Y’all know what banishes the sting of two rejection letters in one week? A CONTEST, that’s what!
If you’ve hung around my other blog or its LJ or Dreamwidth mirrors for more than five minutes, you’ll have figured out fast that I’m a raving fangirl for Great Big Sea, a high-energy Celtic/folk band out of Newfoundland. I love these guys with the fiery passion of a thousand burning suns. I particularly love them right now, because on July 13th, they’re going to put out a brand new album.
And this is where you guys come in! When they announced the album’s release date, they also released a shot of the cover art. The very first thing that popped into my head when I saw it was “gosh, that looks like the cover of a novel, I wonder what the story of those two people is!” And I want all of you to tell me!
You can see the cover art right here, since the album’s available for preorder on Amazon. Go take a look. Then come back and give me one of the following:
- A hypothetical title for the novel this scene might come from
- A caption describing the scene
- A drabble-length description of the scene (that’s 100 words, for those of you not familiar with fanfic terminology)
Bonus points will be awarded for clever humor, use of any element of the Faerie Blood universe, or anything referenced in the titles or lyrics of Great Big Sea songs. Extra bonus points will be given for use of more than one of these!
The winner of the contest will receive either a copy of the album, a copy of Faerie Blood, or a copy of Defiance, their choice!
If the winner chooses the album, I will either buy them a copy directly off of greatbigsea.com, or else send a gift certificate to the vendor of their choice from which they may purchase it themselves. If the winner chooses a physical CD, I will require a snailmail address to which to send it.
If the winner chooses either of my books, I will provide an electronic copy of same in the format of their choice.
Here are the official rules and other important things you need to know:
- I will accept entries up until the album’s release date, July 13th.
- Please submit entries on the angelakorrati.com original post, NOT on the LJ or DW mirror posts. This is so I can track all the entries in one place!
- Please enter only once.
- I am the final judge for who gets to win!
- Please keep the entries worksafe.
- This contest is not in any way officially connected to greatbigsea.com, although I did contact them about it and received the blessing of their site admins. I am running this contest purely as an exercise of my fandom for the band, and will be buying the winner’s copy of the album at my own expense. 🙂
- If you’re already a GBS fan and you plan to buy a copy of the album anyway, don’t let this stop you from participating! Albums make excellent gifts.
- Ditto for if you already own either or both of my books!
(And oh yeah: if you haven’t heard GBS before, or if you want a taste of the new album to help you decide whether you want it, scamper up to greatbigsea.com and look for their streaming player. Three songs from the album are currently available there. The title track, “Safe Upon the Shore”, is my current favorite; it’s full of tasty, tasty harmony! Go check it out.)
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6 responses to “The Safe Upon the Shore of Faerie contest!”
Title:
Full Fathom Five
Caption:
It is not until her new love falls ill that Melusine realizes there is more to her mystery man than meets the eye. What price has the dark-haired man paid for his time in her shoreline village, and what is she willing to sacrifice to keep him by her side?
Drabble:
He stumbled weakly as they walked the shore.
“I have to go, Melusine. I love you, but I must return home.”
“Then I’ll come with you.” She straightened, determined to accompany this man who had, in the last month, taught her what it was to love and be loved.
“You cannot,” he whispered.
“I will.”
He turned, eyes on the surf. “Where I must go, you cannot follow, my love.”
Melusine followed his gaze to the sea. The witch’s warning was true, then. She set her jaw, clutching his hand. “My home is with you. I will find a way.”
Nice! Thanks for being the first entry! 🙂
Well, I already lost one entry. Let’s see if I can recreate it. *cries*
And I know we only have to do one of the three, but I just can’t help myself. Mwahah.
Title: Cast Ashore
Caption: When he stumbles up the rocky scree for the first time as a man, Delphonus wonders what possessed him to trade his immortal span as a merman for a pair of wobbly, weak legs and a few mortal years. But when he falls into the arms of a mysterious — and strangely familiar — blonde, he starts to wonder what took him so long.
Drabble:
Where was the subtle tug and release of the moon? The comforting, weightless lull? How did these landlings bear the drag of the rock below? The full force of Earth’s gravity without the cushion of the sea?
How would he ever bear it?
“One foot in front of the other.” He’d read it long ago and never realized it wasn’t only an instruction. “One foot… I have feet.”
And just like that, he realized the enormity of what he’d done.
“Do you shipwreck types always talk to yourselves? Or did you happen across the Kraken on your swim to shore?”
Hee! “I have feet.” Well done, and thanks for jumping in on this! 🙂
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