Yay, it´s time for Happy Friday 
Looking forward to know what made you smile this week!
Birthday: Last Saturday, I turned 31… My day started out with a wonderful birthday concocted by my husband – which including French Toast, potatoes, bacon and some bubbly…YUM! During the evening, we went to a restaurant (where I enjoyed a very nice cocktail) and we went to see The Crucible at the English Theater in Frankfurt. It was just an amazing day!
Birthday Breakfast
Birthday drink
Query : So query writing has been kicking my butt in the past weeks. I´m still revising my book, but I thought it was high time to start seriously thinking about my query. After participating in Sara Megibow´s webinar, I knew it needed more work.  I´ll tell you more about my query writing process and Sara´s webinar next week but after a lot of work, I have a query that works I think and which actually sounds like my book!!!
Reading and revising: This week, I started reading those two wonderful books to help me in my revising process (highly recommended by Sara) and they rock!
Great books
THANK YOU!: Thank you to everyone for the good wishes on my birthday and on our anniversary. Thank you for the lovely comments on my posts! Thank you for helping me with my query (especially thanks to Christa and Ian, who´ve really been super patient and kind with me during the process)! Thank you to my CP extraordinaire and my beta readers! Thank you for being just wonderful. All of you! This week, it felt like this:
Today, hubby and I are off to France to see my family and our newborn niece for the first time 
I´m super late to reply to comments but I´ll get there, promise!
So, tell me what made you smile this week?
Elise Fallson
/ August 24, 2012Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday! Have a great time in France. (:
Elodie
/ August 30, 2012Thanks Elise
I had a really amazing time in France! Hope your week is going well…
Robin Moran
/ August 24, 2012What a wonderful birthday! So glad you had a great weekend.
Elodie
/ August 30, 2012Thanks Robin
Hope your little trip went well!
E.Maree
/ August 24, 2012Belated happy birthday! That cocktail looks awesome. The Elements of Style is a priceless book.
Elodie
/ August 30, 2012That cocktail was definitely YUM
Thanks so much Emma and I agree with you on The Elements of Style, it’s amazing!
carolinseidenkranz
/ August 24, 2012Have a great time in France! And yay for query writing success. I really wanted to go see The Crucible while it’s on. How is it?
Elodie
/ August 30, 2012Thanks Carolin
I had a wonderful time! We really enjoyed The Crucible, the mise-en-scène was different but quite interesting. I was afraid at the beginning that it would be too too modern but really it wasn’t and I ended up just getting engrossed in the play! if you go see it, I’d love to know what you thought about it 
Colin
/ August 24, 2012I’m happy you had such a wonderful birthday, Elodie! I hope you have a lovely time in France. Safe travels!
Elodie
/ August 30, 2012Thank you so much Colin
Hope you’re having a wonderful week!
Sara Biren (@sbiren)
/ August 24, 2012Happy Friday! Sounds like you had a great week. Have a wonderful time with family this weekend and thanks for the shout out!
Elodie
/ August 30, 2012Thanks Sara
I really did have a wonderful week and this one is shaping up to be pretty good too…busy but good 
Jaime
/ August 24, 2012You’re pretty great too, Elodie! Thanks for all of your feedback.
I’m glad you had such a great week and that the query is finally the way you want it to be (can’t wait until I can say that too!). Have a great weekend! 
Elodie
/ August 30, 2012Awwww! Thanks Jaime!
It took forever for this query to be in shape and a lot, lot, lot of comments where I thought I just plainly sucked but it’s there 
How is yours going? Have you worked on it again? Hope your week is going well! (and thanks again for the wonderful package!!!!! SMILES!)
Alison Miller
/ August 24, 2012I think that we all should join you for that drink and Rhine view too! Maybe one day.
Query writing is TOUGH. Hang in there. And keep plugging away. If you ever want another set of eyes on it, let me know.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Elodie
/ August 30, 2012Yes, yes, yes, come on over
I’ll pour us some wine and we can either get tipsy on that or drunk on writing 
Query writing kicked my butt but I think it’s ready – after a lot of emails exchange with both Ian and Christa….I thought those two would just start putting me into their spam folder, lol…
Hope you’re having a wonderful week!
Viklit
/ August 24, 2012Have a lovely time visiting your niece!
Elodie
/ August 30, 2012Thanks! I had a wonderful time and my niece is the cutest baby
Mrs. Silverstein
/ August 25, 2012Ack, didn’t even realize it was your birthday! Happy birthday, a bit late! Glad you’re feeling good about the query, too–I desperately want to see Nata & co. in a bookstore!
Elodie
/ August 30, 2012Thanks Jess
The query is now ready…it sounds weird to even type this but it is and thank you for your kind words on my MS, I really cross my fingers Nata, Antonio, Bev and James will make it to a bookstore some day! Hope you’re settling well in your place 
mywithershins
/ August 25, 2012Glad you had such a lovely birthday last week. Hope you have a wonderful time with your family. It’s always fun to meet new nieces! I got to meet two new grand-nieces in the past few months with another grand-niece or nephew due soon, too!:)
jamieayres
/ August 27, 2012Happy belated birthday . . . sound like you had a great one! I turn 33 on Tuesday! And what made me smile this week was going to the Star Wars Celebration VI in Orlando this past weekend:-)