REMOVED FROM SALE – SEPT 8, 2021 – ALL ORDERS PACKAGED AND READY TO BE DROPPED IN THE MAIL
Nine Dowser Series recipe cards. Dowser 1 autographed.
As requested and promised, I’ve made 75 sets of the Dowser Series Recipe cards available in my ‘store’. $16 CDN+ lettermail. Click the previous link for more info and/or to purchase.
Note: same caveats as always: please remember I’m not a store. I’ve simplified the shipping, etc, as much as possible, for example: set shipping rates, no tracking, no extra sets, no special orders. Please remember I’m trying to write as much as possible and these are just meant to be fun extras for readers who have requested them.
Update: I’m now running a wait list for the swag boxes. Email me the info I requested below to be added to the list. First come, first served, if I have any extra boxes.
Since I didn’t manage to make it to any signings or conferences in 2018, I floated an idea about a week ago in the Facebook reader fan group about a ‘Dowser 9 swag box’ and a number of readers expressed interest. I checked in with Chocolate Arts about getting a bulk order of the chocolate bars, and they also said yes. Yay!
Obviously I don’t have a picture of the actual box yet, but each box would include:
an autographed paperback of Gemstones, Elves, and Other Insidious Magic (Dowser 9)
the actual chocolate bar mentioned in the book – a cranberry and candied pistachio bar from Chocolate Arts
nine Dowser recipe postcards
four Cake in a Cup stickers
Three butterfly temporary tattoos
Not pictured: autographed paperback and ninth recipe card
Cavets:
Shipping: Unfortunately I’ve discovered, after weighing a ‘mocked’ up box (since I don’t have all the items yet) that the shipping (remember I’m on the West Coast of Canada) is more expensive than I originally thought, so I decided to limit the ‘swag’ so I could lower the estimated price by five dollars. The shipping is NOT trackable.
Timing/Delivery: I need to get the chocolate bar count into Chocolate Arts on November 9, 2018, so I’ll only take orders until November 8. But the earliest I’ll be able to get my hands on paperbacks will be early December. Which means the likelihood of you receiving the box before the holiday season is slim. I’ll try my best and some Canadian or USA address might get the box before the 25th. But there is absolutely no way the international boxes will make it in time. In fact, the last time I mailed a giveaway to New Zealand it took FOUR months for it to show up.
No substitutions or additions. I’ve set the shipping rate as low as I can, and therefore need all the boxes to weigh the same. Also packing different packages for different readers would be crazy time consuming. Every minute I’m working on the swag boxes I’m not writing.
Chocolate bars: for countries that are currently experiencing or going into their hot season – or for international countries in general – I cannot guarantee the quality of the chocolate. There is a reason why most companies don’t ship chocolate internationally, and of course I’m no exception. Readers in Australia and New Zealand might want to wait for the next opportunity to get an autographed book.
Questions asked and answered:
Is PayPal the only way to pay? Yes. That is the only way I have to send international invoices and accept payments. But you can pay through PayPal with a credit card without having an account.
When do the invoices need to be paid by? November 8, 2018. So I can place the order with Chocolate Arts. It doesn’t really make sense for me to order way more than I actually need for the swag boxes. But again, I will run a wait list in case I have any extra boxes.
Is the chocolate dairy free? The bar is marked VEGAN on the front and says, “created in a facility that handles peanuts, tree nuts, and eggs” on the back.
To order:
Email me at info@madebymeghan.ca with your mailing address, email address, and phone number (for customs). Please don’t send me abbreviations (I’m from Canada, I don’t know all the abbreviations for all the States, etc 🙂 ). I will send you an invoice via PayPal.
Price: $30 plus shipping
Shipping:
Canada/USA: $17
United Kingdom (including England, France, Germany): $21
Australia and New Zealand: $22
OTHER INTERNATIONAL: please email for a quote.
ORDERS CLOSE ON NOVEMBER 8, 2018 at 8pm PST. I will start a waitlist but I cannot guarantee I will be able to fulfil orders submitted after November 8 – items need to be ordered and getting them shipped to me also takes time.
Okay! I’ve just been informed that I can now sell T-shirts on on AMAZON UK and AMAZON GERMANY. (As well as AMAZON USA, as always).
The problem is, Merch did NOT migrate my designs for me. Which means I need re-upload each and every design (x2). And well, that is going to take a huge amount of time away from the writing. So I thought I would upload ONE design every evening until they are all done.
