C.D. Yates, who writes witty and funny and just all around feelgood romances, is having a contest.

Hop on over to her site and take a look (I promise you won’t regret it!)

I have really enjoyed Dog-gone But Not Forgotten, and I’m sure you will too.

The story is about a journalist, Carrie Moore, who inherits all her grandmother’s possessions.
They come in the form of a house, furniture — and Ellie, the devil dog from hell.
Not enough with Ellie leaving a path of destruction in her wake, the beast also runs into Jack Radigan, the highschool love Carrie had once intended to marry. Until he’d taken her best friend home after senior prom, and married her, instead.

I won’t give the plot away, go on over and check it out for yourself. Not only is it a great book, it’s also for a great cause. The proceeds go to It’s Meow or Never, an Animal Rescue and Sanctuary Charity.

So if you want to win a copy of the book, head on over to C.D. Yates’ blog, and enter the competion.

All you need to do, is tell her a story about a "Bad Dog", to be in with a chance.

Go on!

Tags: Blade, CD Yates, Charity, Doggone, Dogs, New Release

My second draft is (sort of) done.
Critting is up to Chapter 13, so there will be more changes when (if) I get feedback on what needs changing. (There will be more edits, I’m not perfect lol)

However, I was going to query Dorchester and for that, the novel can’t be more than 90k.
I’d intended to cut about 8k, since I finished at 98.5k words.
And what do I do????

I ADDED another 2k, so now the darn thing is over 100k long.

Yeah.

That.

Synopsis, here I come.

Tags: 2nd Draft, Adding instead of cutting, too long

I thought I’d mention this for any Silhouette Nocturne fans:

I have the entire list, with covers, author, title, ISBN, up on my blog here.

Silhouette Nocturne 2006 – 2009

The list currently has all info up until November 2009, so hopefully it will be of use to someone.

Tags: Booklist, Nocturne, Paranormal Romance, Series Romance, Silhouette

I’m still writing and getting letters and postcards.

Today… I had an incredible one. It was recycled. :)

I’ll show you what I mean:

Front:

Back:

Even the actual writing is recycled.

Thing is though… I honestly have no idea who sent it!!

Tags: Mail, Postcards, Recycling

So I got a little narked today.

I tend to stop by DWT (Daily Writing Tips) every now and then, and I got caught up with my blog reading a bit today.

I read the "Speak of the Devil" article and… it irked me.

You won’t understand why that post irked me, but my title for this post might give you a clue.

I write Paranormal Romance. (Or, as my Crit partners coined it "Hot & Heavenly Romance")

I do a lot of research on demons, devils, angels (fallen and otherwise) and other monsters. A LOT.

So when I see Lucifer and Beelzebub listed as "Another name for the Devil", then I get a little pissed.

Let me enlighten you. (Pardon the pun. You’ll understand the pun when you read on.)

The Devil’s name is Satan, not Lucifer, not Beelzebub.
Lucifer never was, and never will be, the Devil.
Neither is Beelzebub.
That title belongs to another fallen angel: Ha-satan. (That’s what he was called before.)
Ha-satan was Chief of the Seraphim, Head of the Order of Virtues.
Then he got a bit cocky and got into a fight.
He didn’t actually fall, as such. He jumped. Head first. And with pride.
That’s when he became Satan. The Adversary. The Devil.

Lucifer (Light Giver) however, owes his mistaken identity to a misreading of Isaiah 14:12.
He is one of the four Crown Princes of Hell, but the deeper you dig, the more you will come to realize that he also didn’t exactly "fall".
He got pushed.
He isn’t listed in the Seraphim, or Cherubim, or Thrones, or any other rank of angels, but Satan is.
Lucifer is equated with the Morning or Evening Star (Venus)
Compared to Ha-satan, he’s small fry.

Then we have Beelzebub.
Beelzebub (God of Flies / Lord of Flies) is originally a Syrian God.
Yup, Beelzebub isn’t even a fallen angel.
The one who equated Beelzebub with Satan was Dante, not any scripture.

Right.

Are we all clear now?
They are 3 separate entities, not one and the same.

So yeah, the Devil really is in the details.

Tags: Details, Devil, DWT, get facts right, Mistaken identity, mixup

I’m not the praying type.
Really, I am not.
But right now, I am pleading with whatever deity will listen to… well actually, I don’t know.

Vezien is out of the door. I’ve sent my baby to strangers and I’m worried about him.
I’ve entered two contests, and I’m expecting a kick in the teeth. Anything else is a bonus.

Yes, my crit partners like him, like the story, assure me it’s good… but it’s my baby, you know? I still feel like I am not good enough, that I write tripe and no one will like it. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way, but these are the first contests I’ve entered in 15 years, and I’m expecting the worst.

All I can hope for is that the judges love Vez and Sab as much as I do.

I shall report how it goes, when I hear back. (That won’t be for a few months.)

Fingers crossed!

Tags: Contest entry, Dread