Not too long ago I wrote a review of Masques, an anthology from the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. I’ve been lucky enough to receive a copy of the book, as well as an autographed poster, to share with FanaticSpace.com readers. So it’s time for a book giveaway.

Prize

1 copy of Masques and 1 small, laminated poster signed by a few of the authors.

How to enter

Leave a comment telling me about your favorite short story.

Earn Extra Entries!

Other ways to enter include…

Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter = 1 Extra Entry. (per Public Tweet)

Link to this giveaway on Twitter = 2 Extra Entries. (per Public Tweet)

Add me (2xKnight) as a friend on Myspace, with a pm about the contest = 3 Extra Entries.

Write a post on your blog = 5 Extra Entries.

Rules

This giveaway is open to residents of U.S.A. and Canada.

You must use a real e-mail address when leaving a comment. (If I can’t contact you to let you know that you’ve won, then you can’t win.)

Entry Deadline is 11:59 pm E.S.T. Wednesday August 5th 2009.

Winner will be chosen by random drawing Thursday August 6th.

Good Luck!

This is a very nice collection of stories. I’m sure that whoever gets the book will enjoy it quite a bit.

I’m trying out something new with the Twitter, Myspace and blog entry methods. I wanted to give you a reason to tell your friends. Extra chances to win seem like a good way to do that. Cross your fingers that it works. If it does, then you’ll have more ways to win in future FanaticSpace giveaways.

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I was getting some pictures ready for a review of The Host and I got sidetracked. The good news is I got sidetracked making wallpaper. Even better news, I tweaked it and saved it in a few different sizes.

Updated: 4 more wallpapers.

The Host, Hope

The Host, Hope Wallpaper 800×600




The Host, Hope Wallpaper 1024×768

The Host, Hope Wallpaper 1280×800

The Host, Hope Wallpaper 1280×1024

The Host, Home

No text on this one, except for a site credit. Just pictures.

The Host, Home Wallpaper 800×600

The Host, Home Wallpaper 1024×768

The Host, Home Wallpaper 1280×800

The Host, Home Wallpaper 1280×1024

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The Winners Are

The winners in the Erec Rex Book Giveaway were quick to respond to the e-mails I sent, so now I can tell you who won. I’ll be shipping the books out A.S.A.P.

Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye Winner

Donna won with this forum post.

Congratulations Donna. I hope you’ll enjoy the story as much as I did.

Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness Winner

JSLUYTER won with this forum post.

Congratulations Jay. I hope you and your daughter have fun reading together.

New Giveaway for February

The prize this time around is a $50 (USD) Amazon Gift Certificate. So anyone who lives somewhere that Amazon serves is welcome to sign up.

This giveaway is open to anyone. Just sign up for the forums and post during February. That’s all you need to do. The more posts you make the better your chances.

The details are here.

I’m hoping to make giveaways a regular feature on FanaticSpace. If you have any ideas about what you’d like to see let me know. Prizes, ways to win, or any other ideas would be welcome.

: FanaticSpace, Giveaway, Contests, Books, Free Stuff, Fun Stuff, Erec Rex, Winners, Amazon, Gift Certificate, Win

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Threads Closed

The book giveaway threads have been closed. I printed up the names of all the people who entered and drew names at random. Well, I did that twice since there were 2 books to giveaway.

Check your e-mail if you entered the giveaway.

I’ve sent e-mail to the winners to let them know. I’m just waiting on their responses. Once I receive those e-mails I’ll announce the winners.

I’m doing it this way because I’ve had winners who didn’t respond in the past. If I can’t send someone their book, then I’ll have to pick a different winner.

More Giveaways

I did learn a few things from this that will help me a lot in future giveaways. There will be more giveaways. So make sure to check in from time to time.

If you have any suggestions for prizes you’d like to see, please let me know. If you leave a comment and tell me what you’d like to win then there’s a better chance that it’ll be a prize in the future.

: Fun Stuff, Fandoms, Fantasy, Books, Contest, Giveaway, Erec Rex, The Dragon’s Eye, The Monsters of Otherness, Kaza Kingsley, Autographed Books, Winners

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The book giveaway ends on January 31, 2008. There are only a couple of days left to sign up and win a book. All you need to do is make a post in the Contests and Giveaways forum on the FanaticSpace Forums. There’s no cost to sign up and there’s no cost if you win, it’s completely free.

Right now there are only a handful of entries. You have a very good chance of winning.

: Free Stuff, Fun Stuff, Giveaway, Books, Fantasy, Fandoms, Erec Rex, Kaza Kingsley

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This Giveaway Has Ended

Contests and giveaways are something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time now. I think this is the perfect way to kick things off. So not only can you win the books so graciously provided by Kaza Kingsley, you can come back for a shot at some other great stuff.

Prizes

There are 2 prizes you can win. You can win an autographed hardback copy of Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye or an autographed hardback copy of Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness.

How to Enter

Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye

Sign up for the FanaticSpace Forums

Go to the Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye contest thread (in the Contests and Giveaways forum)

Write about why you want to win the book

Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness

Sign up for the FanaticSpace Forums

Go to the Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness contest thread  (in the Contests and Giveaways forum)

Write about your favorite part of book 1 Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye

Easy huh?

