So, I was bored *always such an exciting way for one of my posts to begin* and came up with a bloody amazing competition with the help of a group of fantabulous m/m authors.
Guess Who’s Who
What’s it about?
You know how some authors use pictures as the inspiration for characters in their stories (also known as novel casting)? Well, I happen to have in my hot little virtual hands a few of these images and now it’s up to you to try and match these pics with the actual characters themselves.
I know who they are. The authors know who they are. But you have to guess.
Mwahahahahahaha!
How to play?
1. Match one pic with one character/book. The character images are all labeled by a number and the characters/books by a letter. Give your answers via comment or email along the lines of 1A, 2B, etc. Name me no names, pretty please.
If you haven’t read a book, click on the link to read the blurb and/or excerpt. This is a guessing game. You won’t be marked on your knowledge but you won’t win the prize if you fuck up. Promise.
2. You get one chance and one chance only. No changes can be made once you hit that submit/send button and you certainly can’t delete it and try again. I see all.
3. No hinting whatsoever in the comments or anywhere else. If you do, I will get seriously pissed and automatically disqualify you and delete your comments. You’ve been warned.
4. Guesses must be received by 12noon Saturday 22 May 2010 12noon Sunday 23 May (Perth, Western Australia time).
5. *sigh* No, participating m/m authors you can’t play and that’s that.
The Kitty:
S/he who gets the most matches correct wins seven ebooks generously donated by said group of fantabulous m/m authors, including Wren Boudreau, Stephani Hecht, Jambrea Jo Jones, Sean Kennedy, Jaime Samms, K Z Snow and Angelia Sparrow.
Guess Who’s Who
The Pics:
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9. 
10. 
10. 
The Characters:
Please note that one pic shows the two main characters, but only one of their names has been listed below. *hehehe*
B. Rave from Jambrea Jo Jones’ Retribution
C. Rat from Stephani Hecht’s Savage Awakenings
D. Nick from Angelia Sparrow’s Nikolai
E. Pablo Creed from K Z Snow’s Utopia-X series
F. Kain from Jambrea Jo Jones’ Retribution
G. Michael from Wren Boudreau’s Ice Cream on the Side
H. Win from K Z Snow’s Utopia-X series
I. Simon from Sean Kennedy’s Tigers and Devils
J. Ashton Perry from K Z Snow’s Jude in Chains
Remember that you must send me your guesses by 12noon Saturday 22 May 2010 12noon Sunday 23 May (Perth, Western Australia time).
Disclaimer: All images used for “inspirational” purposes. Any similarities to RL people are a coincidence unless they were intended and in that case feel free to sue the author in question. Thank you.
PS – I’m pretty sure that no RL people were harmed in the process of these novel castings. If they were that’s not my fault either. Mwah, Kris.
Kris + Books = Good. *Sometimes*. 
1 I
2 H
3 G
4 D
5 E
6 B
7 F
8 J
9 C
10 A
YAY! Thank you for playing, Mariana, Chris (that could've been funny) and vslavetopassionv. You're all on my good boys and girls list. *beams*
Actually, I notice that without intending to do so, I have one actual word, one personal pronoun, and one word that just needed a K to be real. 😀
Chris: You gonna tell us or what? 🙂
HEC(K) I JAB
with misc letters DFG. If I do a scramble, I can turn I into FIG, but that still leaves a spare D. Hmm.
It could be: JAB FIG, CHED!
Fig being one short for 'Yowzer. Not even a fig leaf would cover that!'
Ched being someone saying Chad with a weird accent.
Jab, I'm pretty sure speaks for itself.
OK. This will be completely guessing and I haven't read ANY of the books.
*SIGH* What I do for love! *sniff*
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. J
8.
9. I
10.
I'm sorry Kris – I tried, but I have absolutely no idea and the above two are complete guesses 😦
I suck…
1E
2G
3 H
4 F
5 D
6 I
7 A
8 B
9 J
10 C
1j
2a
3i
4b
5h
6c
7g
8d
9f
10e
Only cos it's you sweetie.
