CONTESTS!!
Current mood: excited
Category: Writing and Poetry

Woohoo! I just got two boxes of shiny new copies of NOAH!!

So of course that means I have to give one or two away. Yay! Contests! I love contests!

But first I just want to say I am sorry I am so quiet. And if you've written me, I WILL get back to you, it's just taking me a little time. I'm writing at the moment and when I get on a jag I absolutely cannot stop for any reason or I lose my flow.

Now, back to NOAH. If you want 500 plus pages of charbroiled goodness, all you have to do is send me a photo of NOAH on the shelf of your local store! Now see, that has to be the easiest contest I've ever held. :P Just send the photo to jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com. The contest ends next Friday. I'll give one copy to a random entrant and one copy to the prettiest picture I get. Hehehe.

Some housekeeping...ahem...if you would like to pre-order an autographed copy of NOAH, I am signing all pre-ordered stock through Fireside Books and they will ship to anywhere in the world. The King is here at last and we are going to celebrate with a huge PAR-TAY at Fireside Books on the release date, Sept. 2nd, from 5-7 pm! Or later if it runs that way, heh. I believe they are holding a contest and the winning fan gets to have dinner with moi afterward. I thought it was a great idea. Contact them if you are local and want to take a crack at it! But if you can't make it, you can get a signed book anyway :)

Another 'in person' event is the book signing at Lora Leigh's RAW this year. It's at a hotel this time. Right HERE. That site has all the information, including the times for the book fair (Sunday the 21st!). You can get signed copies of Noah there or I'll be happy to sign my backlist as well. :)

Okie doke, now you can't say I didn't warn you about the up and coming live me. Not that I'm all that exciting, but it could be fun ;) !!

Guess what I am looking at? No c'mon, guess! Hardcover editions of JACOB in ESPANOL! Yay!! Jacob has been fully translated into Spanish! Now, for my beloved Latinas, I absolutely have to give a copy of this away. Anyone who writes me at jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com and puts the word Spanish in the topic of your email gets a chance at convincing me why I ought to pick YOU to win this gorgeous edition. I'll give you all a week to work on it :) Oh, non-Latinas can enter as well. No discriminating here. And if you follow my other blog and are wondering, this is a separate contest from that one :)


I guess that's it for now. I gotta go get back to work! Or bed. One of those! Hehehe.
Adios!
Abrazos y Gatitos
Jacki

Currently listening : Fallen By Evanescence Release date: 2003-03-04

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RAFFLE! LIVE CHAT! More!!
Current mood: hopeful
Category: Pets and Animals

t's that time, my friends. My semi-annual begging marathon for ACN (Animal Compassion Network and their affiliate store Pet Harmony) donations. This is a very worthy cause, an animal rescue group local to me that is run by hardworking people with hard to achieve dreams of giving all animals a second chance to find decent, loving homes. Pet Harmony is the store created by ACN where all the profit from the healthy foods and pet-safe toys they sell goes straight back to ACN . Pet Harmony also has a huge cat room full of adorable babies waiting for new homes (I go to play with them and socialize them for humans all the time) and kennels for the dogs waiting to play with you and be your best buddy!

Most of the animals ACN manages are strays left abandoned by those who didn't approach finding their pets new homes with intelligence and responsibility. You and I may not think much of how easy it is to post fliers or to use the resources in your community to find a home for an unwanted pet, but apparently for others out there it is just easier to dump these defenseless domesticated creatures. I am a foster home for cats through ACN and in just my short stint with them you wouldn't believe the evil, infuriating callousness I have seen in my fellow human beings. I've seen cats abandoned in cages in Petsmart, cats abandoned in boxes on a hot doorstep, and worse...much worse. There are those out there who treat these animals like just so much garbage, leaving them to fend for themselves even after declawing and even if the animal never once spent a day out of doors in its life before.

I guess they think "It's an animal. It was born to fend for itself." But the truth is that once an animal knows a life of domestication, it is very rare for it to retain the instincts it needs to survive. WE bred it out of them, WE took their defenses away, WE are the ones they depend on for utterly every sip of water and every nibble of food. We made it impossible for them to thrive on their own, and we are the ones who have to care for them and pick up the slack for those idiots out there who don't. We need to find homes and shelter before a single abandoned pet falls victim to FLV (Feline Leukemia) or FIV (Feline AIDS) or heart worm or kennel cough or distemper...the list of dangers and epidemics is endless.

