Moonglass Inspiration Giveway Winner!!!

Moonglass Inspiration Giveway Winner!!!

Wow you guys! Thank you.  Thank you to each one of you who entered. I loved reading your comments this week!  Thank you so very much for such kind words. Of course they got me all teary-eyed, but I've just come to accept that's how I'm going to be for a little while.  At least for three more days until Moonglass comes out!

In th meantime, I'm so happy to announce that this week's giveaway winner....

of a signed copy of Moonglass and a red sea glass necklace....

is...

Alice!!!

Alice, I will be emailing you shortly for your address!



Moonglass Inspiration Giveway Winner!!!

So sorry I'm a day late with this, but we have a winner for the Mermaid Prize Pack! First let me say, I LOVED your comments this week! I had no idea so many other people adored these lovely ladies of the ocean.  :)

Without further adieu, the winner of the Mermaid Prize Pack

is...

Britney Wyatt!!!

Congrats Britney! I'll be contacting you shortly for your mailing address.

If you didn't win this week, be sure to stop back in tomorrow for the last giveaway of this series.  It's shimmery and purple, and comes with a very special accessory...



This Week's Moonglass Inspiration and Giveaway: Mermaids

In honor of the release of MOONGLASS (in 15 days!!), I've been posting weekly about the elements that inspired me as I was writing it.  I've also been giving away prize packs, and this week is no different!  This week is actually one of my favorites, since I'm writing about mermaids.

Yep.  There are mermaids all over my house...




In the living room...



The kitchen...

My office...

Even hiding in the garden.

I wouldn't say I'm a fanatic.  I don't believe in them or worship them or anything.  But I am fascinated by the mythology behind them, and that's a thing that actually began while I was writing MOONGLASS.  Since then, I seem to have acquired quite a few...

When I was researching sea glass, I found a few sources that called it "Mermaid Tears," which I included in the story.  That led me down the path of researching mermaids, which ultimately gave me a myth for Anna to view her mother through.  In MOONGLASS, she's given a book about mermaids that sums up their nature: 

"They are at once beautiful and cruel, tender and selfish, vulnerable, yet unattainable.  Above all, they offer shimmering glimpses into the deep ocean of secrets that is a woman's heart."

There are no real mermaids in MOONGLASS, but there are moments where Anna draws parallels between the myth and her mother as she struggles to come to terms with her death.

"My mother had always been a mystery to me, even when she was alive.  She'd been all those things, all at once, and we'd tiptoed around her even then.  And now, here, she'd stirred up the placid surface of my life and thrown me into rough, dark water--a deep ocean of secrets. 

I couldn't tell anyone I was flailing."

So.  In honor of these enigmatic, mythical creatures, I'm giving away a special, mermaid-inspired prize pack this week:

This week's winner will win a copy of Brenda Rosen's MERMAID WISDOM, which helps you find your inner goddess, a pewter and sea glass mermaid bookmark so you never lose your place, and a pretty little mermaid necklace.

Wanna enter?  It's easy:

Leave a comment on this blog post and you'll automatically be entered to win!

Wanna snag a few extra entries:

Tweet It! (+1)

Share It on FB (+1)

Become a follower on the blog or Twitter (+1)

Link it up on your own blog (+1)

Leave your entry total in your comment.  I'm willing to work on the honor system if you are.  Contest will be open until Friday at noon, and I'll announce the winner on Saturday.

Happy Monday! 





Moonglass Inspiration Giveway Winner!!!

Once again, thank you for all who entered the Lifeguard giveaway!  And our winner of the Lifeguard Prize Pack...

Is...

ereader89!!!

I will be contacting you shortly for you address.  :)

Thank you again to those of you who've come back each week to read and leave your comments.  You still have two more weeks of giveaways and two more chances to win!  Eep!  That also means two more weeks until the release of Moonglass!!

Moonglass Inspiration Giveway Winner!!!

Once again, thank you to all of you who entered and commented and tweeted and shared!  The winner of the sea glass notecards and suncatcher...

is...

Pamela Jo of There's Just Life!!!

Congrats Pamela! Thank you so much for entering! Can't wait to send off your prize!





Moonglass Inspiration Giveway Winner!!!

First off, I just want to say thank you to all who entered, commented, tweeted, and shared!  I loved reading all your comments and hearing your thoughts about the beach!  I wish I could choose you all as winners, but there can only be one this week.

And the lucky winner of the Crystal Cove Prize pack is....

Alexis Salcido!!!

Congrats Alexis! I'll need your address to mail your prize, so please email me at jessi@jessikirby.com and I'll put it in the mail right away!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend, and come back Monday for the next inspiration and giveaway in the series!