Is your name Frances? Then I might have a free copy of The Karma Club for you!Okay, allow me to explain. Someone named Frances won a free copy of The Karma Club on my site a few weeks back and I accidentally signed two copies to her. So now I have this extra book made out to "Frances" that I don't know what to do with!
So my brilliant author friend, Joanne Rendell (yes, I'm giving proper credit where credit is due!) came up with the idea to do a contest in search of Frances.
And here it is! So if you're name is Frances, leave a comment on this blog and I'll choose a random Frances winner to send the book to!
If your name is not Frances...many apologies. Maybe some day I'll sign a duplicate book with your name in it. But until then, if you know anyone named Frances, please pass this along!
The contest will be open for two weeks. I'll draw a winner on Friday, June 18.
9 comments:
Well you know my family, and my husband Jake who passed away his middle name is Frances if that counts?!?
-Kristen Danzi
Sadly my name is not Frances either but I do have a friend named Frances and I would love to surprise her with the signed book. She doesn't know of the book yet but I'm sure she'll love it just like I did.
- J. Toney
Hi Jessica,
I stumbled on your blog by accident, and by the way, we share an agent, Bill Contardi.
I found this post so interesting, first because the title of your book, The Karma Club, is so interesting! I had never heard of it before and would love to read it and feature it on my blog, with your permission.
The second reason I was drawn to your post is because of the name Frances. I call myself Bisi these days, but I was christened Frances.
You see, I'm a native of Ghana, West Africa, from a people who believe in reincarnation etc. When a mother keeps experiencing still births, they believe it's the same child who keeps coming but refuses to stay. Therefore the child is called "Ko san bra", meaning "goes and comes back". Well, I didn't feel I was one. I didn't feel any connection to my sister named Frances who died, so I didn't understand why my father named me Frances.
Besides, I hated the name.
First of all, in my little town, no one had heard of a Frances except for when we learned about St. Francis of Assisi at school, a man dubbed 'Brother Francis'. It didn't matter about the difference in the feminine spelling; I endured the name Brother Frances. In Ghana, there's no worse insult than for a girl to be referred to as a male or vice versa.
Luckily, I discovered Francesca in a story book and began using it. Still I hated it, even after I discovered Frances belonged to someone my father had loved very much in the past. In fact, after college, I dropped Francesca all together though it remained on my official documents like an ugly birth mark.
But in 1999, Papa died and suddenly, I wanted to cling to everything that was him. When I became a US citizen in 2003, I had the opportunity to change my name, but I couldn't do it. Bisi became my middle name. Although that's what everyone calls me now, Frances remains on my papers. And in my heart.
So there you have it, a Frances who made her peace with her father and stumbled onto your site. Is it karma? :)
Wishing you much success!
Bisi/Frances/Francesca :)
www.bisiadjapon.wordpress.com
Just to point out a thought but someone might lie to get a free signed book. Anyways I hope you find an honest Frances. :)
Just to clarify, I'm NOT in the contest. Feel free to give the book to someone, and also check with Bill who is currently submitting my memoir :)
@Anon I think that if someone wanted Jessica's book so bad that they would lie for it, then they deserve it! Any writer should be thrilled to have fans willing to go to those lengths.
Was a winner ever chosen?
Hey all! Nope, I didn't choose a winner for this because not one Frances actually posted! Only friends of people named Frances. Sorry! Frances herself must post!
Still Desperately seeking Frances!
Hey!
I'm Frances, born and bred. My family and some friends affectionately call me Franny. I live in the UK and work in a school library.
I stumbled upon this site by accident. Karma?
Frances x
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