![]() I struggled with the dream sequences in Another One Bites the Dust. How about a scene that gave you some trouble? They’ll tell me that the books make them laugh out loud, but will rarely say why. So I thought, Hey, why not put a Middle Eastern spin on this puppy and see if it’s as funny on paper as it sounds in my head? I’m not sure how readers are reacting. Since I live in the Midwest, I’m always hearing the farm boys laughing about taking one of their buddies cow-tipping. I love the camel-tipping scene in Biting the Bullet. Tell us about one of your favorite scenes in any Jaz Parks novel. This way, readers could almost immediately grab the first three in the series and hopefully figure out, sooner rather than later, that this Rardin chick had a way with words. New, unknown writers like me have a tough time selling books when they only come out on an annual basis. However, we didn’t tackle such a big project without good reason. My next books will be written on a much saner, nine-month timeline. Yeah, so lots of evenings and weekends, a very intense workload I have only now, with the completion of book five of the series, been able to drop. Because I only had the first book, Once Bitten, Twice Shy, finished when my agent sold it and two more as yet untitled (and unplotted!) novels to my editor at Orbit. If there is such a thing as reincarnation, I probably worshiped Ra at some point along my journey.īut with the deadlines imposed on me by the publishing schedule you mentioned, I spent plenty of days inside looking out, wishing I could go play when instead I had to work. Har! I often think what a lousy vampire I’d make with my passion for open spaces ( shut me in a casket for the day, are you nuts?) and my love of sunlight. So, how does a novelist go about having her first three novels published every two months? Did you have all three books written when you sold the first one? Or are you undead, allowing you to write around the clock? Then they’d probably suck out your soul and pronounce it claw-lickin’ good because, you know, they’re usually raging maniacs with scary supah powers. Which, of course, involve killing nasty, power-hungry creatures who’d just as soon bite your head off as look at you. The books follow legendary CIA assassins, Vayl the vampire and his assistant Jaz, as they move through their missions. ![]() Tell us a little bit about the Jaz Parks series. Longtime readers of this blog knows that I don't read vampire novels, but I plan on making an exception for this one because it sounds like so much fun. The fourth novel in the Jaz Parks series, Bitten to Death, comes out in August. Since then, Orbit Books has released two other novels on a two-month schedule. ![]() Jennifer burst onto the urban fantasy scene last October with the release of her debut, Once Bitten, Twice Shy. Jennifer Rardin is the author of the Jaz Parks series, and she made this interview really fun.
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