If you have a preference for a design please let me know in the comments. I’ll try to upload in order of most preferred. 🙂
I’m going to ask Elizabeth Mackey to design a couple of Kandy’s new T-shirt designs from Misfits, Gemstones, and Other Shattered Magic (Dowser 8). Personally I’m pretty set on NEEDING Mory’s for myself. 😂 But I’m thinking of only doing two for now, and was wondering if you all had a preference?
You can find the currently available designs here: Adept Universe T-shirts. Plus copious information about shipping/sizing.
three Reconstructionist Series autographed paperbacks
four Cake in a Cup stickers
eight Oracle butterfly tattoos
eight Dowser Series recipe postcards
one chocolate bar (mentioned in Dowser 8)
meme postcards
Some close-ups:
To enter: email proof of preorder or library request/reservation and your preferred email address to preorder@madebymeghan.ca
Proof of preorder:email a screenshot and/or your actual electronic receipt (with any personal information struck out, if you wish). Please include your preferred email address. The preorder inbox WILL NOT be closely monitored. If the random number generator selects your entry and you’ve forgotten to attach or forward your preorder receipt then your entry will be skipped over. Email is the only way that preorder giveaway entries will be accepted.
ETA: LINKS ARE NOT AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF ENTRY. Only an account holder can see the receipt on their own account (links go nowhere for anyone else). Only screenshots and forwarded receipts will qualify. PLEASE GOOGLE HOW TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT.
Library reservation/request option: it may take a few weeks for your local library to get access to the preorder of Misfits, Gemstones, and Other Shattered Magic (Dowser 8) via Overdrive (or wherever else they get their ebooks). If that is the case, please feel free to email proof of reserving/requesting the any of the Dowser Series novels. All my ebooks are available to libraries for free via Library Direct, Baker & Taylor Axis 360, and Odilo. As well as Overdrive (though they charge libraries a minimum price).
Notes/Rules: OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Every entry that follows the above guidelines will be entered to win the swag box. One entry per person. One winner will be selected by random number generator. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than to contact the winner. No purchase necessary (see library reservation option).
Giveaway closes THURSDAY JUNE 28, 2018 at midnight PDT.
I thought it might be fun to tie a giveaway to the preorder period of the release of I See Us (Oracle 3). So from now until October 6, 2016 anyone who preorders or reserves/requests the book from their library will be eligible to win a set of autographed Oracle Series paperbacks (ebooks pictured above) and/or an autographed Oracle meme postcard and a butterfly temporary tattoo (samples in picture below).
To enter to win a set of Oracle Series paperbacks and/or an Oracle meme postcard, email proof of preorder or library request/reservation and your mailing address to preorder@madebymeghan.ca
Proof of preorder: feel free to email a screenshot and/or your actual electronic receipt (with any personal information struck out, if you wish). Make sure to include your mailing address, please.
Library reservation/request option: it may take a couple of weeks for your local library to get access to the preorder of I See Us (Oracle 3) via Overdrive (or wherever else they get their ebooks). If that is the case, please feel free to email proof of reserving/requesting any of the books in the Oracle Series. All my ebooks are available to libraries for free via Overdrive, Library Direct, Baker & Taylor Axis 360, and Odilo.
Notes/Rules: OPEN INTERNATIONALLY. Each email will be assigned an entry number in the order they are received. One winning entry will then be selected via random number generator to win the paperback giveaway. Thirty (30+) entries will be selected by random number generator to win a postcard and a tattoo. One entry per person. Email and mailing addresses are not collected for any purpose other than notifying the contest winner. No purchase necessary (see library reservation option).
Each email will be acknowledged within 72 hours. If you do not receive an acknowledgement please feel free to resend.
Elizabeth models an ‘Attempted Murder’ T-shirt – black printing on charcoal
Unfortunately, this giveaway is only open to shipping addresses within the USA due to Amazon Merch shutting down their international shipping. Hopefully they will resolve this issue sooner than later! Because as of right now, even I can’t get anymore of my own T-shirts!
So … would you like to win a T-shirt?
To enter all you need to do is comment below and let me know:
Which character in the Dowser Series would you like to see wearing this T-shirt. 😉
Notes/Rules: OPEN TO SHIPPING ADDRESSES IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY (Again, my apologies. The T-shirts were supposed to be available internationally). Each comment will be assigned an entry number. THREE winning entries will then be selected via random number generator. One entry per person. Please make sure to fill out a valid email address in the comment form. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than notifying the contest winner.
