Jennifer Estep's Blog, page 114

April 20, 2010

Why does epic fantasy have to be so epic …

I love epic fantasy books. Battles, magic, nasty villains, noble heroes. One of the best summers of my life was when I discovered this genre and devoured books by the likes of David Eddings, Terry Brooks, and Robert Jordan. Reading…

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Published on April 20, 2010 04:00

April 19, 2010

983 and counting …

Finished Split Image by Robert B. Parker. This is the latest book in Parker's series about small town police chief Jesse Stone.


In this one, Jesse is called out to investigate the murder of a foot soldier for…

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Published on April 19, 2010 04:00

April 16, 2010

Bye, bye, Dixie …

Being a Southern girl myself, I was very sad to hear that actress Dixie Carter passed away recently. I loved Carter on the TV show Designing Women, and I'd forgotten just how much until I stumbled over these tribute clips…

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Published on April 16, 2010 04:00

April 15, 2010

A touch of frost …

In addition to finishing the revisions on Elemental Assassin #4, I've also written a young adult book. I'm calling it A Touch of Frost, and it focuses on Gwen Frost, a Gypsy girl with the gift of psychometry — or…

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Published on April 15, 2010 04:00

April 14, 2010

Revised … for now …

So I've finally finished the revisions on Elemental Assassin #4 and shipped those off to my editor. If she likes them, the book will move on to the copy editor. I'm just glad that it's off my desk — for…

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Published on April 14, 2010 04:00

April 9, 2010

More free Elemental Assassin short stories …

The release date on Web of Lies is drawing ever closer — May 25. To whet readers' appetites, I've written a couple of free Elemental Assassin short stories — Web of Death and Web of Deceit.


Web of Death takes place…

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Published on April 09, 2010 18:35

April 8, 2010

An epic clash …

There have been a whole lot of remakes lately, and one of the latest is the new Clash of the Titans movie. It hasn't gotten fantastic reviews, but part of me still wants to see it.


Why? Because every time…

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Published on April 08, 2010 04:00

April 7, 2010

Another A-Team trailer …

Apparently, there's a new trailer out for The A-Team movie. Enjoy the action goodness! [image error]

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Published on April 07, 2010 04:00

April 6, 2010

Elemental Assassin #4 update …

In between snacking on chocolate bunnies over the Easter weekend, I also started working on the revisions for Elemental Assassin #4. My editor really enjoyed what I did with the book, so the revisions were fairly light.


There's no title yet…

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Published on April 06, 2010 04:00

April 5, 2010

982 and counting …

Finished McKettricks of Texas: Tate by Linda Lael Miller. This is the latest book in her contemporary western series about the McKettrick family.


In this one, the biggest regret of Tate McKettrick's life was losing Libby Remington after…

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Published on April 05, 2010 04:00