of the book—what reviewers get.

Be the first on your block to read the book Romantic Times magazine called “a bold and beautiful fairytale for grownups…Not to be missed!” (more info and great reviews here).

Enter via my CONTEST PAGE.

Contest closes Sept. 30, 2008. Best of luck to all.

I’m on Facebook, both with a Profile — that place to conglomerate your Friends that everyone’s supposed to have — and with a Page, a relatively new venue that’s more Fan oriented. Pages are for celebs, poiticians, restaurants, places, sports, etc.

The problem is, there’s no way (or at least no obvious way) for people to find your Page unless they already know it’s there (unless, of course, you throw money at Facebook Ads…hmmm).  So, I’m trying a work-around, via the following contest, which has been posted on both my Profile and Page.  Now you, Gentle Reader, can get in on it, too — at least if you’re on, or want to be on, Facebook.

Here’s the deal:

Invite 10 or more of your (non-mutual) Facebook Friends to become Fans of my Page, and you’ll automatically be entered to win an autographed, bound ARC of my upcoming book, IMMORTAL WARRIOR. All you have to do to enter is send out a Facebook Message and include me, Lisa Hendrix, in the recipient list along with those 10 or more other names (I have to be your Friend in order to include me). Next Saturday, August 23, 2008, at noon, I will post the winner’s name in my Page Notes and ship the ARC off Priority Mail just as soon as she or he sends me the address.

So get those fingers typing. Remember, invite them to my Page (not my Profile):

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lisa-Hendrix/18625590885

Thanks much for your help.

And for you writer types: I will let you know how well this worked, also on Notes

Addendum: The contest is open to anyone who is or *becomes* a Lisa Hendrix Page Fan before the deadline. In other words, if you join as a new Fan on the Lisa Hendrix Page, even as a result of being invited by someone entering this contest, you can invite your friends, too, and be eligible to win the ARC. Just be sure to follow the entry instructions above.