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    Kiss of Frost blog tour …

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    Just a quick note to let everyone know that the blog tour for Kiss of Frost, the second book in my Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series, will kick off on Monday, Nov. 21. The blog tour will run through about Dec. 9 or so. Kiss of Frost will be out on Nov. 29.

    I’ll be linking to the guest blogs here, as well as on my Facebook and Twitter pages. There will be giveaways of the book, and I’ll be doing some Q&As, talking about the characters, and more. Hope everyone enjoys the latest blog tour.

  • By a Thread bookmarks …

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    Well, I finally have bookmarks available for By a Thread, the sixth book in my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. The front of the bookmarks is shown here. I really like the colors of this one. I think the blue and the green look cool together.

    As always, the bookmarks are available to readers, libraries, bookstores, and anyone else who wants them. To get the bookmarks, I ask that folks send me a self-addressed stamped envelope with two stamps on it (88 cents currently). I ask that folks who are overseas to put $2 worth of U.S. stamps on your return envelope or to include that much in international postage coupons with your return envelope. This helps me cover postage costs.

    Also, be sure your return envelope is big enough to hold the bookmarks, which are 2 by 8 inches. In addition to By a Thread, I also have bookmarks left for the other books in the Elemental Assassin series and the books in my Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series. If you want more information on how to get the bookmarks, e-mail me.

    Also, here’s a description of By a Thread.

    Note: The description has a few mild spoilers, so if you haven’t read Spider’s Revenge yet, you may want to skip reading this.

    I never thought I’d need a vacation from being an assassin …

    My name is Gin Blanco, and I’m the assassin the Spider. All the Ashland’s lowlifes are gunning for me and trying to make a name for themselves by taking out the Spider. So I think it’s a good idea to get out of Ashland for a while until things cool down.

    So I’m headed south to a swanky beach town, along with my baby sister, Bria, for a weekend of fun in the sun. But when an old friend of Bria’s is threatened by a powerful vampire with deadly elemental magic, it looks like I’ll have to dig my silverstone knives out of my suitcase after all. But this time, not even my own Ice and Stone power may be enough to save me from coming home in a pine box …

    By a Thread is up for preorder at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The book will be released on Feb. 28, 2012.

  • Thank you, veterans …

    I just want to take a moment and say thanks to all the veterans out there and everyone currently serving in the military. Your hard work and sacrifices are the reason we have the freedoms today that we do. Thank you for that and so much more.

  • E-reader, here I come …

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    Well, I have finally decided to break down and get an e-reader. Hello, twenty-first century. Jennifer is finally here. LOL.

    I know, I know, I’m a little late to the party since e-readers have exploded in popularity in the last few years. But hey, better late than never, right? Plus, I think it’s kind of ironic that I’ve done some e-publishing with the Bigtime series, and I don’t actually have an e-reader myself. So I have decided to treat myself to an e-reader for Christmas.

    Why? Well, for a couple of reasons. Mainly because it seems like there are more and more e-books and e-stories that I want to read, especially when it comes to prequels, 99-cent stories, and things like that authors are doing to tie-in with their books. I have e-book reading apps on my computer, but I never actually sit and read on the computer because it’s just not as comfortable as curling up on the couch with a book. And hopefully, this will also help eliminate some of the books and clutter from my house.

    Don’t get me wrong. I’m probably always going to like paper books better, especially when it comes to actually going to a bookstore/library and browsing through all the titles. Nothing’s ever going to replace that for me. But the convenience and portability of an e-reader has a lot of appeal to me.

    Right now, I’m leaning toward getting a Kindle Fire, just because I want something that will let me read e-books and surf the web. That’s really all I plan on using it for. No apps, no games, nothing like that simply because I never seem to have time for stuff like that. Plus, with the $199 price I don’t feel like that’s too much for me to invest in case I don’t like it. Although I am going to look at the reviews for the Fire over the next few weeks before making a final decision.

    I’m also considering the NOOK Tablet, but at $249, it is a little more than the Fire. I also wonder if I order the Fire whether or not I will get it in time for Christmas, since it looks like they are filling orders on a first-come, first-serve basis, but that’s not a big deal to me.

    What about you guys? If you have an e-reader, what kind do you have? What do you like/not like about it? If you don’t have an e-reader, are you planning to get one?