On Writing

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    Just a reminder …

    So Web of Lies comes out on May 25, and I’ll be doing another blog tour. Things will be quiet here on the blog for the next three weeks or so, but I’ll be posting here and on Facebook and Twitter where the post of the day will be (scroll down and click on the sidebar to get the links to those pages).

    Be sure to check out the posts, since lots of them have giveaways with them. Happy reading! 😉

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    Web of Lies blog tour …

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    Web of Lies comes out on May 25 (less than three weeks now!), so that means that it’s time for me to do another blog tour. Here are some of the places that I’ll be guest blogging at. Lots of these posts will have giveaways with them, and I’ve broken them up by weeks:

    May 17: Fresh Fiction
    May 21: The Book Smugglers

    May 24: Babbling About Books and More
    May 25: Bitten by Books release party and giveaway
    May 26: Smexy Books
    May 27: Magical Musings
    May 28: True Romance Blog

    May 31: Vampire Wire
    June 1: SciFi Guy
    June 2: Sara’s Urban Fantasy Blog
    June 3: Literary Escapism
    June 4: All Things Urban Fantasy

    June 7:     Affaire De Coeur

    I’m sure that I’ll add a few more blogs as well, and I’ll post a reminder here each day about where I’ll be blogging. Happy reading and commenting! 😉

  • Why I write …

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    I get a lot of e-mails from writers’ groups, readers, bookstores, and everyone in between. It’s all part of the author gig. Most of the e-mails are positive, and the response to Spider’s Bite has been wonderful — everything I’d hoped it would be. But one recent e-mail has stood out from the rest, so I thought that I would share part of it here on the blog today.

    Hello, Jennifer. I am writing to tell you how much I am enjoying reading your book, Hot Mama. I recently went through a very traumatic experience in my life and I’ve forgotten what it’s like to laugh. Your book has made me laugh. I am so happy that I picked it up to read … I love the character of Fiona. I will never be able to explain to you how much your book has made me laugh and smile — two things I haven’t been able to do in a long time. I wish you nothing but success in the future.

    This, ladies and gentlemen, is why I write.

    I’ve never claimed to be writing the next Great American Novel, and I don’t want to. My goal is simple — to entertain folks. To take them away to another world and make them smile, laugh, and cheer for the good guys, if only for a few hours. Books are an escape for so many people, a way for them to forget their troubles for a little while.

    I’m so glad that I was able to brighten this person’s day. It really does make all the long, lonely hours sitting in front of my computer worthwhile.