Ho Ho Ho! Merry Whatever Contest Winners!!!

Thanks to all who entered my holiday contest! I won't bore you with long speeches or other irrelevant yakkity-yak. You're here to know who won. Therefore, I present The Winners (chosen at random):

5th prize - Signed copy of BLOOD LAW: Victoria & "The Little Drummer Boy"

4th prize - Signed copy of BLOOD LAW: Alexa & "Last Christmas"

3rd prize - Signed copy of BLOOD LAW: Stacy Maynard & "All I Want for Christmas is You" (Livejournal entry)

2nd prize - Signed copy of BLOOD LAW: Heather Wigen & "Where Are You Christmas"

1st prize - $15 Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble Gift Card + signed BLOOD LAW: Rhianna & "Blue Christmas"

Grand Prize - $25 Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble Gift Card + signed BLOOD LAW: dianeb & "The 12 Days of Cryptmas"

Winners: You have until December 22 to email your shipping info to contest AT jkholmes DOT com! Grand Prize and 1st prize winners must include a valid email address along with their choice of Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble gift card. Gift cards will be sent electronically.

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks again to everyone for entering the contest! I hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday season!

~Jeannie

"Things That Go Bump in the Night" Contest Winner!

Thanks to all you participated in my "Things That Go Bump in the Night" Contest! I hope everyone had a horrifying...uh, Happy Halloween!

The winner of a signed copy of BLOOD LAW (chosen at random) is... Wulfie!! Yay! *throws confetti* Congratulations!!!

Official Business Stuff: Wulfie, you have one week to email your shipping info to contest AT jkholmes DOT com. If I haven't received your information by November 8, 2010, I will choose an alternate winner.

May-June Contest Winner is......

Congratulations, Jacqueline C. -- you are the winner of the BLOOD LAW May-June MegaHuge Prize Pack!

*throws confetti* Yay!!!! *blows vuvuzela* Huzzah!!!! *releases fireworks* Woohoo!!!!

Many many many many many thanks to all who entered my contests!! BLOOD LAW will be releasing in just a couple of weeks. I hope everyone enjoys the book!!! I'll be a nervous wreck...sobbing in the corner...blubbering about "my preciousssss".....

May-June Contest is now CLOSED

The May-June Contest is now CLOSED to submissions!

Thanks to all who entered. I'll be selecting a winner through random drawing on June 23, 2010. Check back in a few hours to find out who won the fabulous BLOOD LAW prize pack!!

Winner of April Fool's ARC Contest is....

Congratulations to Frank B. of Mobile, AL!!

You're the winner of a signed, collectible advance reader copy of BLOOD LAW. I'll send it out tomorrrow morning.

Thanks to all who entered. Be sure to check back after May 1 for a new ARC contest. You won't want to miss it -- it'll be the LAST contest before BLOOD LAW is released June 22!!

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Answers to the April Fool's ARC Contest:

Which of the following vampire "rules" does not appear in the original European legends?

A) Vampires sleep in coffins. (TRUE. It was believed vampires must return to their coffins/crypts for "sleep" or "rest.")

B) Use poppy seeds to distract a vampire since they must count all seeds before continuing their pursuit. (TRUE. Villiagers believed by scattering poppy seeds on the ground before a charging vampire, the vampire must count ever seed before continuing their pursuit.)

C) Vampires feed on blood. (TRUE. Before more advanced understanding of decompostion, when the coffin/crypt of a "resting/sleeping" suspected vampire was opened, the natural processes decomposition would often result in dark fluid -- thought to be blood -- seeping from the suspected vampire's mouth. This led to the belief that the corpse was rising from the grave to feed on blood.)

D) Garlic will ward against vampires. (TRUE. Garlic, with its pungent aroma, was thought to be an effective ward against vampires.........and nosy neighbors.)

E) A wooden stake through the heart will prevent a vampire from rising from the grave. (TRUE. It was thought that by driving a wooden stake through a suspected vampire's heart, it would pin him/her to the ground beneath, and prevent the corpse from rising.)

F) Sunlight will harm/kill a vampire. (FALSE. Vampires were capable of walking about during the daylight, although it was believed their powers were dimished. The proper belief that sunlight can harm or kill a vampire began in 1922 after the F. W. Murnau's film NOSFERATU showed Count Orlok fading away with the rising of the sun. This had no basis in legend or myth but was instead a special effect created for the film and a convenient plot device used to dispatch a cornered Count Orlok.)

G) Crosses are effective protection against vampire attacks. (TRUE. It was believed that crosses, as well as other religious symbols, could protect one from vampire attacks.)

Winner of mARCh Contest...

The winner of an autographed BLOOD LAW cover flat & ARC is...

"Slayerkitty"!!!!!!

Congratulations! You have until midnight Saturday, March 27, 2010 to email your info to me at jkholmes AT jkholmes DOT com. :-)

And the winner is.....

The winner of the BLOOD LAW Autographed Cover Flat Contest is..... *drum roll*

Thuy of Canada!!!!

Congratulations!!!!! Please email your shipping address to me at jkholmes AT jkholmes DOT com to receive your autographed cover flat.

Thanks, everyone, for entering the contest. I'll have a new on starting soon so keep watching. :-)