Category: Chosen

Winners of Chosen contest!

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I got superlucky and had time to run the # of entrants (plus extra entries) through the generator and the “see-your-name-in-Initiation” contest winners have been chosen at random!

I feel so grateful to have had so many entries. The best part was SEEING you guys! I love putting a face to your names. You all have such beautiful names that I bet some of them pop up in future books. I mean, where better to look for names than Team Canterwood?!
Since we had sooo many fab entrants, I changed it up a little. We are going to have one main winner, as mentioned, and TWO runners up. The main winner’s name will appear more frequently and will have dialogue. The runners up with make a brief appearance in a scene in the book.
So, no more torture!
The GRAND PRIZE WINNER IS:
JILL (TEAM ERIC)
~*~*~*~ Yaaaay! Jill, please e-mail (jess _ burkhart AT hotmail DOT com) me with your last initial (if you want it used). Also, I have another question for you in the email. Congratulations!!!! 🙂
The TWO RUNNERS UP ARE:
Jayllex M.
AND
Kacie F.
Way to go!! I’m so excited for you both to make cameos in INITIATION.
Again, thank you to all who entered and I wish I could use all of your names. I’ll be holding another contest like this for a future book, so don’t worry. I’m opening this posts to comments and hope if you do post that you’ll congratulate the winners.
xoxo

Final entry in Chosen contest!

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And we have our final entry in the Chosen contest! Here’s Miss Holly S. with her copy!
(Yes, it is May 26th, but I received Holly’s entry within the time limit and could not get online until now to to post it.)
I will post the winner who will have their first name and last initial appear in INITIATION as soon as humanly possible. I have 3 doctor appointments with Kate at Mayo today and she is my main focus and reason for being in Minnesota. But I’m hoping to announce the winner tonight.
I’ll also be posting the winners of the Gelly Roll pen giveaway. I’ll collect your names and addresses and will mail those when I get settled at home–probably the 2nd week of June.
Thank you ALL for participating in this contest! Best of luck! The winner, btw, will be chosen by a random number generator site that I use. That seems to be the most fair.
❤

Hello from Rochester, Minnesota!

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I’ve never been to Rochester before. #TeamKate (that’s how I’m hash tagging it on Twitter) had some plane trouble, but made it in before 10pm last night.

I just wanted to write a quick post to thank you all sincerely for the well wishes for Kate. She’s my best friend in the entire world and your support to her means so much. I knew Team Canterwood cared about me, but the overwhelming well wishes for Kate are astounding. We appreciate so much the Facebook page for her. We check it every day and she and I both carry your thoughts with us.
Just to share a little: Kate has been in extreme stomach pain since May 13, 2010. It just happened out of the blue. No warning. We’ve been to 29 doctors and 3 NYC hospitals. Not one doctor has been able to help to stop the pain and get her well. Kate has woken up crying for 365 days. And guys, she’s TOUGH, she does not cry, and this pain (pain I KNOW I couldn’t take) has made her sob.
Kate and I talk about the support she’s gotten from all of you and she’s asked me the same question probably three times: “Why do your readers care about me? They love you. I’m nobody to them.”
I tell her the same thing every time: You all do care about me as the CC author. But I also feel like you’re all my friends. I hope you feel the same way. My best friend is very, very sick and because of it, you’ve all embraced her because you know how much I care about her. It’s what friends do for each other. Kate does not get enough support in real life, but she does from Team Canterwood. You all have become our virtual friends and we care about you guys a lot! I know when you say you’re praying for Kate–you mean it. Those are not empty words. It means more than you’ll ever know. I promise, some how, I will find a way to pay it forward one day.
You’ve also been amazing support for me. I’m grateful for it, too. Seeing your BFF sobbing and unable to leave the house hardly ever is a gut-ripping feeling. I’ve been living with her for a year to try and help her mentally and physically. There’s been anger. Sadness. Confusion. Frustration. Hope that dwindles and rises.
The Mayo Clinic process starts tomorrow at 7am. It’ll probably be a week of tests and hopefully we come out with some answers. I hope that you’ll continue to keep Kate in your thoughts this week. I’ll update everyone as I can.
Also, as a side-note, I’ve received several pictures of you with your copies of CHOSEN. Thank you and I’ll post them when I get home.
Since I’ll be gone all week, I’m going to extend the contest. If you haven’t already, you can leave a comment on the original post. You may also send me a photo of you with your copy of CHOSEN (paperback or on an e-reader) to my e-mail (jess_burkhart AT hotmail DOT com.)
The contest NOW ends on May 25th at 11:59pm EST.
I hope you’re all having a good weekend!
Much love. xoxo

Happy Chosen release day & last contest!

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I’m soooo excited that my first Super Special is hitting all stores TODAY! As a kid, I *loved* super specials and having my own is beyond my wildest dreams. I hope you all like it and have as much fun reading it as I did writing it.

*throws confetti sparkles in the air*

In honor of this Super Special, I’m doing a final SUPER contest for Chosen!

How would you like YOUR first name and to appear as a minor (with the possibility to turn into a major character . . . you never know!) character in INITIATION? If you like, you can also include the first initial of your last name like “Sasha S.” And I’ll make up the last name.

Here’s what to do:

This is open to EVERYONE–US and international–yay! Leave a comment here with your first name (and optional last name first initial) and tell me what you’d do if you saw your name in a CC book. 🙂

Want *two* bonus entries? Send me a photo of YOU with your copy of Chosen! It must come from your parent’s e-mail address and they have to give the okay for me to put the photo on my blog. I will NOT use your name. I just want to share the photos with Team Canterwood!

The contest is open now and you have TWO WEEKS to enter. It closes Tuesday, May 17th at midnight. I will be out of town that week, so it might take me a week or so to announce the winner.

Good luck to everyone! 🙂