Year: 2007

  • Fiona Fine’s letter to the media to post …

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    hot_mama.jpgYou can also post the following letter and book cover to enter the Twelve Days of Bigtime contest.   

    Dear Civilians,

    It has come to my attention there is an ongoing debate about the greatest superhero of all time. Batman. Spider-Man. Wonder Woman, Wolverine. All of them have their fans and detractors, their champions and critics.

    Well, I’m here to put an end to this silly confusion once and for all. Because I’m fun, I’m fabulous, and I am the greatest superhero alive. Period.

    My name? Fiera. Protector of the innocent. Superhero du jour. And all-around fabulous individual.

    My powers, you ask? Superstrength, for one. And I’ve got a temper to match my fire-wielding abilities. I punch and flambe my way through the ubervillains and other evil doers who want to take over the city of Bigtime, New York.

    By night, I’m also a member of the Fearless Five, the greatest superhero team ever to roam the streets of Bigtime. Right now, we’re hot on the trail of Siren and Intelligal, who villains bent on taking over the city. Not on my watch, they won’t. Also making a pest of himself is Johnny Angel, who wants revenge on the ubervillains for killing his predecessor. Angel’s not a bad guy, but he should know better than to get in my way. No matter how sexy he is.

    In real life, I’m Fiona Fine, one of Bigtime’s premier fashion designers. I’m known for my bold choice of colors, fabrics, and patterns. My couture clothes, of course, are to die for.

    You can read more about my adventures and general fabulousness in the latest Bigtime book from Jennifer Estep, appropriately titled Hot Mama (Berkley Trade; Nov. 6, 2007; $14; ISBN-10: 0425217345; ISBN-13: 978-0425217344).

    Sweet girl, Jennifer. Although she could so use a fashion makeover. The girl is way too fond of cutesy T-shirts, and she doesn’t even own a pair of stilettos. Poor thing. She’s so misguided … 

    Warmly,

    Fiera aka Fiona Fine

    Member of the Fearless Five

    Protector of the innocent

    Superhero du jour

    As dictated to Jennifer Estep (who will never, ever wear a pair of stilettos)

  • The Hot Mama contest info to post …

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    hot_mama.jpgTo enter the Twelve Days of Bigtime contest, you can either post this info (including the cover) OR Fiona Fine’s letter to the media. The choice is yours. :wink:   

    She can melt steel – and men’s hearts …

    By day, Fiona Fine is a successful couture designer, catering to the high society players of Bigtime, New York. By night, she’s Fiera, a superstrong superhero who can create and manipulate fire with her bare hands. Fiera, along with the other members of the heroic Fearless Five, make life miserable for the ubervillains who want to take over the city.

    But Fiona’s personal life isn’t so fine. She still misses her fiancé, who was killed by ubervillains a year ago. But men admire Fiona’s smoking assets, and she decides to get back in the dating game – especially after she meets Johnny Bulluci. But this notorious playboy has plenty of secrets to go along with his sexy smile. And, with two new ubervillains in town who are intent on raising hell, Fiona’s love life might just crash and burn …

    Hot Mama Details

    n Release date: Nov. 6, 2007

    n Pages: 356

    n Price: $14

    n Format: Trade paperback

    n Publisher: Berkley Books

    n ISBN-10: 0425217345

    n ISBN-13: 978-0425217344

  • The Twelve Days of Bigtime prizes …

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    Speaking of prizes, here they are (these have changed slightly from my original post):

    Nov. 5 — Day 1: Autographed copy of Hot Mama

    Nov. 6 — Day 2: A $10 Amazon gift card

    Nov. 7 — Day 3: Autopgrahed copy of Hot Mama and a Hot Mama T-shirt

    Nov. 8 — Day 4: A $10 Amazon gift card

    Nov. 9 — Day 5: Autographed copies of Hot Mama and Karma Girl

    Nov. 10 — Day 6: A $10 Amazon gift card

    Nov. 11 — Day 7: Autographed copy of Karma Girl and a Karma Girl T-shirt

    Nov. 12 — Day 8: Autographed copy of Hot Mama, a Hot Mama T-shirt, and a Rubik’s Cube item

    Nov. 13 — Day 9: Autographed copy of Hot Mama, a Hot Mama T-shirt, and Wonder Woman and Batman PEZ dispensers with candy

    Nov. 14 — Day 10: A $20 Amazon gift card

    Nov. 15 — Day 11: Autographed copies of Hot Mama and Karma Girl, and Karma Girl and Hot Mama T-shirts

    Nov. 16 — Day 12: The grand prize. Autographed copies of Karma Girl and Hot Mama; Karma Girl and Hot Mama T-shirts; Wonder Woman and Batman PEZ dispensers with candy; a $50 Amazon gift card; a Rubik’s Cube item; and a partridge in a pear tree (okay, not really).

    All prizes also come with Karma Girl and Hot Mama bookmarks. Not too shabby, huh? So, what are you waiting for? Start posting! :wink:

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    Holy crap, Batman! I’m in Entertainment Weekly!

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    dscn0514.JPGSo, I’m relaxing on the couch tonight flipping through the latest copy of Entertainment Weekly. I’m up to the book section, and I’m looking at all the titles. I flip the page …

    And there it is.

    EW reviewed Hot Mama in this week’s issue. Oh. My. God! 

    Let me say it again. Oh. My. God! I’ve been a subscriber for years, and I’d always dreamed of getting one of my books reviewed in the magazine. But I’d never thought it actually happen. At least, not this soon. EW usually only does big-name, bigtime books (no pun intended). Some of the other authors in the issue include Kyle Mills, David Baldacci, the new Borat book, and Donald McCaig’s Rhett Butler’s People. To be included with them, well, it’s an honor and a thrill. Not to mention the fact I’m a huge pop culture fan. And to be in a magazine about pop culture … it’s just awesome!

    I know the picture is crappy, so here’s what the review says:

    Fashion designer by day and superhero by night, Fiona Fine uses her “brains, brawn and general bitchiness” — plus the ability to create fire at will — to fight evil in Bigtime, N.Y. But Fiona fears moonlighting as Fiera will ruin her budding relationship with Johnny Bulluci, a mysterious hunk who reminds Fiona of her murdered fiance. Estep’s tongue-in-cheek use of genre trappings and the abundance of supporting characters (like Halitosis Hal) are snappy and diverting. But her central plot about the “ubervillains” trying to “take over Bigtime, then the world” is disappointingly thin. B — Hannah Tucker

    And if appearing in the magazine wasn’t nice enough, they actually liked my book. Happy dance time! :ww: