Do you want to see me dance?

July 21st, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
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Well, see, I want to see you dance.

In November, when I launched Playing For Keeps, Beatnik Turtle also released the song Playing For Keeps as a theme song. It’s a fantastic song and I was thrilled to have it associated with my book. And now that the book is coming out (AUGUST 25), I thought, “How many other books have a kick ass custom theme song? I should use this for something…”

So I talked to Randy and Jason, my friends with Beatnik Turtle, and I asked them if they would be OK if the fans made a video for their awesome song to promote the book. And they said they were behind me (I love those guys). So we thought it would be cool to coax the fans to make videos, and we could offer them incentives. SWARM books. Beatnik Turtle CDs.

A Flip camera.

But I want people to be able to do this in the time we have, and we don’t have a lot of time! So here’s the deal:

  1. You are going to email me saying you want to help with the video. (And you are a talented and wonderful person, thank you!)
  2. I am going to email you back and give you 20-30 seconds of the song “Playing For Keeps.”
  3. You are going to record. Record a 20-30 second skit or record yourself dancing to the song, or lip syncing. Make it awesome. Make it from your video camera, or your digital camera, or your webcam. I don’t care. Just record it. By August 15.
  4. Send it to mightymur AT gmail.com. By August 15.
  5. From here I will gather up all the entries and Beatnik Turtle and I will choose the best. We’ll cut together the video and release it as my book promo. (Book promotion. Remember? I need everyone’s help on this!)
  6. But wait, there’s more! Every person who gets a clip in the final video will win a prize; prizes include Swarm books and Beatnik Turtle CDs! But the BEST ONE will win a Flip camera!

Then you will all sleep a little better knowing you’ve helped me promote the book, and you’ll be a STAR.

Oh, and about seeing me dance? If I can get 40 entries to this contest, the final video will also feature me, the geek who doesn’t dance, dancing.

If you wanna see it, you gotta show me yours, first. (And 39 of your friends.)

Help me make the book promo to end all book promos. Blog this. Tweet this. Let’s make it happen.

There Are 11 Responses So Far. »

  1. Comment by DAVe on 21 July 2008:

    I wanna dance!Send me the song

  2. Comment by Arkle on 21 July 2008:

    Would wearing my Keepsie’s Bar shirt in the video be considered cheating?

  3. Comment by Mur Lafferty on 22 July 2008:

    DAVe and Arkle - send me an email, we will talk. :)

  4. Comment by Rob on 22 July 2008:

    I’m in! Email sent :)

  5. Comment by treed on 22 July 2008:

    group humiliation?? hell, i am in! might even get daughter involved and possibly wifey

  6. Comment by Mur Lafferty on 22 July 2008:

    Send me an email, treed, and I’ll get you hooked up.

  7. Comment by Timothy on 22 July 2008:

    Oh man, weekend project for me! Looking forward to it, might even get my chickens in on the action! I’ll send an e-mail when I get home.

  8. Comment by Jason R on 24 July 2008:

    Like you, I am… shall we say, “dancing impaired.” Or maybe “rhythm impaired” might be a better term. Even so, this sounds like fun! The email is on its way!

  9. Comment by Jared Kardos on 25 July 2008:

    GAHH!

    Must…steal…web-cam…

  10. Pingback by Split Legend » Blog Archive » Shameless exploitation of my children? on 25 July 2008:

    [...] of Mur, to promote the Aug. 25 Amazon release of Playing For Keeps, she’s hosting a contest asking fans to video record your dance to the book’s theme song. Winner gets a Flip Video Recorder. If she gets at least 40 entries, Mur herself busts a [...]

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