Issue 3 is an amazing creation, crammed full of stories and art, with poems, Flash fiction and an entertaining report to leaven the mix. Whether we're battling a mechanical daemon in "A Song, a Prayer, an Empty Space" or experiencing jealousy towards unusual rivals in "Soon You Will Be Gone and Possibly Eaten", we're following the theme of Mechanical Flight into strange and unexpected places (and at times flying further afield).

Here's the (self-referential) Pre-launch Buzz Contest: blog about the launch contest with a link back to this post--then leave a comment at this post with a link to your blog post.  You'll be entered to win A FULL SET OF GUD, HARDCOPY (Issues 0-3). If we don't receive at least 100 entries, we reserve the right not to award this prize, so BE SURE TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS!  You've got seven days to help spread the word (give or take -- through the end of Friday, Pacific Standard Time) NOTE: Round 1 of this contest is over, but it's been extended!

BONUS: First ten entries win a PDF of Issue 3!  And we'll spread a few more goodies around if response warrants it. :)

BONUS 2: Everyone creating an account gets a freebie from Issue 3 just for signing up (it'll be in your account, waiting).  Everyone who already had an account?  You've got a new freebie waiting for you, too.

What's in Issue 3?

SO SPREAD THE WORD! :D

72 comments; 41 subscribers

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 16:55:36

Debbie

woo!

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 17:07:12

Oddity

blog.myspace.com/….cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=175689057&blogID=416077744&Mytoken=F81FA7BA-7AC8-4318-B6A1AFAFE3B1797F66143628">Look at me hawking your wares

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 17:10:42

kaolin

You rock, man. :)

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 17:19:38

lordkertaz

Here's you link:
acollegenerd.blogspot.com/2008/07/…-magazine.html

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 17:23:31

ErinMH

That surely is a lot of contents!

abennettstrong.livejournal.com/….html">I blogged about the contest!

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 18:13:52

iwill

I did it! I blogged about GUD. Right here: iwill333.livejournal.com/….html

(does this thing hyperlink itself, 'cause I don't see any button thingies to do it...then again, I ain't too bright)

OK, so where's my brand new car? You promised!

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 19:07:32

asimmum

Here's me, flogging your produce :)

asimmum.livejournal.com/….html

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 19:24:47

poveyj

Hey, who can say no to an offer like this! ;)

ninjafingers.livejournal.com/….html

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 19:30:12

scifiwritir

Blogged it:
darkparables.blogspot.com/2008/07/…-magazine-pre-launch-contest.html

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 20:37:49

zanzjan

Blogged:
zanzjan.livejournal.com/….html

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 23:07:12

skankityspence

oh dang I better get to writing! :D

 

Friday, July 18, 2008 / 23:55:48

skankityspence

http://spencerblack.org/madispencer/…/?p=42

:D

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 / 00:04:39

kaolin

skankityspence says he's going to wait for his subscription, so his PDF's still up for grabs. :)

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 / 00:54:08

ghostposts

http://ghostposts.livejournal.com/

woot! nice contest.

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 / 01:16:47

michelletandoc

GUD is awesome!

Blogged here: armedwithapen.multiply.com/journal/item/29/…_This_and_Win_GUD

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 / 02:23:12

ghostposts

http://community.livejournal.com/…_luna/46037.html

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 / 07:27:54

tlmorganfield

http://tlmorganfield.livejournal.com/….html

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 / 10:50:19

skankityspence

@ Ghostposts: The second link you submitted doesn't seem to work. Or is that just me? :(

 

Saturday, July 19, 2008 / 11:07:30

Kathi430

http://kathi430.livejournal.com/

I posted.

:)

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 / 03:13:49

xanthalanari

I blogged too. :)

xanthalanari.livejournal.com/….html

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 / 03:26:17

Debbie

It's probably a private lj community, skankity.