1 = B
2 = H
3 = E
4 = D
5 = C
6 = I
7 = G
8 = J
9 = A
10 = F
Happy now, my little rose bud?
Orannia, thank you for trying. You are such a sweetheart. 🙂
Thanks heaps to Ingrid and Miranda too!
Oh, and to Jen.
I guess.
😛
to you too.
Dearest Jen
How you make me delirious with joy whenever you grace one of my contests with your glorious presence.
I adore you and were you here before me I would be genuflecting.
No shit.
Smooches and snuggles forever,
Me xxx
Sarcasm.
You haz it.
Can I be excluded – because I dont know any of these people… ( are they TV, radio or music people)
And you dont want me to have to beg my kids to tell me who they are…
E.H>
*nods* One of many, and varied, gifts.
EH: How can I say no since you asked so nice. That would be mean of me when I'm trying so hard to be nice this week. To everyone, but Jen that is. Oh, and Sean, but he doesn't count.
I s'pose. *poutmope* You sure I can't talk you into taking a guess…
OK. I tried real hard. I'm still clueless. I hate to feel clueless. ugh. I do want to read all the books thou 🙂
here goes…
1/A
2/H
3/G
4/I
5/C
6/F
7/J
8/E
9/B
10/D
yay! I did it 🙂
Great contest. Really. Gotta go figure out how do make my own now…get to do my very first and have no friggin' clue how! How the hell do you guys come up with these great ideas? I really am impressed, this blog stuff's hard!
Amora: Awww. You really do love me! 🙂
“How the hell do you guys come up with these great ideas? I really am impressed, this blog stuff's hard!”
You may have noticed that my mind works in weird and wonderful ways. Things come to me in a vision… and when I'm bored. LOL.
You think of something, hun, and I'm there! *g*
I haven't read but a couple of those books. Too Hard.
Of course I do, I wasn't lying. You should know, I would NOT have done that for just anyone. But I like your brand of bitchy.
Your visions rock by the way. And I'll totally think of something, lol, just not quite this grand. Gotta do it this week…oh, the pressure!
Tracy: JUST FRIGGIN' DO IT!
*deep breath*
Amora, my dearest. *smooches and snuggles* It is true that my bitchiness and randomness are the stuff of epics. *grin*
Contact me if you need an idea-bouncer-off-er. I love getting to know stuff before others. Oh, and helping too. *beams*
All the replies make me curious about the correct answers coz nobody has the same combinations
Okay, in order to stay true to my word, I went out drinking last night instead of studying up on these characters 🙂
1 D
2 F
3 J
4 B
5 A
6 H
7 C
8 E
9 I
10 G
(Now I'm off to find some aspirin…)
Random – completely random – I will not be held accountable for my answers…unless by some freak chance I get them all correct. lol
A-1
B-4
C-6
D-5
E-8
F-9
G-3
H-2
I-7
J-10
Ingrid: It's very interesting… *zipping lips*
*adds Patti and Tracy to my good girls and boys list… despite the mention of hangovers*
The lovely Wren posted at Goodreads & has persuaded me to enter. I can happily cope without cookies. If there had been an embargo on chocolate, though …
1. J
2. H
3. G
4. B
5. D (background guy – is that allowed?)
6. I
7. A
8. E
9. F
10.C
OK, I found a copy that the dog didn't eat. LOL
Here goes…
1 – J
2 – H
3 – G
4 – B
5 – D
6 – A
7 – I
8 – E
9 – F
10 – C
Cookie time now? 🙂
Juniper: Chocolate was next to go. You're lucky. 🙂
Lily: Wow. How amazing. So the dog DIDN'T eat your homework after all. So, you were just messing with me. That's just plain mean, Lily. When I've been so nice to everyone with this contest and all. *poutmope*
1.d
2.j
3.a
4.c
5.e
6.i
7.h
8.b
9.f
10.g
there are my guesses.. i tried to do my research… i might have failed but i tried damnit.. how else must i show my love to you…
Wow I go away for a few days and come back to chaos…god woman you are good. Okay total shot in the dark here…but we have to save the chocolate.
