ARC giveaway trivia question. ANSWERS SHOULD BE POSTED HERE
UPDATE: As there seems to be some confusion, let me clarify. Some people have posted answers to the question. Of the answers I've got so far, one comes very close to hitting all the points and hitting them accurately. Which means there is still room for somebody to post a more complete and accurate answer. So: I'm going to extend this until tomorrow morning. The first entry that is (a) thorough in providing the details (b) accurate will be the winner. It may be that the winning post is already up, but then again somebody may surprise me. The bottom line: between now and tomorrow morhing, somebody could post an answer that is more complete and/or more accurate than the answers already there. I'll check about ten, and see how things are going. I hope that's clear.
Here's the trivia question. You post the answer here by clicking on "your 2 cents" at the bottom of this post and filling in the comment box.
By what other name was the girl called Connie known, and what was her fate? Details should include (at a minimum) facts of her parentage and her manner and place of death.
The Queen of Swords ARC will go to the first person to post a comment which includes
--a valid email address
--name (first name alone will suffice)
--the correct and full answer(s) to this question
--title of novel in which you found this information.
You may enter only once. Multiple entries will be summarily tossed, so don't post in a hurry. Take your time and get it right.
By entering a comment, you are agreeing to the following:
- You won't sell the ARC before its publication date;
- You won't make copies of it in any way, for any reason;
- You won't make excerpts available, or give away plot points. In short, you are sworn to secrecy. You can email me if you really need to say something about what happens (or doesn't). You may post a review on the internet IF you can do it without spoilers. Unless you hate it, and then maybe you could wait until after the pub date to say so. Or not. That's up to you.
- You won't contact me to say you found (a) a typo (b) a logical error (c) a confusing passage. This is an uncorrected proof, and that means errors. Of all kinds. You can be sure that between the editors, copyeditors, and me, we will catch 99.9 percent of them before the final version goes to the printer.
- All decisions of the judges (me, me, and me) are final. Please note that this is a qualitative quizzy type thing, which involves some interpretation on my part.
- I can't be held responsible for technical problems that might interfere with your answer being posted. If that happens to you, just remember that I'll be giving away three more copies in the next two months.
- You will email to let me know that you've received the darn thing.
At around eight this evening I will go through the answers and pick the first most complete one.
Finally, I will put the ARC to the winner in Monday's mail, at the same time I mail ARCs to my beta readers, etc. So beta readers who are expecting one and asking (repeatedly) when it would go into the mail (and you know who you are): the answer is Monday.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS do not post them here.