Note

I am postponing the last contest to next Thursday. I am simply swamped with life. Forgive me.

I also want to make a note that I had nearly a dozen people on my mailing list bounce back to me stating people were making complaints against me for the mailings. Please, if you don't want to be mailed, resign from the list. IF you do want the mailings and think you are missing them, make certain you add me to your accepted email list and check your spam and junk mail folders.

The mailing list is something you have to go out of your way to sign up for. Please don't label me spam or junk mail if you change your mind. It can really foul things up for everyone at that domain name who does want the emails.

Thanks for being patient.
hugs and kitties
too busy Jacki

A Quickie

I know I owe you winners. It seems, however, that everyone only wanted prize number two :P or I made prize number one WAY too hard.

*pout*

But before I get to that, I have to force you to read through the rest of my life. First, I am proud to inform you that on her very first go around, a mere 1.5 hours, and Ms. Sweet Pea--she of the awesome personality--was adopted to a lovely young couple. She is going to be their very first furbaby and with be able to be queen of her entire household all by herself. They were such nice people and I am convinced all will be very happy together.

It was a good thing too because I already have two new foster babies! I can tell ACN is gonna keep me hopping! Baby, a tiny little grey tabby girl, was found outside by someone. She is a little scruffy, has dirty ears, and someone cut her whiskers off...but I swear she is the most affectionate thing I ever saw. She 'makes mittens' (or biscuits or KNEADS--depends where you are from, lol) with every step she takes. SO cute. And Precious is a beautiful calico who, poor thing, lost her mommy-person last week and is clearly grieving. (No grooming and not eating as yet.) So I have my work cut out for me helping her love life again. I will post pictures later.

I am going to be on the radio 10pm EST tonight. Paranormal Talk on Blogtalk radio. And The Raven at 10AM EST tomorrow morning. Michelle Pillow and Mandy Roth will guest with me on the first show and will host me on the second :)

Paranormal Talk with Annette Jones



10 PM tonight!!


and


The Raven with Michelle and Mandy



11 AM tomorrow!

They have call in numbers and live chat and everything so if you catch it live you can ask me questions, both wild and weird. I'll answer pretty much anything. I would dearly appreciate it if you would.

Oh, for those in the know, I submitted the first three chapters of 'The Bid', my first truly erotic romance, to my agent for evaluation. Apparently, her assistant had to throw water on her or something and the steam could be seen for miles. Not bragging...just sayin'...maybe soon we will get to see something other than Nightwalkers from me, eh? I'd rather like that. Not that I don't love the Nightwalkers, cuz you know I do, but I know I am capable of much much more diversity and I just want the chance to show it.

Oh, I think I pissed off most of my RWA group. :P Sorry guys. Didn't mean to. I have a big, opinionated mouth. You'll learn to love me for it.

I hope.


Okay, here goes...


First Place Prize, the winner is...NO ONE. (You don't love me...sniff...I know you don't. You've been leading me on all this time...sniff...)

I will assume I made it too hard and make it top prize for this week again.

Second Place: the one you all answered, and I will say there were a GREAT MANY OF YOU! So you must love me after all! And you were decidedly SPLIT down the middle...half said Leonidas was barefoot and half said shoes. The fact is he was wearing shoes, SANDALS to be more precise. So...the winner of a trifecta is...

Cindy C.

And only one person guessed my fave font right. VERDANA. (the other person was disqualified because she didn't follow the rules and answered two prize questions instead of one) The font the blog was written in, in fact. :P Third place prize goes to...

Kristen K

All winners please send me your full name and address to jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com. Our last Treasure Hunt of the month is Thursday. Be there or be square. Or at least as square as that last sentence was. Hehehe.


hugs and kitties
Jacki

Fun Fun!!! Treasure Hunt Thursday #5!!

Nope, I didn't forget. Just busy as always.

Okay now, this is going to be an interesting hunt. The prizes are:

Third place: A signed copy of Elijah

Second place: A trifecta....signed copies of all three of my books. (Jacob, Gideon and Elijah)

First place: The right to sit beside me for my entire Friday morning Nightwalker Stud Muffin Breakfast Party at the Pittsburgh Romantic Times Convention. You will get to feel what it's like to face a flood of readers, listen to me crack jokes, make ultra flirty remarks to the boys serving the muffins and generally cause minor mayhem.