But don't feel too overwhelmed. Don't feel like there's nothing to be done. The organizations we need, organizations like ACN , are out there. ACN cares. We love. We work our asses off to compensate for the inconsiderate and the uneducated. And you can help just like I do. I know not everyone can become a foster home like I have done, so the best way to compensate if you really want to be a part of the solution is with money. Yep. The big, crispy green. And I am going to reward you for it.

Last year we just took donations and raised 750 dollars by selling limited 'tickets' to a drawing for my next book's Advance Release Copy. Well, I want to double that amount this time. I also want to sweeten the pot with a gift to go with it. The field will be limited again, giving you a very fair shot at winning!! But I won't be happy unless I reach 1500 dollars in donations so I am going to tempt you until you squeak!

Here's the deal:

I am giving away five separate items. There will be individual drawings for each item. The tickets for each item are limited in amount to one hundred tickets per prize and every ticket is going to cost you a three dollar donation to enter. Do the math. If I sell every last ticket, BINGO!! 1500 dollars goes straight to ACN and Pet Harmony!

I am going to make this uber easy for you too. All you have to do is donate through PAYPAL using my Jacquelyn's Boutique account which is attached to the email you all know and love very well jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com. Once you decide what you want to send, send the amount and tell me how many tickets you want to go toward which prize in the 'notes' section of the invoice. It's first come first serve and the winning drawings are going to be held during the live Chat Party I am holding on the 28th of June. That gives you just a week and a day to enter!!

And now, the moment you have all been waiting for...the PREZZIES!!!

1. The Fire Demon Barbecue Basket!
2. The Sinful Shadowdweller Basket!!
3. The Jacki Frank Freakin' Fantastic Basket!!!
4. The Lycanthrope Queen's Necklace.
5. The Lycanthrope/Vampire Princess' Necklace.

Great names, eh? Let us commence with 1.

1. The Fire Demon Barbecue Basket:

This sizzling summer classic is perfect for the weekend griller or barbecue enthusiast. A durable barbecue apron, oven mitt, shish kebab basket, wooden skewers, corn holders to hold four corn on the cob and four sturdy bamboo paper plate holders are welcome additions for both the griller and their guest. Barbecue basting brushes, barbecue sauce and wine-aged grilling chips, will turn a casual barbecue into a gourmet feast. Chili citrus flats, mozzarella cheese swirls and more round out this assortment, packed in a large jute basket.

But if you are the one who likes to watch someone else do the grillin', this basket is STILL for you! You can curl up in a big old lounge chair in a sun hat and read your very own ARC of NOAH! This is one of the last ones I have. All of my contests are over. You can only get this here!! Also, I feel frisky so I am going to throw in an assortment of four books from other Kensington/Brava authors. Those puppies go for 12 bux a pop. Just two makes it worth your while to donate to this great cause!

2. The Sinful Shadowdweller Basket!!

This luxurious gift basket is filled with Godiva dark chocolate almonds and pretzels, milk chocolate cashews, sesame crackers, cabernet black pepper cheese spread, Mariani dried fruit mix, white chocolate amaretto cookies, olives, Mrs. May's cranberry almond crunch, assorted Lindt hazelnut, peanut butter and dark chocolate truffles, fresh baked thank you cookie, toffee wafers, serving dish and more. A great way to recognize those who have helped.


But you will also be the VERY VERY first to be promised an ARC of the first book in my new series! The first Shadowdwellers book ECSTASY arrives in January of '09, but three months before then I will be getting ARCs and you will be the first to get one! Oh and, a couple other random books as well. :)

3. The Jacki Frank Freakin' Fantastic Basket!!!

This cordial assortment of Godiva milk chocolate coca, sesame crackers, Portlock smoked salmon, Ghirardelli coffee, Mrs. May's strawberry cashew crunch, herb cheese mix, Sorrento candies, Ahmad tea, sour cherry drops, pickled green asparagus, whole olives, caramel cookies, Brown and Haley almond roca, Mamma Mellace's cinnamon roasted cashews and matching serving dish fill this embossed burgundy tin. The variety in this basket guarantees there will be something for everyone.

But for a special bonus I am also adding the ENTIRE Nightwalkers series, beginning to end and signed by me personally to you! That includes a NOAH ARC. Not to mention random Brava books as well.

4. The Lycanthrope Queen's Necklace.
Siena's Collar. 'Nuff said.

These are real moonstones in this beautifully fashioned replica of the Lycanthrope Queen's collar. I have been waiting for a way to give this to a die hard fan, and this is it. It's a truly gorgeous choker...you won't regret owning this one of a kind design commissioned by me and created by Serena of SERENE DREAMING!

