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Pat Rothfuss’ Photo Contest Contest!

A good idea is a good idea, even if it happens to be the idea of your sworn enemy.

While I would sooner walk down the other side of the street than share it he who shall remain nameless, I am so inclined to run a contest both similar in design and nonsense, all for the sole purpose of heightening worldwide awareness and adoration of Dead To Me. That, and I’m hoping the fan girls really get into it. There’s nothing like elf ears on a spirited minx clutching my book to ~~get the feminists after me~~ show some spirit!

Here’s what you do:

Display a copy of Dead To Me in whatever creative fashion you will. Props, people, what every your twisted mind can come up with. I’m looking for originality here.
Snap a picture of it. Send as many entries as you like, but you know, not like a stalkery amount.
Send them to me at anton dot strout @ gmail dot com. I’m gonna restrict this to the U.S.Canada, not because of my general loathing of the rest of the world, but simply because mailing across the planet don’t come cheap, folks! and
Make sure to include how you want your name to be credited for them.

Pictures passing my rigorous screening process will be posted both in my Facebook photo group and at antonstrout.com, once I check them for signs of ribald content.

Here’s what I will do:

I will sit upon my mighty throne of judgment and make with the judgin’s. I’ll say the cut off date is Friday, July 18^th. Depending on what type of entries come in, I’ll be assigning categories of winnage and if you’ve impressed me with your mad phat photography skills or made me laugh or what have you, you’ll earn a prize of some sort. What those prizes are, who can say? I’m a packrat by nature and there’s got to be some Anton Strout rarities around here that will someday fetch as high as eight bucks on e-Bay!

Now my greatest fear is no one will play along, so for the love of my fragile ego, spread the word! The more buzz and excitement we get going and the more fun we have, the better my prizes will be!

Remember, this is MY original contest idea, and not that of, say, other more bearded fantasy writers.

Now go forth and make with the snappy photographs!

And for those thinking to have The Name of the Wind standing with a sword over the bloody corpse of Dead To Me- I’m on to you!

And as you probably know...

Dead To Me is now on sale!
This being my first novel, the best tool I have at my disposal is YOU, dear reader. Word of mouth is what really helps to keep a new book series going so if you liked Dead To Me, please help spread the word. And if you despised it to the very core of your being, well, what the hell are you doing at my website anyway? Move along, nothing to see here.

Haven't read it?
You can read an excerpt here.

You can find it in bookstores everywhere or order it from:

Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Mysterious Galaxy

Currently hard at work on book two in the Simon Canderous series, tentatively titled Deader Still.

What people are saying about DEAD TO ME:

“Simon Canderous is a reformed thief and a psychometrist. By turns despondent over his luck with the ladies (not always living) and his struggle with the hierarchy of his mysterious department (not always truthful), Simon’s life veers from crisis to crisis. Following Simon’s adventures is like being the pinball in an especially antic game, but it’s well worth the wear and tear.”
- Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, soon to an HBO series True Blood by Alan Ball

"Imagine if Harry Dresden or Angel had to work in a poorly run office dealing with office politics and red tape. It's a terrific debut"
-Cameron Hughes, WWW.CHUD.COM

"Urban fantasy with a wink and a nod. Anton Strout has written a good- hearted send-up of the urban fantasy genre. Dead To Me is a genuinely fun book with a fresh and firmly tongue-in-cheek take on the idea of paranormal police. The laughs are frequent as are the wry smiles. I'm looking forward to seeing what he does next."
- Kelly McCullough, author of Cybermancy, Webmage and Codespell

"Part Ghostbusters, part Men-in-Black, Strout’s debut is both dark and funny, with quirky characters, an eminently likable protagonist, and the comfortable, familiar voice of a close friend. His mix of (mostly) secret bureaucratic bickering and offbeat action shows New York like we’ve never seen it before. Make room on the shelf, ‘cause you’re going to want to keep this one!"
-Rachel Vincent, author of Stray and Rogue