You know that major good news I teased you guys about earlier this week? Well, I’ve finally gotten the greenlight to announce that … drumroll please … the Assassin series has sold! Huzzah! 😎 My wonderful agent has brokered a three-book deal with Pocket (which is part of Simon & Schuster). The first book is tentatively titled Gin on the →

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In between reading and watching the Olympics this weekend, I actually got some book stuff done and finished my second draft of Assassin 2. And it’s a really good second draft. Much better than my normal craptastic second draft. Around 100,000 words, and it probably only needs some minor polishing and tweaking before I send it to my agent for her →

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So after the last post, Edie wanted to know the following about my Assassin books:  First, what does Gin use to get the food stains off her clothes? Second, will your assassin books be darker than your Bigtime books? Urban fantasy usually is dark, but “Southern noir” is an … er, unusual pairing, I’m wondering if it will be more of →

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As I was reading the Veronica Mars essay book, I started thinking about my own books, specifically the Assassin urban fantasy series that I’m working on right now. The Assassin book, titled Gin on the Rocks, is about Gin Blanco, an assassin who moonlights (daylights?) as a cook at a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit. When Gin is double-crossed during a →

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