1J
2H
3A
4B
5G
6I
7D
8F
9C
10A
I apologize to all the authors, because I'm sure I didn't do well.
1.J
2.C
3.E
4.D
5.B
6.G
7.I
8.H
9.F
10.A
Cecile: “… how else must i show my love to you…”
I'm convinced! Smooches and snuggles.
Teresa: “Wow I go away for a few days and come back to chaos…”
Geez, is it that obvious. 😛 Thanks for entering!
Oh, and I've put up a pre-competition post today: http://krisngoodbooks.blogspot.com/2010/05/guess-whos-who-pre-competition.html. There are freebies to be had, but you need to get in quick! It closes in a couple of hours.
Herlihy: LOL. Don't apologise. I've had a couple of chats offline about how we readers picture the characters differently to the way they do.
Half the fun of this comp is getting an insight into their heads. Well, not so much into KZ's. 😉
I am new to your site, found you for the first time through Sean Kennedy's blog and this game.
I have laughed and laughed and been a smidgey bit skared at your threats. I do now bow to the pressure, and the temptation of free books with the following guesses
1 F
2 A
3 G
4 D
5 E
6 I
7 J
8 B
9 H
10 C
Should I win today's contest I already Have Ice Cream On The Side, Tigers and Devils and Looking for Some Touch.
Great Contest idea.
Having only read one of these, I'll probably get most of them wrong, but here goes.
1-J
2-E
3-D
4-H
5-A
6-B
7-G
8-I
9-F
10-C
hdsmith: I'm sure you were laughing in joy because you were so thrilled to have discovered my awesomeness. Right? Well?? *taps foot*
Beth: Thanks heaps for playing! Since you've only read one book, why not go enter today's contest to try and win a freebie? You know you want to. 😉
I just thought I was rightly thrilled with joy by your awesomeness…then I just spent the last hour reading all your posts back to October of 09.
I am now truly overwhelmed by the Joyitude I have experienced at Your Awesomeness.
The F*cktard Publisher post about the Aussie copies of JD Robb books…I laughed till I cried literally, and I am pretty sure that I snorted at least three times.
Is there a petition / interview process for becoming a minion?
Thought I could live without cookies & stick to chocolate, but am in eye candy withdrawal. Now if you happen to have chocolate covered cookies?
Have you forgiven everyone enough yet to resume normal service?
Love my veri – 'porkus'
hdsmith: There's a waiting list and a lengthy application process where you have to prove how much you love me every day for a month.
I will add your name in anticipation of your agreement, especially given how much I rock.
Juniper: “Have you forgiven everyone enough yet to resume normal service?”
No yet, but I'm preparing cookies in all kinds flavours as we speak. 🙂
My blogger veri is even more potty mouthed than I am. I know. Who knew that was possible.
Frick a monkey with a chicken Guessing here: 1D, 2F,3B,4E,5C,6G,7I,8A,9H, AND 10J! Have read some of the books Jammy Jo being a fav of mine.
Here you go Wench SC:
A.6
B. 9
C. 3
D. 1
E. 8
F. 4
G. 5
H. 2
I. 7
J. 10
1 D
2 A
3 C
4 J
5 F
6 E
7 I
8 H
9 B
10 G
I would be surprised if I have one answer wrong 😉
Cinderella: “Frick a monkey with a chicken”
I'm so stealing that. I've no doubt it will become a fave saying of mine. Thanks!
Katiebabs chook: Geez, you're so very gracious. 😛
Janna: I'll cross my fingers for you. 😉