If you haven’t commented on the blog before, or you comment from a different IP address, the comments are moderated. So don’t worry if you don’t see your entry right away. I will approve it, then assign it an entry number.
Contest closes WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 at 8 p.m. PDT.
I’m giving away three Cake in a Cup T-shirts today! This is the first of six upcoming giveaways to help celebrate the release of Dowser 6 on May 5, 2016.
Unfortunately, this giveaway is only open to shipping addresses within the USA due to Amazon Merch shutting down their international shipping. Hopefully they will resolve this issue sooner than later! Because as of right now, even I can’t get anymore of my own T-shirts!
Elizabeth models the Cake in a Cup T-shirt – white printing on black
So … would you like to win a T-shirt?
To enter all you need to do is comment below and let me know:
If you could visit the alternate universe in which the Dowser Series exists, which cupcake would you order from Jade’s bakery Cake in a Cup? [Your comment must include an actual cupcake mentioned in the Dowser Series novels. Such as (Blank) in a Cup.]
Notes/Rules: OPEN TO SHIPPING ADDRESSES IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY (Again, my apologies. The T-shirts were supposed to be available internationally). Each comment will be assigned an entry number. THREE winning entries will then be selected via random number generator. One entry per person. Please make sure to fill out a valid email address in the comment form. Email addresses are not collected for any purpose other than notifying the contest winner.
If you haven’t commented on the blog before, or you comment from a different IP address, the comments are moderated. So don’t worry if you don’t see your entry right away. I will approve it, then assign it an entry number.
Contest closes WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 at 8 p.m. PDT.
It’s completely and utterly insane that it’s December 1st today … that it is late afternoon on December 1st!
I knew it was December 1st this morning because Michael woke me up at 4:30 a.m. singing Christmas carols. There is a ban on carol singing before December 1st in this household, which he finds fairly impossible to adhere to. He then put eggnog in his coffee, took a swig, and declared that he was going to put eggnog in his coffee for every 31 days in December.
Yes, at 4:30 .a.m. Though it might have been 5 a.m. at that point.
Then we drove onto a ferry in the pitch dark to take my dad to the dentist.
After a stop at Starbucks, where Michael drank a second eggnog latte and declared “no more coffee for me today,” we drove dad home. Unfortunately, he didn’t provide us with any drugged up footage liable to viral on YouTube. I gather they didn’t sedate him enough at the dentist. 😛
Then I chatted with Caitlin Davies about narrating the audiobooks for the Dowser Series. She seems lovely, and I think she will do a great job of voicing Jade. She is currently recording Dowser 1, which will be released on January 26, 2016. YAY!
In other news, the black printed, Attempted Murder T-shirt is currently listed as unavailable. Amazon Merch has gotten hit and is limiting orders. As soon as they get things sorted on their end it will be available again. All the other designs are currently available.
I See You (Oracle 2) is inches away from being uploaded, all ready to be released on December 17, 2015. It’s currently available for preorder, and if you’re on my new release mailing list, I will drop a reminder in your inbox on the day.
To celebrate December 1st, Michael strung coloured lights around the chicken coop run and lit our first fire in our little cabin. I’ll snap a picture of the coop when we head out to put the chickies to bed, then publish this post.
Time to start baking for Christmas! What are your go-to recipes this time of year?
Happy December 1, 2015. Christmas lights on the chicken coop. The imaginatively named, Swedie, a Swedish Flower Hen, attempting to head bed while one of the Black Copper Marans blocks her way into the coop (which you can see if you squint closely, though maybe that’s just me).
Bonus shot:
Fuzzy Cuddles in the rain with two of his girls, Black Boots and Yellow Boots, who are Black Copper Marans and lay chocolate-coloured eggs!!
ETA. I just caught Michael pouring himself more coffee and eggnog, so I guess his ‘no more coffee today’ edict didn’t hold. LOL
There were treats waiting for me in the mailbox today. T-shirts! Two for Michael and three for me.
Two T-shirts for Michael
Three T-shirt for me
And an attempt at a selfie. Some makeup might have helped …
They smell slightly of vinegar from the printing process but a quick wash should take care of that. I <3 them. Thanks to Elizabeth Mackey for her design prowess!!