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 / 13:48:53

kaolin

Apparently so. But a very friendly one, with writing prompts. I just joined :)

community.livejournal.com/…_luna/profile

 

Sunday, July 20, 2008 / 15:52:24

itsableeder

Here you go.

http://pans-writing.livejournal.com/….html

 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / 18:24:00

joynhensley

Woo hoo! I posted about it here: joynhensley.blogspot.com/2008/07/…-contest.html

 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / 18:29:19

jcvandez

Check it out . . . I'm spreading the word.

jeffvandezande.com

 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / 18:48:03

nefariousmuse

http://nefar1ousmuse.livejournal.com/….html

 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / 19:30:28

kschneyer

Very well, you silly fellow. schneyer.livejournal.com/….html">Here's the link.

And I plugged Tina's piece in particular. Because she's nice.

 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / 20:14:02

akabub

You convinced me to enter the contest. :)

afoolishmonkey.blogspot.com/

 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / 20:47:10

michelelee

My blurb goes up tomorrow :) micheleleesbooklove.wordpress.com

 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / 22:08:48

SamiHolloway

here it is!

heathencorp.livejournal.com/….html?mode=reply

~:D

 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 / 22:59:11

slocum

welshbard.livejournal.com/….html">My blog post.

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 01:34:41

Basksele

Right, I've never actually had a blog before so I'm not entirely sure how it works.

basksele.livejournal.com/

Is that right?
xXx

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 01:57:06

kaolin

That's beautiful, thank you :D

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 03:15:42

Bev Jackson

Well, I'm a little under the weather which is perfect for mechanical things that fly, but beverlyajackson.com/2008/07/…-gud-get-gud.html">I blogged you, bud. Hope you
get lots and lots of sales.

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 04:40:10

rcloenen-ruiz

Have blogged about it:

http://rcloenen-ruiz.livejournal.com/….html

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 06:41:31

nunof22

Here's my contribution to all you GUD people:

nfonseca.blogspot.com/2008/07/…-some-guddies.html

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 06:53:34

ashkrafton

"GUD: Good Reads" has been blogged at my happy little MySpace blog:

blog.myspace.com/….cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=143545633&blogID=417375742">myspace.com/…

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 07:24:42

OliverHealey

Hi are we all busy writing enjoying the summer

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 09:15:29

cwbuecheler

Please to entering me in your contest kthxbye! :)

cerebraldebris.com/2008/07/23/…-issue-3-launch-contest/">Cerebral Debris Blog Post

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 09:40:14

kaolin

Most excellentness; though one thing: hardcopy != hardcover. That would be something :)

Something to tuck in the back of our minds. :)

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 09:44:33

gordsellar

If I can't be Shahrukh Khan, I'll gordsellar.com/2008/07/24/…-as-entertaining-as-a-bollywood-film/">take GUD as a consolation prize... hee. And I love Bollywood pictures. :)

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 10:32:11

cwbuecheler

Whoops - I'll edit that :)

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 11:59:57

Arconna

And of course, after being a total doofus I managed to log in. Here's the link to my post about this: wisb.blogspot.com/2008/07/…-pre-launch-contest.html

Hope that's to your liking :P.

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 13:12:03

IcatsNitram

Here is my post on the contest, hopefully it won't eliminate my entry :) .

phoenixanddragonwings.blogspot.com/

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 13:50:20

rutherfordr

rickr.livejournal.com/….html">Here we go!

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 13:57:43

Neyska

Here is the link to my post. :)

nehebkhau.livejournal.com/….html

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 14:34:07

Ardyth

You've been Toasted...

http://toasted-scimitar.blogspot.com/2008/07/…-checking-out-gud.html

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 15:39:35

maryanne stahl

Yay! Bev Jackson's poetry rocks.

maryannestahl.blogspot.com/2008/07/…-news.html">Here I am. Linked to you.

