I used the random number generator to pick the contest winners below. Winners, please e-mail me your snail mail address at jennifer@jenniferestep.com.

In the past, I’ve contacted the winners who didn’t e-mail me. However, I’m doing so many guest blogs and other things right now, I just don’t have time to keep up with it. So if you don’t e-mail me by Wednesday, Sept. 10, your prize will either be given to someone else or go back into my goodie stash. So winners, please, please, please e-mail me. It’s for your own good. 😎

Congrats to the winners:

1) An autographed copy of Karma Girl (mass market): Bunny

2) An autographed copy of Karma Girl (trade paperback): Jessica (comment #2)

3) An autographed copy of Hot Mama (mass market): Judi (comment #44)

4) An autographed copy of Hot Mama (trade paperback): Danette

5) Autographed copies of Karma Girl and Hot Mama (trade paperback): Angela Allton

6) Autographed copies of Karma Girl and Hot Mama (mass market): B (comment #16)

7) A Karma Girl T-shirt and autographed copy of Karma Girl (mass market): Monica Garcia

8) A Hot Mama T-shirt and an autographed copy of Hot Mama (mass market): Jennifer Carsey

If you didn’t win this time, you can go to the home page and sign up for my e-newsletter. I do giveaways every month for subscribers. Also, keep checking the blog. I’ll probably do another contest around Halloween or so.

Thanks to everyone for stopping by. I appreciate all your nice words about the Bigtime books, and I found your lucky and unlucky stories really cool. As for me, I think we make our own luck for the most part. But every little bit helps! 😎

Jinx is finally here! Huzzah!

Today is the official release day of the third Bigtime book about fashion designer Bella Bulluci, whose luck superpower drives her crazy more often than not.

I hope you guys will enjoy it even more than you have Karma Girl and Hot Mama. To celebrate Jinx’s release, I’m doing a big giveaway of Karma Girl and Hot Mama stuff so folks can get caught up on the series. Here’s what you can win:

1) An autographed copy of Karma Girl (mass market)

2) An autographed copy of Karma Girl (trade paperback)

3) An autographed copy of Hot Mama (mass market)

4) An autographed copy of Hot Mama (trade paperback)

5) Autographed copies of Karma Girl and Hot Mama (trade paperback)

6) Autographed copies of Karma Girl and Hot Mama (mass market)

7) A Karma Girl T-shirt and autographed copy of Karma Girl (mass market)

8) A Hot Mama T-shirt and an autographed copy of Hot Mama (mass market)

All of the above come with autographed bookmarks, of course. Because you can never have too many bookmarks. 😎

HOW TO ENTER

So how do you enter? If you don’t have a blog or Web site, just leave a comment in this post and tell me about your luckiest or unluckiest experience or whether or not you even believe in luck.

If you do have a blog or Web site, post the following info along with the Jinx cover above and leave me a link to your post in the comments section:

She never wanted to be a superhero. Too much danger. Too much spandex …

Bella Bulluci’s big passion is the arts. Her big pain is being born into a family of superheroes. Of course, Bella might feel differently if her own superpower was one she could control – or at least get some use out of. Instead, her power is one of capricious luck – supercharged telekinesis. In other words, static electricity. Bella knows that’s not a power – just a jinx.

During a gala fundraiser for the local art museum, Bella comes upon two things no Bigtime supergirl should be without: an ubervillain of her very own who plans to steal a priceless gem; and a dashing – if slightly shady – stranger named Debonair. He may have a reputation as a notorious playboy, but the real sparks are going to come from Bella, who’s finally going to learn just how well love and danger can go together …

That’s it. You’ve got until Friday morning, Sept. 5 to enter. I’ll draw the winners that afternoon and announce them on the blog. Until then, happy posting and reading! :ww:

So, I rolled the dice and the Easter contest winners are:

Signed copy of Karma Girl: Shannon Condie

Signed copy of Hot Mama: Crystal B.

Karma Girl T-shirt: Christy H.

Hot Mama T-shirt: Katiebabs

Winners, please e-mail me your snail mail addresses so I can send your prizes to you. If you’re getting a T-shirt, please tell me what size (M, L, or XL) you’d like. I’ll try to accomodate you as best I can.

Check back this summer. I’ll be doing another big contest then to celebrate the mass market re-releases of Karma Girl and Hot Mama and the debut of Jinx.

Until then, happy reading!

I can’t believe Easter is next weekend. It seems like yesterday we were celebrating Valentine’s Day. Where does the time go? Shakes head.

But I promised you guys I’d do another contest around Easter — so here it is. I’m going to give away signed copies of Karma Girl and Hot Mama, and Karma Girl and Hot Mama T-shirts — four prizes total.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post and tell me what your favorite thing about Easter is. You can also post about the contest on your blog if you want to, but it’s not a requirement. I’ll announce the winners on Good Friday, March 21.

My favorite thing about Easter? This is a toughie, since it’s my second favorite holiday (after Thanksgiving). But I’d have to say coloring eggs with my mom. We still do it, mainly because somebody once told my mom it’s bad luck not to color eggs for Easter. Every year, we drag out the food coloring and vinegar and haphazardly color a dozen or so eggs. The colors always run and streak and never look as pretty as they’re supposed to, but we still have fun doing it. And that’s the most important thing.

So spill — what do you love about Easter? :bubbles:

I still haven’t heard from several of you — Tami, Michelle Lauren, Krystal, Nicole O’Dell, Marie Phillips, and Shina Laris.

When you get a chance, please send your mailing address to jennifer@jenniferestep.com so I can send your prizes to you.

If I don’t hear from you by Wednesday, Feb. 20, I’ll draw some other names for the prizes.

Happy reading! 😎