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Thank you to EVERYONE who submitted responses for the Warchild Universe Contest! I'll be reading everything and announcing the names shortly.

YOU ARE ALL AWESOME!!!

As I mentioned on my Twitter and Goodreads page, I wanted to run a "contest" for my readers who have so diligently followed my career and writing for the past 10 years. To this day I continue to receive lovely emails from readers, from all over the world, who have for their own reasons fallen in love with my science fiction books and to my amazement, reread them at different points in their lives. I've always said that this communication with my readers is the greatest result of being published and distributed. As a show of appreciation, I'll be signing and giving away some exclusive "swag" related to the Warchild Universe.

Here is a picture!

Included in the MAIN PRIZE will be:
* 1 ARC (advanced reader copy) of Burndive
* 1 ARC of Cagebird
* 1 Burndive magnet
* 1 Burndive cover flat
* 1 Torcon HB Fenn poster, featuring various covers of different authors, including Warchild
* the main prize winner's first name to be used in my next published story (this can be a short story or a novel)

Included in the 2nd and 3rd prizes will be:
* 1 Burndive magnet
* 1 Burndive cover flat
* 1 Torcon HB Fenn poster, featuring various covers of different authors, including Warchild

I will sign, personalize, and date the books, cover flats, and posters.

HOW TO ENTER:
To enter to receive these prizes, please write to me at jos_musey [at] yahoo [dot] ca (be mindful that it's .ca NOT .com). Included in your email will be a maximum of 500 words telling me what exactly you've enjoyed about the books and how you discovered them.

I will read every entry and choose the one that impacts me the most. I know that it's going to be a difficult choice and it's entirely subjective, but I wanted to give my die-hard readers an opportunity to express themselves to insure that this swag goes to someone who will appreciate it, rather than to an arbitrary name. The 2nd and 3rd prizes, however, will be determined by random shuffle of the remaining names after the main prize recipient has been selected. By submitting to this "contest", you're agreeing to abide by the final decision I make. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, January 31, 2012. I will announce the prize winners some time before Valentine's Day in February 2012.

I wish there was some way to personally and tangibly thank every one of my readers - but short of giving out prizes like this, I'll get on producing more stories from the Warchild Universe for you to read. :) I look forward to reading what everyone has to say!

If you're a teen or know a teen who loves to write SF/F, send them to SHARED WORLDS. Myself and some GREAT writers will be the guest writers next year. More information HERE!

Last week I did a podcast with some great folks. We "nerd out" about Sons of Anarchy, Radical Comics' "Damaged", Crowded House, Christmas and more! Listen HERE!

A big shiny picture of the cover art and the full Table of Contents for ARMORED - an anthology edited by John Joseph Adams, in which a story of mine appears - is now up on his page:

http://www.johnjosephadams.com/2011/12/armored-final-cover-and-table-of-contents/

I liked this story so much I want to expand it into a novel some day.

So the lovely Felicia Day gave 5/5 for WARCHILD and that made my whole day.

And BURNDIVE is now available in France finally! Check out their cover!

www.karinlowachee.com/myshelf-interview-warchild-era.aspx

I talk a little about my process behind WARCHILD, the characters, the themes and subject matter.

There's also some new content on the strivirrc-na wiki page:

www.karinlowachee.com/striviirc-na-wiki.aspx

ARMORED, an anthology edited by John Joseph Adams, is available for pre-order now from Amazon! I have a story in it, so check it out:

http://www.amazon.com/Armored-John-Joseph-Adams/dp/1451638175/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311787838&sr=8-1

Read an interview with me on darkcargo.com, comment, and you might win one of my novels!

I talk about the Warchild Universe, guns, and what's on my bookshelf. CHECK IT OUT.

Over at Jim C. Hines' blog, he runs a column called FIRST BOOK FRIDAY. It's basically various authors talking about how they got their first book published.

Here's my contribution:

http://jimhines.livejournal.com/589384.html OR for a mirror post: http://www.jimchines.com/2011/08/first-book-lowachee/

Into comic books? Or just great storytelling?

Read my interview with Michael Schwarz, co-creator of Radical Publishing's new series DAMAGED. Michael's one-third of the production company that also involves his brother John Schwarz and Sam Worthington (you might recognize him from Avatar, Terminator Salvatation, and Clash of the Titans).

SF SIGNAL ran the interview