{"id":5525,"date":"2015-06-22T17:35:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T17:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/2019\/08\/15\/june-22-2015-mick-oberon-contest\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T21:34:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T21:34:57","slug":"june-22-2015-mick-oberon-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/?p=5525","title":{"rendered":"June 22, 2015: Mick Oberon contest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, Hallow Point<\/em><\/a>–book two of the Mick Oberon series–comes out in a little less than two months. And we’re going to celebrate.<\/p>\n

How are we going to celebrate? By creating prose and\/or art.<\/p>\n

Here’s the deal. I want you folks to either draw or write a scene involving Mick Oberon. It can be action-oriented, quiet and contemplative, mysterious, whatever. It can take place in Chicago, or in the Otherworld. If you’re drawing, it can be an original scene or a scene from Hot Lead, Cold Iron<\/em>. If you’re writing, it has to be something original. Don’t try to tell a whole story<\/em>. This is a snapshot. One image. Nothing more, nothing less.<\/p>\n

The portrayal of Mick needs to be accurate. I don’t mean you have to master the 1930s lingo or anything,\u00a0I just mean the character has to be reasonably well portrayed. He should be using his wand, not a gun, that sort of thing.<\/p>\n

Here are the official rules:<\/p>\n

1) The picture or scene must go up online in a publicly visible place. Your web site. Your Facebook page (with the entry visible to the public, not just friends). Anywhere like that.<\/p>\n

2) The picture must stay<\/em> visible until the contest ends, which will be shortly after the book comes out. Pin it, or occasionally repost or link back to it.<\/p>\n

3) The picture or scene must also include a paragraph explaining where the image comes from and why you’re posting it. In other words, mention\/link to this contest. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

4) Once you have posted it, use the "Contact" page<\/a> here to send me a link to it, and also to how you want your name listed (see below). Please change the Subject line to "Mick Oberon contest".<\/p>\n

5) Entries must be posted (and I must be notified of said entry) by July 24th to be considered valid for this contest.<\/p>\n

Prizes and rewards.<\/strong> Everyone who participates–everyone<\/em>–will be listed on a "special thanks" page at the end of book three.<\/p>\n

Two randomly chosen\u00a0entrants will receive signed copies of book two (Hallow Point<\/em>).<\/p>\n

And finally, a single winner–the person whose entry I like best–will receive a signed copy of book two, as above, but will also receive a signed copy of book three, when it comes out, and will also receive a personalized dedication in book three<\/em>. (Either to you or to a person of your choice.)\u00a0Your art doesn’t have to be the best. I’ll be choosing, at least in part, based on what I think best exemplifies the character and the mood of the stories, even if it’s not the most perfect drawing or prose. (Also, I will then post the winning entry on my site, with a link back to you.)<\/p>\n

That’s it. Any comments or questions, send ’em to me using the "Mick Oberon contest" subject line, as above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, Hallow Point–book two of the Mick Oberon series–comes out in a little less than two months. And we’re going to celebrate. How are we going to celebrate? By creating prose and\/or art. Here’s the deal. I want you folks to either draw or write a scene involving Mick Oberon. It can be action-oriented, quiet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blog","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mouseferatu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}