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 16:59:07

Robb

Not sure how I missed the first announcement about the contest, robbflynn.com/2008/07/23/…-gracious-that%E2%80%99s-gud-fiction/">but here ya go!

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 17:27:33

Bill Ward

Great idea for a promotion. billwardwriter.com/?p=92">linkage

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 17:58:02

jberesford

Here's my therustynail.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/…-news/">entry about it, which I've also cross-posted blog.myspace.com/….cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=375035792&blogID=417549951&Mytoken=CCFF2900-8220-4525-905F276ED56644B222701373">on MySpace and eikomorikawa.livejournal.com/….html">Livejournal.

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 19:09:55

Bill Ward

Clearly my link didn't work -- can anyone tell me how to post a proper one?

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 19:51:55

kaolin

No worries, we've got you covered. :) It uses a subset of standard html as opposed to bbcode. I really should make it mention something like that. Thanks! :)

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 20:10:01

jberesford

I'm not sure why my first link didn't work, but the other two do, so I guess it doesn't matter. Cross-posting is a GUD thing.

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 20:17:14

skankityspence

jberesford, you typed your adress wrong. :P You added a few extra words. lol

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 20:47:25

jberesford

*headdesk*

 

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 / 20:49:22

kaolin

no worries. A little magic fingers and it's good as new :)

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 / 01:01:17

Tiamat

Nifty idea, this. ^_^

kranedawg.blogspot.com/2008/07/…-very-gud.html

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 / 14:16:50

PoetEngel

I cant believe I didnt know about this sooner!

blog.myspace.com/….cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=150107477&blogID=417810788

blog.myspace.com/….cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=235840381&blogID=417813899

blog.myspace.com/….cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=168269171&blogID=417809899

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 / 14:30:58

nadirsup

Right on right on...

nadirsup.livejournal.com/

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 / 15:31:56

amawitch

I did ya!!!! Your at poetrypoem.com/…
I put you on the front page!!!!!!

 

Thursday, July 24, 2008 / 21:05:12

raingod

Her ya go, givin' some gud lovin'!

raingods.wordpress.com

 

Friday, July 25, 2008 / 11:08:21

Just_Me

I've got you on my Friday Random. :o)

lianabrooks.blogspot.com/

 

Friday, July 25, 2008 / 11:30:35

cmichaelcook

Congratulations, GUD, on your third issue. Can't wait to see it.

Mentioned on my blog, GoodScares, at goodscares.blogspot.com/

 

Friday, July 25, 2008 / 14:02:55

Sheila Crosby

I'd love to win, but even if I don't, I'm happy to give a bit of publicity top a good magazine that pays writers. Looking forward to Issue Three.

The blog post's up at sheilacrosby.blogspot.com/2008/07/…-contest.html

 

Friday, July 25, 2008 / 14:06:37

Lee Moan

Hello dere!

Made mention on me old blog: leemoan.blogspot.com/
Good luck for issue 3!!!

 

Friday, July 25, 2008 / 14:33:09

nadirsup

Right on write on, time to sac up and bring your best...lets write!

nadirsup.livejournal.com/….html

 

Friday, July 25, 2008 / 15:07:02

nadirsup

Okay, bottoms up and all that, this link is more accurate, so.....Right on Write on...
nadirsup.livejournal.com/

 

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 / 00:21:44

Vanessa

Hi guys

The blog is zinging with info and links to GUD. And thank you for reviewing Words from a Glass Bubble. GUD rocks!

vanessagebbiesnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/…-uncommon-denominator-gud.html

 

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 / 16:50:20

pottygok

Here is my, hawking your mag. I hope you get lots of subscriptions from this:

clevelandpoetics.blogspot.com/

 

Thursday, July 31, 2008 / 05:46:55

gifford

Here I am, blogging about this page:

languagelover.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/…-magazine/

 

Saturday, August 16, 2008 / 03:15:12

Sheila Crosby

I gave you another mention, at sheilacrosby.blogspot.com/