A is for Anything....

I'm doing the blogfest and A is for anything....

As in anything you want....

Today I want Suzie Townsend to be my agent, so you'll see my pitch for Shelley Watter's contest below. (You can still sign up).

Pitch 1: Bridget & Laurent are fated, but she's charmed by the demon controlling the fire that will devour her love; a secret Laurent knows but won't tell.

Pitch 2: Bridget must rid herself of a charming demon in order to save her boy next door and rekindle their passion.

Pitch 3: If Bridget doesn't rid herself of a demon, the love of her life will be devoured by a mystical fire.

WoW

WoW is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

My WoW pick this week is Original Sin, the sequel to Personal Demons. You can find my review of Personal Demonshere, and the goodreads synopsis and cover for Original Sin are below.
"When secrets and old histories come to light, Frannie realizes that nobody is who she thought they were. Hell won’t give up and Heaven won’t give in. Some are willing to hurt anyone close to Frannie in order to get what they want. It will take everything she has and then some to stay out of Hell's grasp."

And not everyone will get out of it alive.

Personal Demons

Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a bit of a wicked streak. She has spent years keeping everyone at a distance—-even her closest friends—-and it seems as if her senior year is going to be more of the same . . . until Luc Cain enrolls in her class. No one knows where he came from, but Frannie can’t seem to stay away from him.

What she doesn’t know is that Luc is on a mission. He’s been sent from Hell itself to claim Frannie’s soul. It should be easy—-all he has to do is get her to sin, and Luc is as tempting as they come. Frannie doesn’t stand a chance. But he has to work fast, because if the infernals are after her, the celestials can’t be far behind. And sure enough, it’s not long before the angel Gabriel shows up, willing to do anything to keep Luc from getting what he came for. It isn’t long before they find themselves fighting for more than just Frannie’s soul.

I haven't done a book review in a while, and that's because I've decided if I have to say I liked this but didn't like that or give a book a 3 star or below rating, I'm just not reviewing it.

But I loved Personal Demons. The romance was there in a way that a lot of times it isn't in YA paranormal romances. Frannie is a strong female mc, but the Luc still tries hard to protect her and take care of her. I love this balance. She's not the kind of girl that sits back and watches him do everything, but being strong doesn't mean she needs to date some scrub. Although, I do wish she'd been more capable of accepting help and less in denial of her emotions.

The age old theme "Love conquers all" shown through this work, but it didn't feel trite or cliche. Actually, it came out really beautiful in the sacrifices they were both willing to make. And I like the way the paranormalcy was connected to religion. (Just a personal preference, but I loved it). You should read this, if you haven't.

I Heart YOU! & Follow Friday

That's right! I heart you, all of you. The past couple of weeks have been tough, and I really appreciate all the kind messages and thoughts you guys (and gals) have sent my way, even though I haven't been around commenting as much as usual. It's been really motivational to see that many of you are suffering in the trenches with me, and that all of you are so supportive. I feel like a horrible member of the community lately. But I'm trying to get back on my game.

Haha. I've been a horrible house wife lately too. My little apartment shows it. I think today is a non-writing day. I've spent so much time editing and writing and rewriting and re-rewriting queries lately, that nothing else has got done, and it's time to rejoin life in the real world.

If you're interested, I have a guess post up on Misha Gericke's blog today. It's blogging w/ purpose. Kind of ironic, since I've been so bad lately. LOL.

Now I'll leave you with Follow Friday, but I'll be around to visit today ;).

Follow Friday is hosted by parajunkee
Five book facts about me:
1) I LOVE paranormal romance over everything.
2) I can't read grown up books. I've tried.
3) I easily fall in love with mythological guys.
4) The most important thing to me when I read is that I can identify with the female mc and that she be swept off her feet by some hot guy who wants to save the day. (I know this is now controversial. Idc).
5) My favorite book is still Eclipse.

My prayer for today....

Dear God,

Please let me a win some kind of insane contest and get an agent w/o actually having to write another query. You really should consider this request, as you know (and I know) that I don't have a lot of sanity anyhow, and this process is REALLY beginning to grate on it. I know, I know. I'm sure you have bigger problems, more urgent requests from more saintly people, those kind of things. But I just ask you remember that time I almost prayed for a purple car but decided it wasn't worth wasting a prayer over or your time, and grant me this.

Love,

Beth

On Life...

...On the third day of a migraine. How is life? It's not bad, though I wish the migraine would leave me. I guess the real question is how does an ADHD person with an obsessive personality deal with the unknowns of the world of queries on the third day of a migraine.

Yesterday, I mailed stuff out which was returned to me today for not having stamps!  I'm a M-W-F blogger and this week, I blogged M-W-Th. I guess this technically counts as a Friday post, though absolutely no one will see it, because by this time on a Friday night everyone is out having fun. Unless, you're like me. Then, you're huddled up to your desk taking deep breaths of the steam for your tea with your lamp pointed towards the wall to keep from aggravating the migraine. You're college grammar textbook is open, and as you study dangling modifiers, you wish you had been a better student back in the day. You hope that all the work you've put in will pay off, but you really can't say that. Because other than writing your little heart out, it's just beyond your control.

But I survived my first week of queries. It's out of my control and that's okay. I have the courage to face the unknown. I can do this and if I don't get published, I'm a better writer than I was one year ago. I understand things that 12 months ago, and really even six months ago I didn't. It's all going to be okay.

Apology

I want to apologize to everyone who stopped by yesterday for the blogfest. When I signed up for it, I expected to be done with revisions on my manuscript much earlier. Short stories aren't my forte but I looked forward to writing one, because I need to develop a collection of them to apply for grad school. Time passed, more revisions than I expected were required and I completely forgot about it. I will make it by to say hi to everyone who stopped by but it might be tomorrow because I'm doing some final touches right now. Anyhow, th is is the second blogfest that I've forgotten about. It's not like me and I'm sorry.