Elemental Assassin series

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    The next few weeks …

    With Spider’s Bite coming out on Jan. 26 (9 days to go!), I’ll be doing a ton of guest blogs and interviews over the next few weeks. So instead of try to blog here and other places, I’m just going to link to my blog of the day here.

    I’ve got several interviews lined up, and I’m blogging about everything from how we came up with the titles for the Elemental Assassin books to what it was like to switch genres to how I made Gin Blanco an assassin and still a likable character at the same time. There’s some good stuff that will be out there, so I hope everyone clicks on the links and checks out the guest blogs.

    And yes, several of the blogs will have book giveaways with them. 😉

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    The slow sands of time …

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    January 2010 has quite possibly been the slowest month of my life. Seriously, it seems like the days are oozing by slower than molasses dripping down a snowbank. Of course, this is all because I’m dying for Jan. 26 to get here and for Spider’s Bite to finally be released.

    Not that I don’t have plenty of work to keep me busy in the meantime. I printed a bunch of flyers for Web of Lies last night, and I’ve been slowly chugging along on the second draft of Elemental Assassin 5. Still, I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas. Thirteen more days until the torture ends. Sigh …

  • A deadly web …

    So in unveiling the cover for Web of Lies last week, I neglected to, you know, post what the book is actually about. Duh, Jen! Anyway, here’s the back cover copy (which will probably get tweaked a little bit:

    Web of Lies 1-6-10 smallCuriosity is definitely going to get me dead one of these days. Probably real soon.

    I’m Gin Blanco. You might know me as the Spider, the most feared assassin in the South. I’m retired now, but trouble still has a way of finding me. Like the other day when two punks tried to rob my popular barbecue joint, the Pork Pit. Then there was the barrage of gunfire on the restaurant. Only, for once, those kill shots weren’t aimed at me. They were meant for Violet Fox. Ever since I agreed to help Violet and her grandfather protect their property from an evil coal-mining tycoon. I’m beginning to wonder if I’m really retired.

    So is Detective Donovan Caine. The only honest cop in Ashland is having a hard time reconciling his attraction to me with his Boy Scount mentality. And I can barely keep my hands of fhis sexy body. What can I say? I’m a Stone elemental — with a little Ice magic thrown in — but my heart isn’t made of solid rock. Luckily, Gin Blanco always gets her man … dead or alive.

    Yep, in Web of Lies, Gin takes on an evil coal-mining dwarf (who also happens to be a Stone elemental just like she is). I’m really happy with how this book turned out. In some ways, I think that it’s even better than Spider’s Bite. But anyway, now you all know what it’s about! 😉

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    Blogs, blogs, blogs …

    Since Spider’s Bite is coming out Jan. 26, I’ll be doing a lot of guest blogs/interviews over the next few weeks. Here’s a list of what I have lined up so far. And if anyone wants me to drop by their site, just send me an e-mail. I’m always up for doing guest blogs/interviews when time and my schedule allow:

    Jan. 15: Tote Bags ‘n’ Blogs

    Jan. 21: Literary Escapism

    Jan. 24: All Things Urban Fantasy

    Jan. 25: Dark Faerie Tales

    Jan. 26: Smexy Books

    Jan. 27: ParkAve Princess

    Jan. 28: Magical Musings

    Feb. 2: The Romance Dish

    Feb. 3: SciFi Chick

    Feb. 4: Pop Syndicate

    Feb. 15: Tote Bags ‘n’ Blogs

    Feb. 15-16: Book Talk with J&J

    And these too: I’ll be over at Vampire Wire, Debuts & Reviews, and Fantasy Dreamer’s Ramblings, but I don’t have firm dates for these yet.

    I’ll post reminders here and on my Facebook page about where I’ll be guest blogging over the next few weeks. Also, a lot of these posts will have giveaways with them.

    Also, I’m scheduled to sign copies of Spider’s Bite starting at 1 p.m. on Jan. 23 at Mountain Empire Comics in Bristol, Tenn. Several other authors/comic book artists are supposed to sign their books/comic books that day too. I’ll keep you posted. Let’s just hope there’s no snowy weather that day! 😉

  • Another gorgeous cover …

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    Web of Lies 1-6-10 smallWell, the good news just keeps on coming here in the land of Estep. Guess what my editor sent me yesterday? Cover art for Web of Lies, which I am happy to share with you here.

    So shiny! So pretty! So very Gin! 😉

    This is not the final cover, although I don’t think that it will change too much from what you see here.

    Once again, kudos go out to the awesome Tony Mauro, who’s the artist (he also did the fantastic cover for Spider’s Bite). I didn’t think I could have a better book cover than the one for Spider’s Bite, but luckily, I think that Web of Lies is just as cool!

    Also, in other news, Web of Lies is now up for preorder at Amazon. So go forth and click and pay, if you so desire.

    Once I get the final-final cover, I’ll get some bookmarks made, design some info flyers, etc. I’ll keep you posted on when those will be available, especially the bookmarks. But for now, I’m just going to bask in the awesome that is this cover. So shiny! So pretty! So very Gin!