And I didn’t think the sound cutting out at the end was a mistake — I thought it was an artistic decision or something *g* (Learn from us authors, Jane … when something goes wrong, just say, “Artistic Decision!”)

Whenever you do get the book, I hope you enjoy it! :-)

The video and song are just too cool. You guys really did a great job. Kudos again!

*is in China and cannot have*

AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH.

Ms. Estep, this premise looks fantastic and I’m requesting it in my next care package.

The video is priceless!

I try to make all my books fun, because that’s what I like to read. Some books and TV shows and movies take themselves waaay too seriously. I like serious shows just fine, but sometimes, you just want something light and fun and zany.

Hope you enjoy Karma Girl! :-)

If you thought Carmen was a little too whiny, you should like Hot Mama a lot more. Fiera does not whine -’ ever. She's just so confident and sassy. Then again, she's a tall, blond Barbie doll who can benchpress cars and set things on fire with her bare hands … she has plenty of reasons to be confident.

This sounds like a lot of fun too! I think I am now hooked into buying this book and the next one! LOL! or maybe that should be KAPOW!

That’s the only real limitation with first person. You don’t get into other characters’ heads quite as much. But I can be so snappy and do so many asides in first person, it’s the style that works for me. And plus, I wanted to focus on the women (unlike many comics, where they’re the second-string characters.)

If you thought Carmen was a little too whiny, you should like Hot Mama a lot more. Fiera does not whine — ever. She’s just so confident and sassy. Then again, she’s a tall, blond Barbie doll who can benchpress cars and set things on fire with her bare hands … she has plenty of reasons to be confident. She was a lot of fun to write.

Also, the video is hosted at Youtube so you can just stick the embed code on your blog/website for it to run.

I think my biggest problem with the book were that the female characters were more interesting than the male characters. There was never any background information as to what made them tick, really. I’m interested in reading Fiera’s story in Hot Mama, though.

And Carmen is an equal opportunist — she exposes the heroes and villains, usually at the same time. The one time she doesn’t, well, let’s just say it gets her into trouble.

Also, about the heroes’ and villains’ identities being easy to figure out … I did that on purpose. (I mean it’s painfully obvious that Clark Kent is really Superman, but somehow, Lois Lane, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, just can’t figure it out).

The whole book is really a loving, wink-wink-nudge-nudge spoof, sort of like the old Batman show with Adam West.

This book looks really cute. Jayne brought up the question I was wondering about, i.e. why would people want the superheroes outed? But it also looks like a fun change of pace, so I’ll be trying soon.

How can I post the video on my Web site? Do you guys allow that? I’d give y’all proper credit and everything.

As to the identities of two of the villains, they are not unmasked in Karma Girl. They are referenced in the sequel, Hot Mama, and may appear again in future books. But for right now, they’ve crawled off to a dark hole to lick their wounds. But villains have a funny way of making a comeback in comic books, even if they’ve been shot, stabbed, electrocuted, and sucked into a black hole — all at the same time.

Fun was definitely what I was going for, with some campy thrown in for flavor. ;-)

ROFL

I must buy this book. Like, now. Thanks for making me laugh!