And the winner is....

...Mat Matazzoni with "Calamity Cream"!!!
Yeah, Mat! As the winner of the Name the Cupcake
Contest, Mat and his cupcake will be written into
BUTTERCREAM BUMP OFF to be published
in January 2011 and I'll be sending him a signed

copy hot off the presses. Thanks to everyone who
particpated. The response was overwhelming.
We almost had to upgrade to a larger sized drawing
bucket to put all the entrants in! It was a hoot to read
all of the entries. Truly, I enjoyed every one!

And now....it's OUT!!! Yippee, hot dog, make that Yippee, Cupcake!

SPRINKLE WITH MURDER is officially out and I couldn't be

more excited.

To celebrate, I am taking a day off from posting recipes to announce a

new contest! Our March Contest is in celebration of cupcakes.

Shocker, I know! If you would like to win a prize of cupcakes

from Crumbs Bake Shop, all you have to do is send us an

email or a comment with your idea of the wackiest cupcake
ingredients you can think of: broccoli-bacon, licorice-pretzel,
you name it! Now go out and have a cupcake and celebrate with me!!!

Wahooo!
Jenn

Jenn McKinlay -- SPRINKLE WITH MURDER -- March 2010
aka Lucy Lawrence -- CUT TO THE CORPSE -- April 2010
-- STUCK ON MURDER -- Sept 2009

Name the Cupcake Contest!

Another release from the Mystery Lover's Kitchen:
Krista's The Diva Paints the Town
is OUT!!! Woo hoo. I can't wait to read it.

And now:

Liar, liar pants on fire!

So, here's what I said to earn my portion

of our Creative Writer Blog Award from Lesa:

1. My genealogy has been traced back to the 1400's
and I had relatives that came over on the Mayflower.

False! Hub made that one up -- pretty good, yes?

2. At six feet tall, I played basketball all through school

and was recruited by several Universities but blew my

knee out in my senior year.

False! I'm six feet tall but a terrible ballplayer, although I love

the game I'm not very good at it.

3. My favorite mode of transportation is my Sector 9

mini-longboard (a skateboard).

True! The dudes and I take our boards out almost

every day. I am happiest when I am sidewalk surfing.

And now we roll into Shameless Self-Promotion!

I am taking a week off from posting recipes to

announce a contest to promote the release

of SPRINKLE WITH MURDER on March 2!

NAME THE CUPCAKE CONTEST!

Love cupcakes? Love mysteries?

Then enter your suggestion for the

name of a fictional cupcake

and have your name and your cupcake

written into the mystery novel

BUTTERCREAM BUMP OFF! (The

sequel to SPRINKLE WITH MURDER).

Simply send me proof of your pre-order of

SPRINKLE WITH MURDER

along with your name and your cupcake

name to jennmck@yahoo.com

LET’S GET THE PARTY STARTED!!!

CONTEST DATES: Feb 1 – Mar 2, 2010

(The winner will be drawn on March 2)

Have fun and good luck!!!

www.jennmckinlay.com

For a little eye candy, here's a
pic of some mouse cupcakes
I made for a birthday party.
Cute, yes?