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Greetings and salutations! First of all, I want to say thanks to Tammie and the other folks at Night Owl Reviews for having me on the blog today. Thanks, guys!
Some of you might know me as the author of the Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series. The books focus on Gin Blanco, an assassin codenamed the Spider who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the fictional southern metropolis of Ashland. The city is also home to giants, dwarves, vampires, and elementals - Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone.
The first two books in the series are Spider’s Bite and Web of Lies. Venom, the third book, came out on Sept. 28. Tangled Threads, the fourth book, will be published in May 2011, while the fifth book (untitled) will be released in October 2011.
I’ve also sold a young adult urban fantasy series called Mythos Academy. The first book is called Touch of Frost and will be out in August 2011. The books focus on Gwen Frost, a Gypsy girl who has the gift of psychometry, or the ability to know an object’s history just by touching it. After a serious freak-out with her magic, Gwen finds herself shipped off to Mythos Academy, a school for the descendents of ancient warriors like Spartans, Valkyries, and more.
So today I thought that I would talk a little about the setting and the various magic users in my Elemental Assassin series for folks who haven’t read any of the books yet. Here goes:
Ashland: The books take place in the fictional city of Ashland, that’s located where Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina meet in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. Ashland is a dirty, violent, corrupt Southern city that’s divided into two sections - Northtown and Southtown.
Northtown is the expensive, high falutin’ part of town where the rich and powerful live, while Southtown is where the poor and down-on-their-luck live. Violence is common in both sections though. The only difference is the folks in Northtown will call you honey to your face before they stick a dagger in your back.
Elementals: There are four main types of elementals in my books - Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone. Being an elemental basically means that you can control your specific element any way you want to, from making fireballs with your bare hands, to creating ice sculptures, to sucking all the air out of a room and suffocating someone.
My heroine, Gin Blanco, has the rare gift of being able to control two elements - Ice and Stone in her case. Gin uses her dual elemental powers to do all sorts of things, like make her own skin as hard as marble so nothing can hurt her, or using her ice magic to make lock picks when she needs to get into a locked building or room.
Why did I decide to write about elementals? Well, there are so many vampire and werewolf books out there right now, I thought it would be fun to write about a different kind of magic user. Plus, I thought using the four elements could let me be creative and come up with some really cool powers for Gin as well as all the bad guys that she takes on in the books.
The first two books in the series are Spider’s Bite and Web of Lies. Venom, the third book, came out on Sept. 28. Tangled Threads, the fourth book, will be published in May 2011, while the fifth book (untitled) will be released in October 2011.I’ve also sold a young adult urban fantasy series called Mythos Academy. The first book is called Touch of Frost and will be out in August 2011. The books focus on Gwen Frost, a Gypsy girl who has the gift of psychometry, or the ability to know an object’s history just by touching it. After a serious freak-out with her magic, Gwen finds herself shipped off to Mythos Academy, a school for the descendents of ancient warriors like Spartans, Valkyries, and more.
So today I thought that I would talk a little about the setting and the various magic users in my Elemental Assassin series for folks who haven’t read any of the books yet. Here goes:Ashland: The books take place in the fictional city of Ashland, that’s located where Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina meet in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. Ashland is a dirty, violent, corrupt Southern city that’s divided into two sections - Northtown and Southtown.
Northtown is the expensive, high falutin’ part of town where the rich and powerful live, while Southtown is where the poor and down-on-their-luck live. Violence is common in both sections though. The only difference is the folks in Northtown will call you honey to your face before they stick a dagger in your back.
Elementals: There are four main types of elementals in my books - Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone. Being an elemental basically means that you can control your specific element any way you want to, from making fireballs with your bare hands, to creating ice sculptures, to sucking all the air out of a room and suffocating someone.
My heroine, Gin Blanco, has the rare gift of being able to control two elements - Ice and Stone in her case. Gin uses her dual elemental powers to do all sorts of things, like make her own skin as hard as marble so nothing can hurt her, or using her ice magic to make lock picks when she needs to get into a locked building or room.
Why did I decide to write about elementals? Well, there are so many vampire and werewolf books out there right now, I thought it would be fun to write about a different kind of magic user. Plus, I thought using the four elements could let me be creative and come up with some really cool powers for Gin as well as all the bad guys that she takes on in the books.
Dwarves: I also have dwarves in my books. Most of them are five feet tall or less with incredible strength. One of my favorite characters in the series is Sophia Deveraux, the dwarven cook at Gin’s restaurant, the Pork Pit. Sophia happens to be a Goth, and it’s a lot of fun for me to dream up the various T-shirts and other clothes that she wears.
Giants: In contrast to dwarves, there are also giants in my books. Most of them are around seven feet tall and have incredible strength. A lot of the giants hire themselves out as bodyguards to the rich and powerful in Ashland.
In Venom, the newest book in the Elemental Assassin series, Gin tangles with Elliot Slater, the city’s most dangerous and powerful giant - and wonders if she’s finally met her match.
Vampires: I have vampires in my books, but they’re not really the super-strong creatures that you see in other books. They drink blood, which gives them enhanced senses, above-average strength, and a few other perks.
Again, I just wanted to do a little something different in my books and put my own spin on vampires.
So there you have it. A little bit about the world and creatures in the Elemental Assassin books.
What about you guys? What are some of your favorite fantasy creatures and books?
visit us at http://www.nightowlromance.comGiants: In contrast to dwarves, there are also giants in my books. Most of them are around seven feet tall and have incredible strength. A lot of the giants hire themselves out as bodyguards to the rich and powerful in Ashland.
In Venom, the newest book in the Elemental Assassin series, Gin tangles with Elliot Slater, the city’s most dangerous and powerful giant - and wonders if she’s finally met her match.
Vampires: I have vampires in my books, but they’re not really the super-strong creatures that you see in other books. They drink blood, which gives them enhanced senses, above-average strength, and a few other perks.
Again, I just wanted to do a little something different in my books and put my own spin on vampires.
So there you have it. A little bit about the world and creatures in the Elemental Assassin books.
What about you guys? What are some of your favorite fantasy creatures and books?
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