Challenge #01483-D022: Portents of Doom
“You know the bad thing about being a survivor… You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.” - Carrie Fisher – @recklessprudence
“I wouldn’t ordinarily complain about your… shenanigans,” said the Cuidgari Security Chief everyone knew as Sherlock, “you have such a finely-tuned sense for skating on the borders of legality. But this is the third time this week. Are you bored, or have you and Rael had a… ‘tiff’ as you call it?”
“In me defence, I fergot it was a ten-day week,” said Shayde. Technically an Ambassador, and nominally human. She had a… complicated backstory[1]. And, as it seemed, she lived to make life interesting for everyone around her. “That, and… er…”
That ‘er’ was a portent of doom if there ever was one. “I’m not a therapist. I’m not here for your confession. Talk to your… ah…” what was her outlandish phrase? “Snuggle buddy? He’s at least been taking _classes_ in therapy.”
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Uh oh.
The last time I did a (N)x100 follower give-away, one of my prize-winners (Hi @weirdlet!) still has yet to collect on the two e-books I owe them.
Now I have a bunch of these weird, alphabet-soup usernames following me and their content is all random rebloggyness. I sincerely doubt that any of these people are real people, or the kind of audience I’d attract normally [seriously, these folks look like _Eat Pray Love_ paleo vegans if you get my drift]
BUT… thanks to the influx of followers, and having purged my follower list of all the porn blogs… I’m more or less obligated to do another (N)x100 followers give-away.
And since I haven’t paper-published yet… my books to give away remains stagnant.
I can do earrings if y’all really want them. That prize might have to wait until I have the cash to mail them out though. Caveat Emptor. Er. Whatever the latin is for “let the winner beware”? [Google sez “Victor Cave” I welcome corrections]
Anyway. Give me some ideas. Help me out. Should I even do this thing? And if so, what should I give away?