OMG!!! (In this case the G stands for Godless) It's LUC!

The amazing Vania has done it again!

Finally!!!! Here is the scorch-your-eyes-out-hot Personal Demons book trailer #2. And it's...

LUC!

About half the guesses last week were for Luc's trailer, so apparently, he's got a few fans already. (Dudes, his head is already swollen enough!)

So, for Team Luc, here it is...


If you like it, go tell Vania (@reverieBR) and use #thehotnessthatisLuc hashtag! And if you missed the Gabe trailer you can find in here or in my sidebar! =)

Bribery works!

Did you check out the ticker over there--->

That's right! Personal Demons releases in TWO WEEKS! To celebrate, #thehotnessthatisLuc will debut right here this afternoon! It's coming! Are you ready for HOT???


Grrr....

But, before we get to that, I wanted to thank all of you who checked in to tell me what you thought of my website on my Post in Which I Bribe You With Fabulous Prizes! Your feedback was very helpful and I appreciate it. So, I'm choosing one random commenter to win the Personal Demons swag pack, which is a $25 Amazon gift certificate (which you're free to use to preorder Personal Demons, btw ;p), a Personal Demons tank top, signed bookmarks, and Team Luc and Team Gabe tattoos.

So, the winner, as chosen by the randomizer is...

Vampires and Tofu!!!

Congrats!!!

YA Addict's Re-create a Personal Demons Cover contest is in the third round of voting, so stop by and vote on your favorite cover. There are some amazing ones up! Thanks to everyone who entered!

Don't forget to stop in later for LUC!!!!!!

Meet Luc!

Y'all are gonna stop believing me, but I totally PROMISE that there will be a smokin'-hot Luc trailer tomorrow. Vania is editing furiously, so we'll have a scorch-your-eyes-out video ready to debut tomorrow, right here on the blog.

But...

in the mean time, I can titillate you with some pictures of Frannie and Luc from Vania's shoot.

You guys ready for HOT????

Take a look at this...

*drools*

And, this one...

Who wants to be Frannie???

Then there's this one...

Yeah, that's what I said. #handmethefan O_O

So, tomorrow! #thehotnessthatisLuc! I cross my heart and hope to die!!!

August Debut Winner!!

Okay, okay! I know! I promised you a super-hot, scorch-your-eyes-out, Luc trailer today. But...due to technical difficulties (read: uncooperative models) the Luc trailer debut has been postponed until Monday. :*(  Vania promises me we'll have something amazing to show you then. So, in the mean time, I'll announce the August Debut Contest winner to keep you occupied.

But, first, there were some questions in the comments for the August Debut Contest, so let me answer those for you:

Wulfluva asks: Since both Luc and Gabriel are in your book, is Michael?
Yes, he is, actually. But don't expect warm and fuzzy.

Mireyah Wolfe: I'd love to know what kind of research you did for the mythology of the Angels & such--books or websites, etc?
I relied heavily on the internet, but also found some excellent sources at the library. The beauty of writing fiction is that it doesn't matter if your sources are factual or how accurate they are. If anything you read sets off that creative spark, it's a great resource. For example: When I started writing Personal Demons, all I had was a name: Lucifer Cain. I went on-line to research the story of Cain and Abel and found a post that talked about the origin of sin. It kept using the phrase "creatures of sin." I turned that over in my mind and thought, in my fictional Hell, why couldn't there be actual creatures of sin. That shaped Luc, who is a demon and a true Creature of Pride.

Looksie Lovitz: I would love to know what some of the books are you favorites this year or what you're looking forward to.
I'm jumping on the Mockingjay bandwagon. It's the only book I've bought and read on release day. Others I've loved are (in order of release) The DUFF  by Kody Keplinger (Sept 2010), Nightshade by my fab critique partner, Andrea Cremer (Oct 2010), and Matched by Ally Condie (Nov 2010).

April: Of course, I'm curious to what you do with the books in the giveaways that aren't picked?
Honestly, the ones I'm truly dying for (which are many of them), I buy and read. The others never get bought.

Bee: Did you always want to write urban fantasy or have you experimented with other genres as well? What's your biggest writing dream?
Personal Demons is my first attempt at urban fantasy. I started writing just two years ago, so, other than the Personal Demons series, I've only written a few other things, both YA. My biggest writing dream is coming true. Reviews are posting for Personal Demons and people are loving my characters almost as much as I do. That's all I could ever ask.

Bookaholic: My question to you is-Now that your baby is ready and is soon gonna be released, how are you feeling?
Totally freaked out. As I said, the reviews so far have been great, so I'm hoping someone besides my family might actually go out and buy Personal Demons. *bites nails*

Thanks for your questions! So, the contest. Remember, this months winner gets the VERY LAST unclaimed Personal Demons ARC if they so choose. Is it you????

So, here we go. The winner of THE VERY LAST Personal Demons ARC, or another August debut, as chosen by the randomizer is:

*drumroll*

Eleni @ La Femme Readers!!!!

Congrats!!!

*blows virtual noisemakers* (cuz the real ones hurt my ears)

Eleni gets her choice of the VERY LAST signed Personal Demons ARC or one of the following:

Freak Observer Blythe Woolston

Nevermore Kelly Creagh

Wildfire Run Dee Garretson
Paranormalcy Kiersten White

Remember that the contests aren't over! Starting next month I will be offering up signed finished copies of Personal Demons, along with other great debuts. Check back on Wednesday for the start of my September Debut Contest! :p

Seriously, the funniest book review I've ever read.

