• And the title is …

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    Well, we’ve finally decided on a title for Elemental Assassin #4. It is … drumroll please … Tangled Threads.

    I think it’s pretty cool and fits in well with the other titles in the series — Spider’s Bite, Web of Lies, and Venom. Right now, Tangled Threads will be published in May 2011, although that it still subject to change. I’ll keep you posted when I get a firm release date.

    I’m just glad that we have the title nailed down. Now, to think about the one for Elemental Assassin #5 …

    And here’s a rough description of Tangled Threads, just to whet your appetite for more. 😉

    An assassin has come to Ashland to murder me. The irony is that I’m a killer myself – Gin Blanco, the renowned assassin known as the Spider. I’ve had a target on my back ever since I declared war on Mab Monroe, the ruthless head of the Ashland underworld. Mab wants me dead in the worst kind of way, which is why she’d hired Elektra LaFleur to come to town and exterminate me – and the other assassin just might be able to do it. LaFleur is just as ruthless as I am and has electrical elemental magic that’s the equal of my own Ice and Stone power.

    Complicating matters is the fact that Mab’s kidnapped an innocent young girl who’s a friend of a friend. Finding her is priority number one. Surviving is a close second, though. Good thing I’ve got sexy businessman Owen Grayson on my side, along with Detective Bria Coolidge. The only problem is that Bria doesn’t realize that I’m her long-lost big sister, Genevieve Snow. And what my baby sister doesn’t know just may get us both killed …

  • Fun with Legos …

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    While I was at the Romantic Times convention in Columbus, I went somewhere that I had never gone before — to a LEGO store. It was seriously cool, and I spent way too much money on Star Wars keychains for all my friends.

    In keeping with that theme, here’s something that Wheezley found on the Web the other day — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0z_TU4Gw5o.

    Star Wars and LEGOs — what could be better than that? Enjoy! 😉

    Note: The link is correct now.

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    Web of Lies blog tour …

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    Web of Lies comes out on May 25 (less than three weeks now!), so that means that it’s time for me to do another blog tour. Here are some of the places that I’ll be guest blogging at. Lots of these posts will have giveaways with them, and I’ve broken them up by weeks:

    May 17: Fresh Fiction
    May 21: The Book Smugglers

    May 24: Babbling About Books and More
    May 25: Bitten by Books release party and giveaway
    May 26: Smexy Books
    May 27: Magical Musings
    May 28: True Romance Blog

    May 31: Vampire Wire
    June 1: SciFi Guy
    June 2: Sara’s Urban Fantasy Blog
    June 3: Literary Escapism
    June 4: All Things Urban Fantasy

    June 7:     Affaire De Coeur

    I’m sure that I’ll add a few more blogs as well, and I’ll post a reminder here each day about where I’ll be blogging. Happy reading and commenting! 😉

  • Why I write …

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    I get a lot of e-mails from writers’ groups, readers, bookstores, and everyone in between. It’s all part of the author gig. Most of the e-mails are positive, and the response to Spider’s Bite has been wonderful — everything I’d hoped it would be. But one recent e-mail has stood out from the rest, so I thought that I would share part of it here on the blog today.

    Hello, Jennifer. I am writing to tell you how much I am enjoying reading your book, Hot Mama. I recently went through a very traumatic experience in my life and I’ve forgotten what it’s like to laugh. Your book has made me laugh. I am so happy that I picked it up to read … I love the character of Fiona. I will never be able to explain to you how much your book has made me laugh and smile — two things I haven’t been able to do in a long time. I wish you nothing but success in the future.

    This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I write.

    I’ve never claimed to be writing the next Great American Novel, and I don’t want to. My goal is simple — to entertain folks. To take them away to another world and make them smile, laugh, and cheer for the good guys, if only for a few hours. Books are an escape for so many people, a way for them to forget their troubles for a little while.

    I’m so glad that I was able to brighten this person’s day. It really does make all the long, lonely hours sitting in front of my computer worthwhile.