Now, I am aware that not all of these prizes appeal to everyone and others simply will not suit you. SO...when you enter this contest you MUST specify which prize you want. You cannot win any other. And let me be clear about the first prize. You gotta be registered and present for the convention all on your own in order to be permitted into this party. I can barely afford rooms, airfare and registration fees myself! I certainly cannot pay them for you. If I had that kind of money, honey, I'd hire Gerard Butler as my personal slave and we'd share a suite, lots of grapes and some body oil...

Well! Since we were dreaming!!

Now, here's the very tricky part. Each prize will have its own challenge!!! After all, they do differ in value and all that. Answer via email, as before, to jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com and put TREASURE HUNT #5 in the subject line. The FIRST LINE in the body of your letter should indicate the prize you desire. IE: FIRST PRIZE. Then you proceed to answer the challenge.


Here we go! Hold onto your panties, kids!!

Third Prize Challenge: Every writer loves a specific program to work in. Mine happens to be the latest version of Word. What is my favorite font to type in?


(Did I mention that these are hard? That some are going to be impossible to know unless you guess or have incredibly awesome deductive abilities?)

Answer via email, as before, to jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com and put TREASURE HUNT #5 in the subject line. The FIRST LINE in the body of your letter should indicate the prize you desire. IE: THIRD PRIZE. Then you proceed to answer the correlating challenge.


Second Prize Challenge: In the movie 300, starring Gerard Butler, Leonidas climbs a challenging precipice in order to speak with a prophet and holy men. Is he wearing shoes during his climb or is he barefooted?

Answer via email, as before, to jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com and put TREASURE HUNT #5 in the subject line. The FIRST LINE in the body of your letter should indicate the prize you desire. IE: SECOND PRIZE. Then you proceed to answer the correlating challenge.


First Prize Challenge: What symbol does Nikki wear for a charm from his collar?


Answer via email, as before, to jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com and put TREASURE HUNT #5 in the subject line. The FIRST LINE in the body of your letter should indicate the prize you desire. IE: FIRST PRIZE. Then you proceed to answer the correlating challenge.


They last two were just so easy I had to make this one a bit tougher. Since I am posting so late and since these are very tough questions, I am allowing you until Sunday at 11:59 PM to deliver your entry. The 'Oops' rules still apply. If you send an email off with an entry and then OOPS! realize you were wrong and want to change it you get one chance to do so. However, any second entry nullifies and destroys the first even if it was the right answer!!

Now, everyone can play, even previous winners. And stay tuned for the last Treasure Hunt next Thursday. Especially if you are a closet writer.

Well, have at it!! Good LUCK!!!

Hugs and Kitties,
Jacki

PS: ONE ENTRY PER PERSON...only one shot at only one prize! Got it??

Winner You Gonna Tell Us Who Won?

Hehehe. Okay, first let me say....boo hiss to you guys for not playing. :P What a lame turnout!

Secondly, some people have some bad ideas of who should be who...and some were okay....if only for a single picture. But that WAS the task. A picture.

Let's start with the worst choices: (AKA- WTF???)

Elijah:


Leonardo DiCaprio??? Are you kidding me?? He's such a....such a...twerp! Elijah would eat this boy child for breakfast! E's pecs would be bigger than his head! I get the golden blonde thing, but he's a freakin midget!!





Gideon:




Ha. Ha. Very funny.













Dude. I mean the snide holier-than-though attitude is so Gideon lol. But...WTF would Legna do with those dopey ears?


Think he's in the hair club for men?








Jacob:



Now here we have the opposite problem. Jacob is many things, but bulging beefcake is not one of them. I always envisioned him as lean and athletic. This is just too built. Poor Bella would be squisheded. (is too a word. Shut up)








Noah:

No. Way. I just don't see it. Noah is a presence...someone who gives off the sensation of power just walking into a room. Benny Boy is a frikken frat boy.

Oy!











Okay....I....err....no.

Is he missing an eyebrow? Singed off? WTF is with the sweater? You just know it's tied in a knot and hanging...

*shudder*








Isabella:


Not a TERRIBLE choice, but this lovely lady with her sophistication and exotic accent and her classic features is far more Legna than Bella.













Legna:




I am a WILD fan of Summer Glau. She rocks. Period. She kicks ass in action scenes and as a former dancer she moves in such an ethereal manner. But Legna? No. I think of Legna as a statuesque GODDESS. Summer is...too small, too flat chested, (Sorry Summer) and too petite. I could way better see her as Bella. (Looks wise, though she's not curvy enough...SO sorry, Summer! Hey, we could always pad your bra. Hehehe. Maybe some Hershey bars? A cookie?) but youth-wise and ass-kicking wise she is SO Bella. :P








Okay....enough of that. Now for my FAVORITES. Obviously you can't be perfect....but these come damn close to my mind's eye.

Corrine:

Ain't this perfect? Look at those curls! Look at the NY attitude!!! Pale skin...

Ahhh...perfect!!








Kane:






























I gotta admit, people were better at picking Kane and Corrine than anyone else. The second is by far my fave. Uncanny perfect.



















Of course...this pic of Ashton works really well too!

Damien:




















Slap on the beard and mustache and this could work :)
















Legna:



































Another one I found was easy for people to find good pics for. I have to say, Angelina is perfect. If I was casting, I would use her. She has the height, the carriage, the beauty. And she can actually act...which helps :)









Gideon:




















Well...we know it is impossible to cast Gideon, and I wouldn't pick George myself, but this particular picture is the closest anyone came to really capturing my image of him and that, after all, was the assignment :)

Bella:















This one just hit me right. The hair, figure, attitude...a bit more sophisticated than I figure Bella to be, but whatever :P

Siena:

































This is the only character different people picked the same picture (person) for :P









Apparently, she's easy....err to imagine as Siena that is.

*smirk*

Elijah:














Maybe it's nostaligia or maybe because I loved him SO much, but this is a perfect vision of Elijah.

I know, he is slim and baby faced in his way, but he had a great body, the perfect hair and you can see the impish Elijah in the eyes and smile, can't you?

Noah:















This was the only one that came remotely close. The earring...blue eyes? That tells you how lousy the other choices were. Yuk yuk.

A friend sent me kitty representations of each character...lol. Dork. I love her. These were great.

Damien:



And his clan.
:P
















Okay, so now to pick a winner. No one was perfect, but the one that came the closest was....


SERENA P.

:)

I'd say she had six out of ten really close. The four she missed were REALLY bad though. lol. But it was a really tight race. Thanks to those who played. Tune in Thursday. I have a special surprise! EVERYONE who plays will get personally signed book cover flats of Damien and Elijah. With a good faith effort :).

Oh hey, I am on the radio TWICE next week. Tuesday 10 PM on Paranormal Talk with Annette Jones as host and Michelle Pillow and Mandy Roth guesting with me. And then 11 am Wednesday with Michelle Pillow and Mandy Roth on The Raven I am going to misbehave in the usual ways :P. So if one is too late for you and one is too early, you all can be happy. Plus, you can download it after. But DURING you can call in or ask questions in chat. I'd love to hear from you :)

Anyway....congrats to my winner. And a special ty for all of you who sent me bday gifties. You didn't have to. (Esp that CARD youknowwhoyouare!) Love you!

Hugs and kitties
Jacki

Treasure Hunt Thursday #4!!!!

This one is gonna be easy!!!

No, seriously, I mean it!!!

There's only one question.

But, of course, there's only one PRIZE also.

An ARC of Damien. Period. End of story. (okay, maybe some book covers or something too.)

Ready for it?

Find me and send me pictures of what you think these characters ought to look like:

1. Noah

2. Damien

3. Bella

4. Elijah

5. Legna

6. Kane

7. Corrine

8. Jacob

9. Siena

10. Gideon

Rules: You may not use the book covers. That is cheating. You have to send them to me in an email, labeled so I know who is who, to jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com with the title TREASURE HUNT 4 in the subject line. You have until 11:59 PM Saturday Feb 16th. You will be judged on things like hair and eye color. DO NOT send me a brunette for Corrine and expect to win! The winner won;t be random this time. It will be whoever I feel comes closest to expressing my characters pictorially. So put some thought into it!!

There are only two treasure hunts after this, so if you are going to play, now is the time!!!

hugs and kitties

Jacki

PS: See...told you it was easy. hehehehe.