Spider's Bite finalI know that I’m a day late with this, but … Happy release day to me! Spider’s Bite is finally avail­able. Huz­zah! Huz­zah! Huzzah!

Okay, I’ll quit typ­ing huz­zah now. ;-)

Seri­ously, though, release day is one of the best days in any author’s life because it’s the day that the rest of the world gets to read what you’ve worked so hard on for so very long. They might be  my words, but so many other things go into pub­lish­ing a book, from the cover art to mar­ket­ing and a dozen other things behind the scenes that read­ers never know about. It really is a team effort, and I just want to say thanks to my edi­tor and every­one at Pocket for all the awe­some work that they’ve done on the book. Kudos!

I was a lit­tle wor­ried about how read­ers would react, since Spider’s Bite is so much darker and grit­tier than my Big­time books. But I did a sign­ing this past week­end at a comic book store, and every per­son that I talked to was actu­ally excited about the book being a darker read. It seems that the dark, gritty stuff is really what peo­ple are into right now.

Also, the book has got­ten sev­eral great reviews at places like The Romance Dish, Smexy Books, Read­ing with Monie … (I know I’m leav­ing out a bunch of folks, but please for­give me. My brain is fried, and these are the ones that I was able to link to quickly). I just want to say thanks to every­one who took the time to read and review the book and to every­one who asked me to guest blog at their site. I really do appre­ci­ate your interest.

I’ve even got­ten a few e-mails from read­ers already. They’ve all been really pos­i­tive so far, which is awe­some. Any­way, I’m just happy that every­one can finally read about Gin Blanco and her adven­tures in the dark, gritty city of Ash­land. Happy read­ing! ;-)

Today’s post …

Is over at ParkAve Princess. Enjoy!

Today’s post …

Is over at Smexy Books. Check it out!

Today’s post …

Is over at Dark Faerie Tales. Enjoy!

A while back, David Wilk was nice enough to record a pod­cast inter­view with me talk­ing about Spider’s Bite, writ­ing, read­ing, and more. You can now check out the inter­view here.

Happy lis­ten­ing! ;-)