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Repost/Reminder: Halloween Costume Contest!

As inspiration for those of you considering entering our Lightbringer Halloween contest, we would like to show you the previous winner of our Night Angel Costume Contest. Behold the glory:

 

 

I think we can all agree: best Kylar Stern costume ever.

Can’t wait to see what you guys dream up! For details/rules/prizes, see the original post HERE.

Also, new poll! —>

Also, later this week, I hope to have a *small* present for my Australian readers. SMALL, people. Low expectations.

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Halloween Costume Contest!

by CAPSLOCK

Since Brent is on his way back from tour, he’s asked me to post the details of the Halloween Costume Contest. That way you all have time to get your costumes together and maybe even use them before the contest!

The pictures you email (due by Friday, November 2nd at 5pm Pacific Standard Time!) will be posted to the website for a vote by the fans, beginning Monday, November 5th and ending Monday, November 12th.

Prizes:
First Place: A signed hardcover first-edition of The Blinding Knife personalized to you, and five personalized bookplates to you or friends of your choice.

Second Place: A signed copy of mass market paperback The Black Prism and five personalized bookplates to your or friends of your choice.

Third Place: Five personalized bookplates to you or friends of your choice.

Rules:
1. Entry due by Friday, November 2, 2012 at 5pm Pacific Standard Time.

2.Entry must include a picture of you in costume, along with a one-to-two sentence description.

3.The costume must be of a character in The Lightbringer Trilogy.

4. The subject line of the email (and this is IMPORTANT) must read: Lightbringer Costume Contest.

5. Address the email to: CAPSLOCK@brentweeks.com. (Don’t worry, Brent will be checking out all the costumes, but I’ll be putting together all the photos for the contest!)

6. The costume must be family-friendly. (Hey, we’d like to display the best entries on the website, and we can’t do that if it’s not appropriate for some of the younger fans!)

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, November 13, 2012.

If we haven’t addressed all your questions, please ask them in the comments section below–we’ll answer as soon as intercontinental flights and time zone changes allow!

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Cage Match Finals: Kylar vs. Moiraine

Well, I don’t know how we did it, and at least five other authors don’t know how we did it either, but Kylar has made it to the finals in the Suvudu Cage Match. Suvudu is Random House’s official SFF blog, so you don’t get to the finals by flying under the radar. 64 fantasy characters entered this year, and Kylar has faced characters from more beloved series than he has any right to (Gimli from J.R.R. Tolkien, Harry Potter from J.K. Rowling, Julia from Lev Grossman, Erevis Cale from Paul S. Kemp, Granny Weatherwax from Terry Pratchett).

And now, in the finals, he’s facing Moiraine from my personal favorite, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.

So if you’re going to go down, it’s good to go down to someone you love! But if you’re going to go down, I think Durzo would say, “It’s best to go down swinging.”

Click HERE to read Suvudu blogger Abyss’s take on how the fight will go. And don’t forget to vote!

My thanks also to David Pomerico and to Suvudu for giving Kylar the chance to be seen by other fantasy fans. A lot of hard work goes into putting these together, and in doing the write-ups, and I really appreciate it!

(You may also have noticed that there isn’t a new writing advice post this month. Between copyedits for my next book and a short vacation, I haven’t had time to write that yet. But it’s coming soon!

A new poll is also at right.)

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Cage Match: Kylar Stern vs. Erevis Cale

by CAPSLOCK

Thanks to your votes, Kylar Stern beat Julia Wicker in an epic Cage Match battle last week (see results HERE). Kylar’s now facing Erevis Cale HERE — and he needs all the votes he can get! So head over there now to show your support.

Monday’s new poll is also up, at right.

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Cage Match: Kylar Stern v. Julia Wicker

Sadly, I wasn’t able to write this week’s Cage Match because I have one week to turn in my copyedits for The Blinding Knife. However, Suvudu wrote up the fight between Kylar Stern and Lev Grossman’s Julia. Check it out HERE and vote for who you think would win!

(Also, a new poll is up!)

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Cage Match: Kylar vs. Harry Potter

The Cage Match is now live (fight scene written by yours truly), and posted HERE.

Go vote now for Kylar — er, vote for your favorite character! CAPSLOCK says, “I can’t believe what you did to Harry Potter!” 😉

Scandalous new poll is also up. Check it out. (It’ll be the Men of Midcyru’s turn next week.)

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Kylar Wins! Next Up: Harry Potter

First, the good news: Kylar Stern won Round 1 of the Cage Match! Sorry, Gimli.

Thank you to all you fans who voted.

Now for the even better news: Kylar’s next fight will be against Harry Potter.

That’s right folks: the Boy Who Lived will face off with The Boy Who Kills. And I’m writing up the conflict like never seen before. It goes live this Monday, March 12, HERE. Apparently, Hermione is laying down the ground rules.

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