If you follow me on Tumblr you may have seen that in honor of this week’s finale episode of The Homes, I am doing a giveaway.

If you don’t follow me on Tumblr (or don’t have a Tumblr) well… now you know. I’m doing a giveaway. To be more precise, I’m giving away an 6th Generation iPod Nano.

The rules for this are simple but they do assume that you have a Tumblr account.

1) Reblog the post at this link on Tumblr (you do not need to follow me… just reblog).
2) Keep all the text info from the original post intact in your reblog. That’s everything that I explain in the original post. What I want to try to avoid is people just wiping out the info and only keeping the graphic.
3) Make sure your Tumblr Ask feature is turned on. That’s the only real way for people to contact one another on Tumblr.

I’m sure some of you are wondering, “Why only Tumblr? Do I really have to sign up for another site?” Well if you want to participate, yeah, you do. Tumblr is just the platform that works best for me in this regard. But I promise, setting up a Tumblr account is REALLY simple. Just go to tumblr.com and type in any random name that you want to call your tumblr. If it isn’t taken, boom, you have a tumblr… that simple.

So let’s say that you do all of the above… then one week from today, on April 21st 2011, I’ll pick one of the rebloggers at random. I’ll choose by using the total number of notes that the tumblr post accumulates and input it into the random number generator at RANDOM.org. Then I’ll just count through the notes. If I land on a “like” or a “reply” rather than a “reblog”, I’ll pick the next “reblog” in the list. I’ll even shoot video of it so that we all see it’s legit.

You can also reblog the post once per day for the seven days of the giveaway. A total of seven chances. If you reblog more than that, then I’ll consider it spamming and you’re dead to me.

And the person I do pick will get a gift: a brand spanking new 6th Gen iPod Nano (and here’s the bonus) loaded with all the music from the series. And I’ll send it wherever mail from the US will go.

If you’re into the music of the series, that second part of the prize will be great… if not, you can just replace the songs with whatever music you do love.

What is The Homes?
It’s a series on Lockerz.com. You can watch it at www.lockerz.com/thehomes
It stars Chelsea Kane (Formerly Chelsea Staub). And it’s an indie rock/pop musical road trip. Here’s the trailer:

Who am I to all of this?
Well for those who don’t frequent these here parts, I wrote and directed the series. And I’m really proud of it… in particular of my incredibly talented team of actors, producers, musicians, and crew. And I want people to see it. That simple. Oh and I also used to be on a TV show… you might recognize me if you used to watch Gilmore Girls.

Why am I doing this?
Well, mostly I’d like to help get the word out about the series, even here at the end of the run. But it’s also my way of saying thank you to all who have been watching these past 12 weeks. And of course, I’ve gotten sweet gifts from several of you guys over the years… so I figured why not give one back.

I also remember that at the beginning of the run, Lockerz did their own giveaway, and for reasons that are hard to explain in a blog post, they weren’t able to allow non US participants to take part. It’s just tricky for corporations. But it’s true that those outside the US tend to get the short end of the stick in that regard. But I’m not a corporation. It’s my iPod Nano. I can give it to whoever I want.

So I’m happy to say that anyone from anywhere in the Galaxy can participate. But for reasons that are hard to explain in a blog post, unfortunately residents of the Andromeda Galaxy are not eligible.

If you have any questions, ask them in the comments. And stay tuned for another post coming soon about my recent experience in Chile shooting my next series H+.