I finished Mockingjay last night, and it was good...and...uh...that's all I got for you. My characters are sucking me dry right now, but I'm half way through writing Hellbent and I can't believe the crap that's going down, so...because I got nothing for you today, I'll share the funniest book review I've ever read, and it's not Mockingjay, in case you were worried.

This is a Personal Demons review posted earlier this week by The Naughty Book Kitties. Any review of my own book that can make me pee my pants laughing deserves to be shared. For those of you with sensitive eyes, I have replaced Brent's f-bombs, but the rest is uniquely his.

Personal Demons Is My Personal Hooker

*cover and synopsis skipped*

Brent's opinion of the novel:
Let me start off this review by saying that Lisa Desrochers is one cool as f$*# person. After a few email exchanges, I immediately thought “Damn. This is my kinda writer person.” She threatened to unfollow me on Twitter!! … and confessed her psycho-ness to me. So, I had pretty much already decided Lisa was one of my most favorite writers!!!

Frannie Cavanaugh, the sweet Catholic girl having doubts about her faith, doesn’t know what in the hell to do with herself when she starts catching an eye for the two new boys in town. There’s Luc, who works in the acquisitions department of Hell, tagging souls to be sent to Hades. Both Luc and the King of Hell want her bad… but so do the Angels, and they’ve sent one of their best to get her. Gabe. But does Frannie know any of this shit?! No. All she thinks is, “Damn, Luc’s pretty dark and sexy, but Gabe’s gotta nice ass.”

Frannie is one lucky mofo. Two hot guys at the same time?! I mean, get real! There’s no way that happens without luck! (Unless you wear a lot of eyeliner… but that’s another story altogether.) I’ma be honest with cha: I was jealous of Frannie, at some points. Even though she has been through some rough stuff, she had a pretty cool family and amazing friends and TWO HOT GUYS. I mean, damn. Send one over to me. Frannie be rollin’ all up in ‘at hot-boy-dough. But really, I’m not saying her life was perfect! Just that she had a lot of stuff that should’ve been appreciated more. I loved Frannie, I really did. (Is the word “really” experiencing a renaissance in my vocabulary? I think so…) She’s a character easy to relate with. She’s not perfect, she makes mistakes, just like us. Lisa Dez crafted Frannie perfectly. ;)

Luc! Gurah! Omg. Hot. Sexy. Bitchy. Sarcastic. Bad to thah bone. Hot. Hot. Sexy. Hot. YES! Luc! He has got to be one of my favorite men of 2010 YA Lit. And I don’t even know why! In real life, I go for really hot, sweet boys. And that’s usually what appeals to me in books, as well! I seriously hate bitchy sarcastic dudes. But I loved Luc. Even though he was all “I’m so cool and hot, Mr. Acquisitions of Hell. Everyone wants me” I could tell he had a soft side. And, as he grew closer to Frannie, that soft side came out. Yes, I think Gabe is equally alluring, but I AM SO TEAM LUC! Suck it, Gabe.

I loved the use of humor in Personal Demons. It kind of keeps it from being melodramatic, while still upholding the high tension levels. Lisa Dez did that perfect, as well. She added new elements to an old storyline, Heaven vs. Hell. Good vs. Bad. Which is eaxactly what writers are supposed to do. Each story has already been told, so writers tell these stories with a new spin and original voice. Lisa is definitely an author I’ll be following. :)

I know this sounds corny, but I loved every page of Personal Demons. (Please don’t call me a YA blogging hooker! I try not to sound corny, but sometimes I’m unable to!) The characters were real and funny, the plot was “Damn, girl,” and the ending was like “F&%#, now I gotta go hooker myself out to the publisher so I can get the sequel SOON!”
 
Thanks for the review, Brent. I still LOL every time I read it! :p

Vote on a Personal Demons cover!!

We've decided it was fun being royal yesterday, so we're not quite ready to give it up. Plus we're still reading Mockingjay (Blame Luc. He demanded I write this whole really warped scene in Hellbent yesterday that lead to writing a few chapters then going back and tweaking Original Sin to tie it all in.) so we're still on radio silence while we finish.

But...

YA Addict is running a oh-so-very cool Re-create a Cover Contest for Personal Demons and the first round of voting starts today! I'm posting a smattering of the entries below to whet your appetite. And can I just say, WOW! All of the entries are amazing. Get thee over to her blog and vote for your favorites!

This one is drool worthy in more ways than I can describe. I mean, scorch my eyes out of their sockets hot:

There are a few with the "split cover" design with Heaven on one side and Hell on the other. This one is seriously amazing. I would totally pick this book up off the shelf. Check out her hands:

This one, I love. The devils tail and the feathers...way cool:

And the sky in this one is perfect, plus the guys are totally hot:

A couple of people when for Graceling thing with the eyes. This first one blows me away:

And this one is really cool with the contrasting colors (and the eyes):

And some are simple and sweet:

These are just a few of the fabulous entries, so go over and check them out. Feel free to leave comments here, but vote on YA Addict's blog. Votes left here won't count. And a huge THANKS and good luck to everyone who entered!

Mockingjay hiatus

We (that would be the royal we) interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast for Mockingjay. We (still the royal we) will be NO WHERE NEAR the internet today while we (royal) finish the book.

See you back here tomorrow with some totally amazing Personal Demons Cover Re-creation contest entries. If you haven't entered yet, get thee over to YA Addict's blog and enter for a shot at a signed Personal Demons ARC. (Did you catch that. We sound very royal, don't you think?)