ONE YEAR BLOGIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA

Hello, dear readers! Happy Friday and happy blogiversary! 

That's right, everyone - on Saturday it will be precisely one year since I started the Zoë-Trope. I can hardly believe it. It feels more like five minutes! 

I started blogging completely on impulse, as a way to stave off depression shortly after losing my job. When I first began, had an uneasy feeling that I'd struggle to find enough things to talk about even for a month, and an even more uneasy feeling that no one would care what I had to say about anything anyway. Instead of which, I've somehow managed to blog three times a week (and sometimes more!) every single week for a year (with your help, of course!) and I've met a whole raft of wonderful readers, become part of the wonderful UK book blogging community, had all kinds of crazy fun in the comments section, and enjoyed some really good rants too.

To mark this fairly momentous occasion - and thank all of you for being the best blog audience anyone ever had - I've decided to hold an extravagant giveaway, the likes of which the Zoë-Trope has never seen before (although it may have come close). 

First of all - the prizes:

Everything you see here is included, but let me break it down.  

The grand prize winner shall receive an ARC of Shadows on the Moon, signed and personalised for them. A sparkly UK paperback of The Swan Kingdom and a gorgeous US hardcover of Daughter of the Flames, both also signed and personalised. A one of a kind piece of artwork created by my own fair hand during the process of writing Shadows on the Moon (a sketch of the main male character's tattoo, actually).

In addition, there will be assorted pieces of swag, such as scented Japanese fans, postcards, magnets and signed bookplates. 

The second prize winner will receive an ARC of Shadows on the Moon, a one of a kind piece of artwork from my Shadows on the Moon sketches, and their own bag of swag, including signed bookplates, magnets, postcards and any other cool things I have on hand. 

The runner up will receive a one of a kind piece of artwork and another bag of swag, including signed bookplates, magnets, postcards, fans, and anything else I have on hand. 

The giveaway is open internationally.

To enter? Well, I really want to get the word out about this giveaway and maybe draw in some new followers (we all love to make new friends, right?). So what I'd love for people to do is spread the word. Tweet about this giveaway and link back to it, post it on Facebook, blog about it, share it anywhere - and then leave me a comment showing the link. For each place that you share, and each link, leave a NEW COMMENT. So if you Tweet, and share on Facebook, and blog about the giveaway, that should be THREE COMMENTS. This part is really important guys, to ensure the giveaway is fair, so don't forget. SEPARATE COMMENTS.

In addition, anyone who changes their Twitter avatar or their Facebook profile pic or their Goodreads avatar to the Shadows on the Moon cover, and provides a link to their profile, will receive an extra point. 

Again, in order to make sure the giveaway is fair, please don't leave ANY OTHER COMMENTS in the comment trail for this post. If you want to chat about this giveaway or ask questions, but you don't have a link to leave? Please just skip back and leave the comments on Wednesday's post. 

In order to give as many people as possible the chance to win, I'm going to leave this giveaway open a little longer than normal. The official Shadows on the Moon release date here in the UK is the 4th of July, so I'm going to give you until the 3RD OF JULY to enter. I will pick the winners using a random number generator on the morning of release day.

I hope this is all clear - if not, email me or leave a comment on Wednesdays's post. Good luck to everyone, and have a great weekend!

P.S. I won't be able to chat to you in the comments either, but never fear - I am reading them all, and I am tallying them all up!