• Another bit of shameless self-promotion …

    In case you haven’t looked at my Appearances page in a while, here are the varios blogs and book signings I’ll be doing in April and May to promote Karma Girl. Hope to see you there! :cool: 

    April

    n April 28: I’ll be doing a guest blog about surviving the editing process at Magical Musings and my regular column over at Romancing the Blog.

    May

    n May 5: I’ll be appearing from 10 a.m.-noon at the Thomas Memorial Branch Library in Bluff City, Tenn.

    Then, I’ll be signing books from 1-3 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Johnson City, Tenn.

    And finally, from 4-6 p.m., I’ll be at Mountain Empire Comics in Bristol, Tenn. signing books as part of Free Comics Day.

    n May 8: I’ll be doing a reading and signing books from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Madagascar Coffee Co. in Kingsport, Tenn.

    n May 12: I’ll be signing books from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at B Dalton Booksellers in Bristol, Va.

    I’ll be signing books from 4-6 p.m. at Books-A-Million in Johnson City, Tenn.

    n May 26: I’ll be signing books from 1-3 p.m. at Waldenbooks in Kingsport, Tenn.

    n May 27: I’ll be signing books from 2-4 p.m. at Carpe Librum bookstore in Knoxville, Tenn.

    Whew! I’m exhausted just thinking about all these … 😀

  • A conference to remember …

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    I attended the Mountain Laurel Conference, hosted by the Smoky Mountain Romance Writers, in Knoxville last weekend. There were prize giveaways, free goodies, great books, great food, and several workshops (including one on media issues given by yours truly).

    And I had a blast.

    About 45 people attended the conference, which I thought was a great number. Unlike the mad crush of the annual RWA conference, you could actually talk to everyone you wanted to meet, including folks like Sherrilyn Kenyon, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Sabrina Jeffries, Jade Lee, Elizabeth Hoyt, and Jenna Peterson. All of whom were absolutely funny and charming and witty.

    Sabrina’s talk Friday night about rejections was laugh-out-loud funny. Vicki wore bunny ears for a large part of the day on Saturday. I talked to Sherrilyn about hair-care products and found out that Jenna uses kick-ass James Bond titles for her Avon books. Well, you get the idea …

    It was also great meeting everyone from the SMRW loop in person and finally putting names with faces. You ladies did a terrific job with the conference. Kudos to you all! I know it was a ton of work, but I hope you’ll have one again next year. I’ll totally be there. 😎

    Stupid me forgot to take my camera, so I don’t have any pictures to share. Bummer. It was also a bit of a bummer that I didn’t have any books yet since Karma Girl doesn’t officially come out until May 1, or three weeks from Tuesday. (Not that I’m counting down or anything …)

    But a good time was definitely had by all. 🙂

    What about you? What conferences have you gone to this year? Or are looking forward to? What’s the best/worst thing about conferences? Inquiring minds want to know …

  • Another rave review …

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    karma-girl-cover.jpgKarma Girl has gotten another awesome review, this time from Fresh Fiction. Here’s what the reviewer, Paula Myers, had to say:

    KARMA GIRL, by new author Jennifer Estep, is a laugh- out-loud roller coaster ride of pure escapist entertainment! Readers are drawn into an amazing world of good and evil and heroes and villains with over-the-top settings and characters. Ms. Estep has painstakingly created a comic book world and populated it with a collection of creatively believable people entwined in a basic battle of good vs. evil, with some romance thrown in on the side.

    When I started reading this story, I had no idea what to expect. And when I read the words “spandex” and “superheroes” in the same paragraph, I was concerned about getting through the next 300+ pages. Well, I was up until 3 a.m. (not good on a school night!) because I couldn’t put this book down! Ms. Estep has a gift for storytelling and showcases it beautifully in what I hope is the first of many adventures of Karma Girl and the Fearless Five. This one is going on my keeper shelf!

    Wow! I’m going on her keeper shelf! Yeah!

  • Off to guest blog …

    Tehcnically, this happened yseterday, but I did a guest blog for Louise Ahearn’s site, Boom! Explosive PR Solutions for Authors, where I talk about what some authors dread the most — being interviewed by a journalist. 

    I recently took Louise’s PR Bootcamp class through Author MBA, and I would highly recommend it. She really makes you work hard and think about branding, themes in your writing, and how you can make the most of them. 

    Enjoy the blog! 🙂