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- or it will soonish. The Birthday. The - lessee now - fourth anniversary of my 39th birthday is about to roll around in less than two weeks now, straight after the fireworks that the United States is always so kind as to put up for me on the eve of my birthday, ever so nice of them, that [grin]

There's been a few folks I've seen on blogs and suchlike with posts along the lines of, "if anyone wants to send me anything for my birthday, my address is..." -

- but I'm not going to do that.

I'm going to kind of, you know, pull a Hobbit trick. Well, in a way.



If you want to do something nice for me for my birthday, if you're willing and able to do so, go out and buy a copy of "The Secrets of Jin Shei" and give it to a friend. If you let me know your own address via email, I'll even send you a signed bookplate to stick in the book. For the price of a trade paperback, you get to do two things that are absolutely priceless - you get to give a book for a present (which is always a good deed) and you give me equity in my career.

I know that quite a few of you on my friends list have already done this, some of you multiple times - and I love you guys for it, and certainly if you're already on record as having handed a copy of that book to someone you've already done your part, and then some. But those of you who might consider doing something like this, fair warning - you might have to do a wee bit of hunting for a copy, or get your bookshop to order one in, or order online yourself, here or here.

So, there. If anybody wants to do something nice for me for my birthday, there it is.



Of course, if you just wave in passing and holler happy birthday, that's fine. I'll be right here with my chcocolate cake, waving back at you.

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Date: 2006-06-24 05:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolatetrudi.livejournal.com
39 x 4 = 156? You're 156 years old! What's your secret to long life, then?

Happy Birthday Alma!

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Date: 2006-06-24 05:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tropic-dm.livejournal.com
Hah! That's nothing. The 25th anniversary of my 29th birthday falls this Tuesday - that makes me 725 by your calculations. Or as I say, 29 and some months (lost count of how MANY months though).

My secret? Damn good genes inherited from my folks (is why I still LOOK 29 even though my birth certificate doesn't agree), knowing terrific people who share my passion for creating new worlds, and just...well... being.

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Date: 2006-06-24 05:02 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] anghara.livejournal.com
It's the worldbuilding thing, yeah. When you've lived half your existence in worlds where time does NOT behave according to the same rules... well... who knows HOW old I really am, now. I mean, taking just "Jin Shei" and its sequel, there's at least fifty years of time during "Jin Shei" itself and then four hundred years between the two books... good God, I must be a thousand years old at least...

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Date: 2006-06-25 08:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tropic-dm.livejournal.com
Well................ if we're going to go that route *grin*....... my ms covers several millenia so I think I've got you beat *another grin*

Have a great day anyway, but hold off on the candles or you might set the forest alight!

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Date: 2006-06-24 05:01 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] anghara.livejournal.com
[grin] ANNIVERSARY, Trudi, they only come once a year after the specified startign point... although I do feel a hundred years old every so often...

(And thanks for the birthday wishes!)

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Date: 2006-06-25 10:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chocolatetrudi.livejournal.com
Yeah... but who wants to get all literal about these things when it sounded so impressive :D

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Date: 2006-06-24 07:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kittygopounce.livejournal.com
Haaaaaaaaappppy early birthday. In case I'm not online at the time. Maybe I will make chocolate cake at my end and pretend to be celebating with you! :D

I just bought replacement copies for myself instead of someone else - I hope that's not selfish :X It's towards the same cause though, sort of :D

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Date: 2006-06-24 05:03 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] anghara.livejournal.com
You do that - and I'll, um, raise a slice of cake to you when the time comes to eat my own! [grin]

And re. the replacement copy - definitely towards the same cause - thank you!

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Date: 2006-06-24 05:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] holyoutlaw.livejournal.com
Happy Anniversary of your 39th Birthday.

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Date: 2006-06-24 07:18 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] anghara.livejournal.com
Thank you!

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Date: 2006-06-27 08:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] celtic-songster.livejournal.com
How about I wave AND buy the book if I can get a copy?

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Date: 2006-06-27 08:41 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] anghara.livejournal.com
Both are appreciated!

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