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Friday, July 20, 2012
Blog Tour: "Persephone" by Kaitlin Bevis (Guest Post/Excerpt)
Author Kaitlin Bevis has stopped by today with a guest post fro the Persephone Daughters of Zeus blog tour. Make sure you get your copy of Persephone Daughters of Zeus that came out Friday July 6th.
Guest Post
Guest Post
There are so many books I've written. I wish I'd written
just about every book by L.J Smith, and Kelley Armstrong. L.J Smith was my
favorite author when I was in middle school, and Kelley Armstrong is my
favorite writer as an adult. They have such similar universes that I had this
whole conspiracy theory that Kelley Armstrong was L.J Smith, because L.J Smith
kind of disappeared for awhile. But then she came back out of the woodwork, and
most of her series became television shows, so I guess they're separate people.
I wish I'd written the Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld.
It's so good. He does action so well. I wish I'd written Tamsin by Peter
Beagle. It's beautiful prose, and great character development. I wish I'd
written the Night Circus because the plot was so well interwoven. I wish I'd
written Harry Potter because it would be awesome to be rich...
I pretty much wish I'd written every good book I've ever
read. And in a way I have. Writers read. And when you read something it becomes
a part of you. My brain works the way it does because I spent my entire
childhood curled up with a book. I had a real issue with telling fact from
fiction... In that I made up a whole lot of fiction and tried to pass it off as
fact. I think in plots and characters and dialogue. I'm not a
"natural" at writing, like my creative writing teacher said. I became
one through reading.
I don't plagiarize or anything, but everything I read
teaches me more about writing. My friends from book club complain that I ruin
good books by picking apart their plots and character arcs. I'm pretty proud of
that because that's a learned skill from a lifetime of reading and a degrees
worth of classes in literature and writing classes.
So I wish I'd written everything. And maybe, just maybe,
one day someone else will wish they wrote one of my stories.You never know, it could happen.
Published: 7/6/12
Publisher: Musa Publishing
There are worse things than death, worse people too
The “talk” was bad enough, but how many teens get told that they’re a goddess? When her mom tells her, Persephone is sure her mother has lost her mind. It isn’t until Boreas, the god of winter, tries to abduct her that she realizes her mother was telling the truth. Hades rescues her, and in order to safely bring Persephone to the Underworld he marks her as his bride. But Boreas will stop at nothing to get Persephone. Despite her growing feelings for Hades, Persephone wants to return to the living realm. Persephone must find a way to defeat Boreas and reclaim her life.
The “talk” was bad enough, but how many teens get told that they’re a goddess? When her mom tells her, Persephone is sure her mother has lost her mind. It isn’t until Boreas, the god of winter, tries to abduct her that she realizes her mother was telling the truth. Hades rescues her, and in order to safely bring Persephone to the Underworld he marks her as his bride. But Boreas will stop at nothing to get Persephone. Despite her growing feelings for Hades, Persephone wants to return to the living realm. Persephone must find a way to defeat Boreas and reclaim her life.
Excerpt:
I sat
down on the cool grass. “Have you ever eaten one of these? They’re delicious.” I offered him a pomegranate seed, and he took
it, sitting down beside me.
“I’ve tried everything. I was there when your mom
came up with this one.” He leaned back, studying the sky.
I
followed his gaze. The sky was empty, faintly glowing with the same soft light
that filled the Underworld. It was never quite dark here, but never bright
enough for my tastes. “You guys really need to get a moon.” I tilted my head back further. “Where are the stars?”
“This is the Underworld. The sky is just a
decoration.”
“Stars are pretty.”
“Stars are tragic.” Hades turned to face me. “Most of the stars are nothing but reminders of love gone horribly
wrong, or men challenging the gods.”
“I thought they were gas giants.”
Hades
waved his hand. “Semantics. The constellations they form are nothing but sad
stories. Why would anyone want to have a constant reminder of tragedy hanging
above their head?”
I
thought about that for a minute, studying the blank sky. “Did you play a part in any of those tragedies?”
He met
my eyes and something in them set my heart beating uncomfortably hard. “No.”
I
smiled. “You’re nothing like I pictured you.”
“Yeah, let’s not go down this road again. If you start
talking about how my hair should be on fire, or how evil I should be, I might
take Thanatos’ advice.”
“You’re not evil.”
“You don’t think so?” Hades asked, studying my face. “After what I did to you?”
“You saved me.”
“I could have handled it better. I could have taken
a second to think, found some way that wouldn’t tie you to me.” He hesitated. “But when I saw you, there was just something
about you…” He trailed off and looked at the sky. “Maybe I didn’t want to find another way. What if I wasn’t just impulsive, what if I was selfish? What kind of a person
does that make me?”
I burst
out laughing. “Do you always over-think things so much? You saved my life. That’s about as selfless as it gets. Being down here isn’t convenient, and being married is a little weird, but it’s just a few months. It’s not like you get anything out of this, and I’ve been such a brat about it.” I shook my head, enjoying the wave of dizziness
that accompanied the motion. “Thank you, Hades. For everything. Really.” I leaned over and kissed his cheek, giggling at the surprised
look on his face. “I owe you, big time.”
“I don’t think you understand.” He reached toward me. I blinked when he brushed a strand of my
hair behind my ear. “It’s not just a few—”
“Hey, Hades! Persephone!” Cassandra called. She laughed when she found the grove. “Oops, hope I’m not interrupting anything.”
“Of course not.” Hades stood, brushed himself off, and extended
his hand. I lay frozen, hand touching my face where the ghost of his fingers
had brushed against my skin.
“Persephone.” His voice was gentle. I looked up and grabbed
his hand. “We should get back to the party.”
Kaitlin Bevis spent her childhood curled up with a book, and a pen. If the ending didn't agree with her, she rewrote it. She's always wanted to be a writer, and spent high school and college learning everything she could so that one day she could achieve that goal. She graduated college with my BFA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing, and is pursuing my masters at the University of Georgia.
Her young adult fiction novel "Persephone," will be released this summer. She also writes for Athens Parent Magazine, and truuconfessions.com.
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2 comments:
Lol! I guess I never really thought about wanting to have written all the great books I've read. Although I do remember becoming all depressed while writing Shadow Eyes once after I'd read The Hunger Games. It was a sad realization when I realized that no matter how great my book was or any other book I'd write, I could never top such an amazing book with such an amazing plot. I quickly got over it though when I realized that pretty much nobody else could either and they still sold books, so...I guess I'd be alright. Haha! Congrats on your book, which is awesome by the way! :)
Thanks Dusty! And thanks so much for hosting today :)