Jennifer Estep » My Writing http://www.jenniferestep.com Personal Site of Author Jennifer Estep Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Strengths and weaknesses … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2011/02/strengths-and-weaknesses/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2011/02/strengths-and-weaknesses/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:00:42 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2701 I’ve been working on a handout for a workshop that I give on how to create unique paranormal characters. One of the things that I mention in the handout is knowing your strengths as a writer. It really can save …

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2011/02/strengths-and-weaknesses/feed/ 19 Excerpts update … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2011/02/excerpts-update/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2011/02/excerpts-update/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:00:27 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2673 Okay, I think I’m pretty much done with the latest round of website updates. Huzzah!

One of the things I’ve done is post the first chapter for Spider’s Revenge, the fifth book in the Elemental Assassin series that’s coming …

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2011/02/excerpts-update/feed/ 8 Touch of Frost Excerpts … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2011/01/touch-of-frost-excerpts/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2011/01/touch-of-frost-excerpts/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:00:55 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2546 I’ve actually had some free time lately, so I’ve (slowly) been going through and updating the website. One of the things I’ve done is post the first two chapters of Touch of Frost on the Excerpts page. Click here to …

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2011/01/touch-of-frost-excerpts/feed/ 21 Venom short stories and more online … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/08/venom-short-stories-online/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/08/venom-short-stories-online/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:00:24 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=2091 For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been doing a series of free short stories to go along with my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy books. I love playing in my own little sandbox, so to speak, and I thought …

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/08/venom-short-stories-online/feed/ 8 More free Elemental Assassin short stories … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/04/more-free-elemental-assassin-short-stories/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/04/more-free-elemental-assassin-short-stories/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:35:13 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=1696 The release date on Web of Lies is drawing ever closer — May 25. To whet readers’ appetites, I’ve written a couple of free Elemental Assassin short stories — Web of Death and Web of Deceit.

Web of Death takes …

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/04/more-free-elemental-assassin-short-stories/feed/ 5 Dear Author giveaway and more … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/01/dear-author-giveaway/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/01/dear-author-giveaway/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:05:26 +0000 Jennifer http://www.jenniferestep.com/?p=1395 Spider's Bite finalJane Litte and the rest of the folks over at Dear Author have been nice enough to feature Spider’s Bargain, a free prequel short story to Spider’s Bite, on their site.

They are also hosting a 10-book giveaway (5 …

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2010/01/dear-author-giveaway/feed/ 0 ‘Tis done … for now … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/03/tis-done-for-now-7/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/03/tis-done-for-now-7/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:40:40 +0000 John http://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=710 So I’ve finished my first draft of my young-adult fantasy, Quiver. Word count: 62,241. If I was writing one of the Elemental Assassin books, I’d need about 30,000 more words. But I think 62K is a good start for …

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/03/tis-done-for-now-7/feed/ 7 And the title is … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/03/and-the-title-is/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/03/and-the-title-is/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:32:40 +0000 John http://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=699 Spider’s Bite: An Elemental Assassin Book.

Pretty cool, huh? At this point, we’re thinking all the titles will have the word Spider’s in them. Spider’s Web is another title my agent, editor, and I all like – it will probably …

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/03/and-the-title-is/feed/ 5 Quiver samples … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/01/quiver-samples/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/01/quiver-samples/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:47:54 +0000 John http://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=668 To give you guys an idea of what I’m talking about, here are the opening paragraphs for both the new and old versions of Quiver. (A caveat: The formatting is probably going to be wonky. For some reason, WordPress doesn’t …

]]> http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/01/quiver-samples/feed/ 5 Timeline of a book … http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/01/timeline-of-a-book/ http://www.jenniferestep.com/2009/01/timeline-of-a-book/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:51:35 +0000 John http://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=597 So there’s a little more than a year to go to the February 2010 release of the first Assassin book (the wait is killing me too!). A lot of people wonder why it takes soooo loooong for books to be …

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