Sudden Giveaway: Are you following The Auralia Thread on Facebook?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I'm giving away a strange assortment of stuff from my desk: A signed copy of The Ale Boy's Feast, Auralia bookmarks, a map of the Expanse signed by artist\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sudden Giveaway: Are you following The Auralia Thread on Facebook?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I'm giving away a strange assortment of stuff from my desk: A signed copy of The Ale Boy's Feast, Auralia bookmarks, a map of the Expanse signed by artist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Looking Closer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-04-13T17:57:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-10-03T00:13:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeffrey Overstreet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeffrey Overstreet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/\",\"name\":\"Sudden Giveaway: Are you following The Auralia Thread on Facebook?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-13T17:57:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-10-03T00:13:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e\"},\"description\":\"I'm giving away a strange assortment of stuff from my desk: A signed copy of The Ale Boy's Feast, Auralia bookmarks, a map of the Expanse signed by artist\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sudden Giveaway: Are you following The Auralia Thread on Facebook?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/\",\"name\":\"Looking Closer\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e\",\"name\":\"Jeffrey Overstreet\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Jeffrey Overstreet\"},\"description\":\"Visit Looking Closer for Jeffrey Overstreet's latest writing on art, faith, and film. Jeffrey teaches writing and film at Seattle Pacific University. He left the Patheos network in 2015.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/author\/jeffreyoverstreet\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sudden Giveaway: Are you following The Auralia Thread on Facebook?","description":"I'm giving away a strange assortment of stuff from my desk: A signed copy of The Ale Boy's Feast, Auralia bookmarks, a map of the Expanse signed by artist","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sudden Giveaway: Are you following The Auralia Thread on Facebook?","og_description":"I'm giving away a strange assortment of stuff from my desk: A signed copy of The Ale Boy's Feast, Auralia bookmarks, a map of the Expanse signed by artist","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/","og_site_name":"Looking Closer","article_published_time":"2011-04-13T17:57:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-10-03T00:13:00+00:00","author":"Jeffrey Overstreet","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeffrey Overstreet","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/","name":"Sudden Giveaway: Are you following The Auralia Thread on Facebook?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-04-13T17:57:29+00:00","dateModified":"2012-10-03T00:13:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e"},"description":"I'm giving away a strange assortment of stuff from my desk: A signed copy of The Ale Boy's Feast, Auralia bookmarks, a map of the Expanse signed by artist","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sudden Giveaway: Are you following The Auralia Thread on Facebook?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/","name":"Looking Closer","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/2675c6d9f6401acd7568e32160e5374e","name":"Jeffrey Overstreet","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/14a7727373cd5b470d66842ecf5cc007?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Jeffrey Overstreet"},"description":"Visit Looking Closer for Jeffrey Overstreet's latest writing on art, faith, and film. Jeffrey teaches writing and film at Seattle Pacific University. He left the Patheos network in 2015.","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/author\/jeffreyoverstreet\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1051"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":80484,"date":"2011-04-13T11:57:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T17:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/?p=80484"},"modified":"2012-10-02T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T00:13:00","slug":"sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2011\/04\/sudden-giveaway-are-you-following-the-auralia-thread-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudden Giveaway: Are you following The Auralia Thread on Facebook?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I\u2019m giving away a strange assortment of stuff from my desk:<\/p>\n

A signed copy of The Ale Boy\u2019s Feast<\/em>, Auralia bookmarks, a map of the Expanse signed by artist Rachel Beatty, posters for True Grit<\/em> and The Adjustment Bureau<\/em>, and two issues of Response <\/em>magazine.<\/p>\n

Want to have your name in the drawing?<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

To be eligible for the drawing, you must be a follower of The Auralia Thread\u2019s Facebook page<\/a> (choose \u201cLIKE\u201d there).<\/p>\n

On the Wall of that page, post a comment naming your favorite character in The Auralia Thread, and give a short explanation. Respond by 9AM (PST) Thursday, and your name will be thrown into the hat for a drawing.<\/p>\n

Caution: No spoilers allowed!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"