Oh...did I mention you get a promissory note entitling you to any one ARC of any of my upcoming releases in the future? It's a coupon you can cash in only once...for any Jacquelyn Frank book about to be released...three months in advance! (Give or take)





5. The Lycanthrope/Vampire Princess' Necklace.
Syreena's Collar. Again, 'Nuff said.

Made of real moonstones and more beautiful than you can imagine, this is also a one of a kind design commissioned by me and created by Serena of SERENE DREAMING

Oh...did I mention you get a promissory note entitling you to any one ARC of any of my upcoming releases in the future? It's a coupon you can cash in only once...for any Jacquelyn Frank book about to be released...three months in advance! (Give or take)



Well, there you have it. Buy your 1 in 100 ticket chance to any of these above items at 3 dollars each and help me hand over a nice fat check to ACN. Make me proud, guys.

I will be showcasing a prize a day the next five days so you will get even more in depth detail than I already gave. Keep watching this blog. I am going to tempt you til you weep. That's a promise.

Hugs and Kitties
Jacki

PS. On my blog on my website I am doing in depth detail on these baskets and have been adding to them more and more every day! Come and see!

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A winner!!
Current mood: electric

I waited until I had enough posts before picking a winner here :)

Careen....congrats!! You won an ARC of Noah! Email me your snail mail addy at jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com please!!!

Now for something new.

Reading is Fundamental. Remember those words? All throughout growing up I heard it on PBS after Sesame Street, The Electric Company, The Magic Garden. We all did. Not too long ago a notice came out in my RWA Newsletter about RIF and how is was being proposed in Bush's new budget that all government funding be ripped away from this program that provides reading materials to young, disadvantaged children all over the United States...some of whom have never even touched a new book all their own before.

This is the RWA Article:

The 2009 proposed U.S. budget calls for the elimination of funding for Reading Is Fundamental' s (RIF) Inexpensive Book Distribution program. The program distributes free books to 4.6 million children and families and runs reading encouragement programs in 20,000 locations in the U.S. RIF President and CEO Carol H. Rasco says, "Unless Congress reinstates $26 million in funding for this program, RIF will not be able to distribute 16 million books annually to the nation's youngest and most at-risk children ... Since its founding in 1966, RIF's programs have played an important role in improving literacy in this country." Visit RIF's Web site, http://www.rif. org/get-involved /advocate/ what/, to see how you can take action.

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FUN!!!
Current mood: productive

I am warning you now, I am going to be blogging almost daily if I can the rest of the week. I have a lot to catch up on and I don't want to dump one hugenormous never-ending blog on you that you won't want to read.

So....what is the fun, you ask?

Has it really been so long that you think it's going to be that easy???

I wanted to let you know that there are going to be some changes to the website. Great changes. The excerpt from Damien will go up soon...and so will Noah's!! Only...hehehe...Noah's will be under lock and key and only YOU can unlock it. It's a fun game with a chance to win an ARC weekly at it's heart. :) FUN!! But...err...did I mention you can't get to it until you find the key? Yep. And the key is only to be found in Damien . FUN!!!

But while they are working on THAT fun, I wanted to tell you that the NOAH ARCs have arrived!! Actually I have been sitting on them for two weeks already. I am dying to give these gorgeous books away. However, because Damien doesn't come out til the 3rd, anything you win now will not come until a week after Damien's release date....and that would be just mean! (Although not nearly as mean as the winner of the very first ARC at my RT party who has it in her hot little hands and must resist! Or...at least she said she would!!)

Oh, I totally have to tell you this. Yesterday I found out that one of my fans loves Noah so much that she named her baby boy after MY Noah! How freakishly weird yet awesomely cool is that?? LOL. Nah, Noah is a wonderful name. That's why I picked it! I thought that had to be the ultimate compliment. She doesn't know it yet, but that just earned her an ARC. :) (CRYSTAL THIS MEANS YOU....email your snail mail address to me at jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com!!)

That's why I picked the contest theme for the day. I am ready to give Noah to a lucky person who comments in this blog today about who their favorite Nightwalker series character is and why.

A winner will be chosen randomly and announced tomorrow :)

Have FUN!!!
Hugs and Kitties,
Jacki

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The Final Draw
Current mood: tired

Well, I promised you one last Treasure Hunt, and I aim to fill that promise. I am going to separate the contest and the prizes like I did before and you can only shoot for one of the three prizes, but you get to pick the one you want most by doing it this way.

