Comments on: Some early thoughts on Hot Mama … and books in general … https://www.jenniferestep.com/some-early-thoughts-on-hot-mama-and-books-in-general/ New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/some-early-thoughts-on-hot-mama-and-books-in-general/#comment-2574 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:53:08 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=275#comment-2574 Hi, Michelle. Romantic elements would be a good way to describe my books too.

Why does it seem like all the paranormal books are so dark and angsty? C’mon. Vampires get to live forever. You’d think some of them would be *happy* about that! 🙄

]]> By: Michelle https://www.jenniferestep.com/some-early-thoughts-on-hot-mama-and-books-in-general/#comment-2571 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:57:38 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=275#comment-2571 Jennifer, I heard from Edie how much she loved Hot Mama 🙂 . I don’t write romancy, either. Romantic elements is the best I can do. And I’m with you on the having enough of angst and tortured souls. I want entertainment when I read, not to feel like I just watched the world news.

]]> By: Jennifer Estep https://www.jenniferestep.com/some-early-thoughts-on-hot-mama-and-books-in-general/#comment-2552 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:59:14 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=275#comment-2552 Yeah! I hope you enjoy it even more than Karma Girl. :blos:

Thanks for the nice words — I appreciate them.

I suppose I’m just tired of all the dark, brooding books out there. If you’re not writing about tortured souls and people with tons of problems, it seems like you’re not taken seriously (i.e. your work doesn’t have merit).

I do try to layer in themes in the books. Thinking about the “big picture” so to speak helps me come up with the characters and stories. I chose a certain theme for Hot Mama too, but I’ll wait until you read it before I say anything. 😉

]]> By: Tia Nevitt https://www.jenniferestep.com/some-early-thoughts-on-hot-mama-and-books-in-general/#comment-2544 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:22:25 +0000 https://www.jenniferestep.com/blog/?p=275#comment-2544 Your publicist sent me a copy of Hot Mama and I can’t wait to get into it! I just got it today.

I’m not a huge romance reader, and I didn’t find Karma Girl romancy (love that word!) either. But as I stated several times in my posts on it, I did find some depth to it. I didn’t think it was all fluff. The book had a great deal to say about retribution and making amends. But it said it in such a way that one could not feel like one was sledgehammered with a “moral” to the story.

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