Introduction Post

[gullwhacker]

Through a chain of events and actively looking into things, I found myself here. I thought it might be polite to write one of these introduction posts, as a way to motivate myself to start posting in general.

Name: Gullwhacker or Gull are my usual go-to handles online.
Age: 33
Pronouns: They/Them vaguely preferred, but I'll also answer to Him or Her. Kind of ambivalent.
Identities: After recently realizing the above, I guess agender. More confident about demisexual. Somewhere on the autism spectrum.
Other accounts: I use Gullwhacker as my handle in a few places, including AO3 and a very inactive Tumblr.
My interests: Tabletop RPGs, programming, folklore and mythology, mathematics, cooking, stories, and whatever else manages to catch my attention.

June 2019 Giveaway: Announcement and FAQ

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Welp, that took longer than I meant it to. Here we are now, though!

Announcing: Queerly Beloved's June 2019 Giveaway

In celebration of US Pride month, I've decided to hold three giveaways:

* One $25 (USD) gift card for the shop NerdyKeppie
* One copy of No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll, audiobook optional
* Five copies of Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman, Kindle version optional instead

Giveaway Rules:

1) You must be a member of the queerly_beloved community
2) Comment on the post of the giveaways you're interested in once each (so if, for whatever reason, you're only interested in K1G2 and No Man of Woman Born, comment on both of those posts, but do not comment on the NerdyKeppie post, for example)
3) You must have a working e-mail you're willing to share with me (preferably via private message, but I'm willing to work with you)
4) Only one entry per person per post
5) I will select the winners via random number generator in the following order: NerdyKeppie gift card, No Man of Woman Born, and then the five K1G2 winners
6) You can enter all three giveaways, but you can only win once; this means that, if you win the gift card but entered in all three drawings, you will be out of the running for both books, and if you win No Man of Woman Born, you will not be eligible to win a copy of Knit One, Girl Two
7) Winners for all three giveaways will be drawn on June 25th, 2019

If you have any questions, please ask them in this post, and I'll do my best to clear things up!

NerdyKeppie Gift Card Entry Post *** No Man of Woman Born Entry Post *** Knit One, Girl Two Entry Post

June 2019 Giveaway: NerdyKeppie Gift Card

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To enter to win a $25 USD gift card to NerdyKeppie, read the rules in the Announcement and FAQ post, then leave a comment in this post!

From the About Us section of NerdyKeppie (Note: The creator who is not Steve now goes by Spider, rather than the name listed in this section of the shop)

If you can't buy it, start making it yourself!

Because we couldn't find the colors and variants of Pride or nerdy kippot that our family wanted, Mandy started making kippot for family members. They focused on making these items sturdy, because a lot of the people they were making them for were very active and we needed them to hold up to everyday wear and tear! This ethos holds true for everything we make - we want our clothing to be ethically sourced, well-made, and as affordable as possible for our community.

When people started asking where they could get these items, the obvious answer was to hang out a shingle and open our shop. 'Keppie' is 'head' in Yiddish, and with my focus on geeky and nerdy items, it was a pretty straightforward name. Everything in here comes from our nerdy heads.

This shop is run by a Jewish family outside of Philly. We hope you'll enjoy what we come up with!

To enter the other giveaways, go to these posts:
* No Man of Woman Born
* Knit One, Girl Two

If you have any questions or comments that are not related to entering the contest, please leave them in the Announcement and FAQ post. Thank you!


Edit 6/6/19: The NerdyKeppie team is also doing a gift card giveaway! Anyone who enters the giveaway here on Queerly Beloved is welcome to enter vaspider's as well, but if you happen to win both gift cards, I'd like to give such a winner a $10 gift card instead and draw a second winner for Queerly Beloved and offer them a $20 gift card. I hope that sounds reasonable.

Edit 2 6/21/19: The winner for this giveaway has been chosen! Thank you to everyone who entered, and I really hope to be able to give out more gift cards in the future!

June 2019 Giveaway: No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll

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To enter to win a copy of No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll, read the rules in the Announcement and FAQ post, then leave a comment in this post!

Summary:

Destiny sees what others don’t.

A quiet fisher mourning the loss of xer sister to a cruel dragon. A clever hedge-witch gathering knowledge in a hostile land. A son seeking vengeance for his father's death. A daughter claiming the legacy denied her. A princess laboring under an unbreakable curse. A young resistance fighter questioning everything he's ever known. A little girl willing to battle a dragon for the sake of a wish. These heroes and heroines emerge from adversity into triumph, recognizing they can be more than they ever imagined: chosen ones of destiny.

From the author of the Earthside series and the Rewoven Tales novels, No Man of Woman Born is a collection of seven fantasy stories in which transgender and nonbinary characters subvert and fulfill gendered prophecies. These prophecies recognize and acknowledge each character's gender, even when others do not. Note: No trans or nonbinary characters were killed in the making of this book. Trigger warnings and neopronoun pronunciation guides are provided for each story.

To enter the other giveaways, go to these posts:
* NerdyKeppie Gift Card
* Knit One, Girl Two

If you have any questions or comments that are not related to entering the contest, please leave them in the Announcement and FAQ post. Thank you!

Edit 6/21/19: The winner of this drawing has been chosen; thank you to everyone who entered, and I hope to do more giveaways like this in the future!

June 2019 Giveaway: Knit One, Girl Two

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To enter to win a copy of Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman, read the rules in the Announcement and FAQ post, then leave a comment in this post!

Summary:

Small-batch independent yarn dyer Clara Ziegler is eager to brainstorm new color combinations--if only she could come up with ideas she likes as much as last time! When she sees Danielle Solomon's paintings of Florida wildlife by chance at a neighborhood gallery, she finds her source of inspiration. Outspoken, passionate, and complicated, Danielle herself soon proves even more captivating than her artwork...

Fluffy Jewish f/f contemporary set in the author's childhood home of South Florida.

To enter the other giveaways, go to these posts:
* NerdyKeppie Gift Card
* No Man of Woman Born

If you have any questions or comments that are not related to entering the contest, please leave them in the Announcement and FAQ post. Thank you!

Edit 6/21/19: The winners of this drawing have been chosen; thank you to everyone who entered, and I hope everyone enjoys the story!

Intro: Fred Mouse

[fred_mouse]

Name: online, I answer to Fred or to Mouse.

Age: Late 40s

Pronouns: any

Identities: Queer, bisexual, Australian, nerd

Interests: books, people, math, science fiction, craft, community

Introduction

[eastofthemoon]

Name: Eastofthemoon
Age: 35
Pronouns: She mostly, but don't mind they/them
Identities: Demisexual, spouse/wife to Gullwhacker who also just joined
Other accounts: I also go by Eastofthemoon on Tumblr and AO3
My interests: Writing, drawing, reading, crocheting, history, mythology and folklore, fairy tales, cartoons/animation, and baking