Here are the questions and their matching prizes:

Third Place Question and Corresponding Prize-

Name three famous human/cat combined characters in movies or literature. (ie: Catwoman*)

The winner receives a brand new and shiny signed set of Elijah, Damien and Noah book covers as well  one of the three books currently out (you choice). Simply send your answer to me at jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com with LAST TREASURE HUNT in the subject line before 11:59 PM on Sunday March 9th.

Second Place Question and Corresponding Prize -

Besides the Demons, what it the first breed of Nightwalker we meet in the series?

The winner receives a brand new and shiny signed ARC of Damien and a lovely Nightwalker nightshirt. Simply send your answer to me at jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com with LAST TREASURE HUNT in the subject line before 11:59 PM on Sunday March 9th.

First Place Question and  Corresponding Prize -

How many miles is it from where I used to live to where I live now? (your answer must be within 20 miles)

The winner receives a brand new and shiny signed cover of Noah, which they can then use as their ticket to enter my party at RT Pittsburgh and sit beside me throughout the event. Simply send your answer to me at jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com with LAST TREASURE HUNT in the subject line before 11:59 PM on Sunday March 9th.

* You cannot include my examples.

Well, there you have it. Easy, right? GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

Hugs and Kitties,
Jacki

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note

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



Thanks for being patient.
hugs and kitties
too busy Jacki

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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



10 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

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FUN FUN!!! It’s Treasure Hunt Thursday!!!!
Current mood: sleepy
Category: Quiz/Survey

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Treasure Hunt Thursday 4!!
Current mood: busy
Category: Quiz/Survey

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.

For those who missed it, the winners of the previous contest were posted at www.jacquelynfrank.blogspot.com

Normally I copy it I know, but I been very busy. Apologies!!!

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IT’s THURSDAY!!!
Current mood: catalyzed
Category: Games

Treasure Hunt Thursday 3

Hi gang! Are we having fun yet? I just got the copy edits for Noah. Ugh. I know you like long books, but 550 plus pages of edits is NOT FUN. Anyway, that's why I am posting so late, but it is still THURSDAY! There is so much going on but I only have time for a quickie update.

I have joined an RWA chapter, CWR- Carolina Romance Writers, went to my fist meeting Saturday and had a blast. It was so nice meeting so many nice ladies. I was having one of those MY BRAIN WON'T SHUT OFF!! days that day, so I thought I was a little on high squeaky speed, but I think I stopped short of annihilating obnoxiousness. Maybe. *shrug* Angela Knight is in my chapter. I am sooooo excited. For those of you who are aspiring to write, we hold online courses every month and I think there are a few you could find very valuable no matter what stage of the publishing process you are in, so go check it out. I am going to be managing the CRW MySpace and the MySpace blog, so I am hoping to conceive of delicious things for you to enjoy as observers, so you might want to friend CRW on MySpace and sign up for the blog notices.

I was approved as a kitty foster home through the ACN!! YAY!! Sweet Pea is doing well. We will be doing her intake soon. I have to call the Asheville shelter and place an ad about her to make sure she is stray per their guidelines, which makes sense. Then we can start to bring her to adoption events.

Now, down to business. The hunt is on! Let's start with this week's prizes.

Third Place Prize: Signed copies of Jacob and Gideon

Second Place Prize: Signed copy of Elijah and a matching nylon book cover and bookmark.

First Place Prize: Signed Damien ARC and a Nightwalker nightshirt.

These just get bettah and bettah, don't they? I dunno HOW I am going to top this one!

Well yes…I do…but I ain't telling.

Okay, here goes!

1 – What town is my post office box in? (the new one in NC)

2 – How many brothers has Jacob had?

3 – I am attending two major functions this year; one in April and one in September. What are they?

4 – Name five races of Nightwalkers

5 – What does Gideon fear Legna will remember?

6 – Which of these women has NOT been a guest blogger on my website blog. Nalini Singh, Christine Feehan, Adrianna Dane, or Maura Anderson

7 – What date did Lucy Monroe guest blog for me? (day, month, year)

8 – Where is Elijah's house?

9 – How old was I when I started to write?

10 – Give me the name of a Shadowdweller.

As usual you have until 11:59 on Saturday, February 9^th 2008 to send your answers to jacquelynfrank@hotmail.com with Treasure Hunt 3 in the subject line and the answers listed 1-10 correspondingly in the body of the letter. Once you hand in that letter you are allowed one and only one OOPS letter, as in, if you realize you made a mistake with the first one you can chase it with a second, but now that first one will no longer be valid and will be destroyed even IF IT HAS ALL THE RIGHT ANSWERS!

GOOD LUCK and HAVE FUN!

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