At the end of the month I’ll lock the threads, then I’ll look through ‘em and pick the winners.

Why Separate Threads?

That’s simple. That’s to avoid spoilers for the folks entering to win the first book. There might be people entering that giveaway that have already read the book. I just don’t want anything to ruin it for those who haven’t.

Rules

These rules will also be posted in the contest threads.

You can only enter once. Pick which one you want to win and enter that giveaway.

Only one forum membership per person. Anyone caught trying to use more than one membership will be disqualified. It’s also possible that they will be banned from future giveaways.

This giveaway is open to US and Canadian residents only. Future giveaways may be open to other countries. It depends on what the prize is.

No Spoilers in The Dragon’s Eye thread. This is the first book after all. We want people to be able to enjoy it. Right?

All decisions are mine and mine alone.  Just letting you know to blame me and not Kaza. It’s my site and my responsibility. Screw ups are my fault.

Good Luck!

: Fandoms, Books, Fantasy, Fun Stuff, Free Stuff, Win, Prizes, Giveaway, Contest, Erec Rex, The Dragon’s Eye, The Monsters of Otherness, Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye, Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness, Autographed, Author, Kaza Kingsley

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Gimp 2.4 has been released. On top of that Gimp.org has had a makeover. Lookin’ good.

Maybe I’ll play around with the new release and give you my thoughts in a later post.

: Software, Graphics, Free Stuff, GIMP, GIMP 2.4

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You may, or may not, have noticed that I haven’t posted in a few days. I have a reason this time. I was making a logo for someone, I do offer free graphics after all. I really got into this one. Partially because of an update to ArtRage. They’ve added some great stuff to an already great program.

ArtRage is a great program to begin with. Is the ArtRage team satisfied with that? Heck no, the developers keep improving it and making it better. Not only that, but they listen to the people that use ArtRage.

Stencils and Friskets

Stencils and friskets were a popular request on the program’s forums. I even made a suggestion or two about it myself. It makes sense to have stencils in a program like this. It’s meant to mimic real world art supplies. Artists use these things a lot.

Think about it. If you’re drawing and you need a straight edge, you use something with a straight edge as a guide. Now you can do the same thing in ArtRage. Of course, they’ve added more than just straight edges. Take a look at some of this stuff.

There are a decent number of stencils included in the update. More than it looks like, because you can invert any of the stencils to have the opposite effect. Not only that, but you can make your own and add them to the program, just like the paper textures.

They haven’t limited themselves to edges either. They’ve also added gradients, textures and objects as well. Take a look at a sphere in ArtRage.

There is a lot you can do with the stuff they’ve added. I believe they’ve really made some great improvements in the program. ArtRage is well on it’s way to being the best natural media graphics program there is.

Now if only we could turn off or adjust the lighting, it’d be perfect. I just got an e-mail from Ambient Design. You can turn the light off now, with the F5 key. So now it’s perfect.

Check out the ArtRage site for a free trial download. Even the full version is only $25. That’s a good deal for a great program.

: Free Stuff, Fun Stuff, Graphics, Software, Drawing, Free Graphics, ArtRage, ArtRage 2, ArtRage 2.5, Update, Stencils, Friskets, Natural Media, Graphics Program, Gradients, Textures, Objects

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To celebrate the 12th anniversary of Command and Conquer, EA has made the original C&C free to download. That’s right free. At no cost. No money down and nothing to pay later.

Download Command & Conquer now.
(Update: The official site is no longer hosting the files, but you can still get ‘em from MegaGames, just click on download above the title.)

If you run XP you’ll need to burn it to a CD. If you can’t burn a CD, find a friend who can. Command & Conquer is worth it.

Granted, it’s not going to be as pretty as Command & Conquer 3. It is an older game. Think about it though, this game was good enough to spawn one of the greatest PC game franchises ever. Command & Conquer is the standard in real-time strategy. Now you can play the game that started it all for free.

I’m going to download it now.

: Games, Free Stuff, Youtube, Command & Conquer Intro, Real-Time Strategy, Free Downloads, Game Downloads, Command & Conquer Free, Command & Conquer Downloads, Free Games,

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I’ve decided to share the memorial band. I made it after reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I still don’t want to get too spoilerish, but it’s safe for people to assume there would be a battle at Hogwarts. After all it was the first place both Harry and Tom Riddle felt at home. it’s important to both of them.

The band is made for a light background. it looks jagged on a dark background.

Here’s the graphic.

Here’s the code I use with it. Yeah, it’s not perfect. You might need to tweak it for your site.

CSS

#hanger {
float: left;

position: absolute;
top: -49px;
left: -149px;
height: 240px;
width: 255px;

background-image: url(http://www.yoursite.com/graphic.url) ;
background-repeat: no-repeat;

border-width: 1px;
border: none none none none ;
border-color:#00C000;

}

HTML to include in your page.

Just an empty Div with id=”hanger”.

: Harry Potter, Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Battle of Hogwarts, Memorial, free graphics, Harry Potter graphics

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