Announcing: The 12 Days of RESURRECTIONS
Everything Is True
Ada Hoffmann's author newsletter
RESURRECTIONS drops into bookstores tomorrow, and in honor of the occasion, I want to do something fun! Specifically, I want to play a few days of festive social media games, spread out over the three platforms that I actually enjoy these days. (Which means Substack, Bluesky, and Dreamwidth - although Substack is on thin ice right now because of all the Nazis. More on that later when I'm not swamped with other things.)
We're going to play one game per day for 12 days, with a break for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (so really 10 games in total.) On Bluesky and Dreamwidth this will mean one post per day, but I know on Substack folks don't like getting too many emails at once - so we're going to do something a little different here!
What we're doing here on Substack is:
In this post, I'm giving you the full schedule and details in advance.
I'm also opening comments - which I don't normally do - so that free subscribers, and folks who dropped in because they can't access the other two platforms, can also play. (In the unlikely event that something happens to make open comments unmanageable, I reserve the right to close them early. But I expect we'll play nice here.)
For days that require people to e.g. enter a giveaway or give a prompt, you can do that right here. You can even comment in advance if you want. Specify what day it's for. On the day the game actually happens, I'll reply to everyone.
For days where it's just me doing something random (like posting cat pictures) you'll get a recap of all those in another post at the end.
And now, here's the schedule!
Dec 19: On the first day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... a partridge in a pear tree.
A.k.a. a signed book for free!
Enter by commenting anything before 7pm EST on the 19th. One lucky winner on each platform will get a brand new signed print copy of RESURRECTIONS mailed to them.
(If you win, I will ask you for your mailing address. You need to be in a country that I can legally send mail to from Canada. My author copies of RESURRECTIONS are technically still in transit, so there will be a slight delay before this goes out!)
Dec 20: On the second day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... two bookmarks.
Enter by commenting anything before 7pm EST on the 20th. Two lucky winners on each platform will get an envelope in the mail with a RESURRECTIONS promotional bookmark - plus a surprise bonus bookmark with cover art from the Catalan edition of one of the Outside books.
(As above, if you win, I will ask you for your mailing address. You need to be in a country that I can legally send mail to from Canada.)
Dec 21: On the third day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... a trilogy??
Enter by purchasing or pre-ordering RESURRECTIONS, and then commenting anything before 7pm EST on the 21st. One lucky winner on each platform will get signed copies of the whole Outside trilogy.
(If you win, I will ask you for proof of purchase/pre-order - a screenshot of your receipt will do - and for your mailing address. You need to be in a country that I can legally send mail to from Canada.)
Dec 22: On the fourth day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... four prophecies.
It's the Winter Solstice - er, the day after the Winter Solstice, because on the actual Solstice I couldn't resist the whole "three/trilogy" thing - so why not get spooky? For the first four people on each platform to comment with a question - any question, silly or fictional or serious - I will draw a Tarot card and answer them.
(Tarot cards are for entertainment purposes only. Pretending to be a witch is illegal, actually. I'm just goofin around, and I like it when other authors do this one.)
Dec 23: On the fifth day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... FIVE!! GOLD!! RINGS!!!
A.k.a. microfiction. For the first five people on each platform to comment with a microfiction prompt, I'll write a little ditty for them in under 100 words.
Dec 24: Day off for Christmas Eve.
Dec 25: Day off for Christmas.
Dec 26: On the eighth day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... eight problematic ships.
For the first six people on each platform to opt in, I'll pretend you're going on a blind date with a character from the Outside trilogy. I'll pick one using a random number generator and I'll tell you in 100 words or less how it went. (I did this with Star Wars characters on Twitter a few years back and it was great fun.)
Optionally, you can specify a gender preference.
Dec 27: On the ninth day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... nine film reels.
I will post a video approximately nine (9) seconds long, saying hi and thank you for the support and happy holidays.
Dec 28: On the tenth day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... ten cats a-leaping.
I will post ten cat pictures. There may or may not actually be any leaping; that's up to Ninja.
Dec 29: On the eleventh day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... eleven well-turned phrases.
For the first eleven people on each platform to comment with a question, I will answer it using bibliomancy - a.k.a. turn to a random page in RESURRECTIONS and answer with a sentence that catches my eye.
(Bibliomancy is for entertainment purposes only etc etc etc. If my contributor copies haven't arrived by the 29th, I'll figure out how to do this with an ebook.)
Dec 30: On the twelfth day of RESURRECTIONS, my true love gave to me... twelve hypers hyping.
And now it's your turn! Post something nice about me or my writing (any of my writing.) I'll assemble my twelve favorites into a big composite picture and share it with you.