I love Halloween and to celebrate, I’m offering my short story Lila’s Sanctuary for free today and tomorrow! Download it now and read it between Trick-Or-Treaters!Â
If you like it, please leave me a friendly review on Amazon.
Happy Reading!
~ Eileen 🙂
Hey There!
Are you guys all ready for Halloween? It seems like it sneaks up on me every year! On to the Resource! 🙂
While looking for submission calls, I stumbled across an oldie but a goodie. The Classified ads on the Poets and Writers website. They have lots of open calls for various markets and listings for groups, etc. It’s a pretty good place to check out once in a while.
The Classifies page has some different categories to choose from: Manuscript Calls, Conferences, Contests, Publication, Retreats, Residencies, Resources, Services, and Workshops.
Once you make a selection, you can peruse the ads and choose options to pursue. The Contest section is my favorite. It’s got tons of resources to choose from. Check it out and let me know what you think.
The information is updated regularly, so I recommend you book mark it, or visit my Resources Page for the link at any time!
Happy Writing!
~ Eileen 🙂
Hello Writers and Readers!
Happy Freebie Friday!
Here’s your free books for this Friday, ENJOY! 🙂
** Please note** At the time I am posting this message, all the books are free for the kindle version on Amazon.com. They may not be free for long, so hurry and get yours! I hope you find something you like!
1. Escaping Eternity (The Guardian Angels Series)
2. No Cure for Murder (Brier Hospital Series)
3. The Doctor
4. Taken
Happy Reading!
~ Eileen 🙂
“What’s your field of study, Marty?”
“Bio-Genetics.”
“Bio-Genetics? Like cloning and stuff like that?” Sarah’s eyes were round with surprise. Who knew this jock-in-geek’s clothing was smart too?
Marty grinned, used to the surprised response he got when he told someone his major, “Yeah. Like cloning and stuff like that.”
Softly the rain falls upon my upturned face
Like the slightly parted lips of God
The touch is velvet
Gentle and loving
Caressing and warm
All consuming
Like love
The rain reaches out and surrounds me
Like a woolen cloak
That enshrouds me
From the grievances
That I am better to forget
The scent assails me and fills my nostrils and lungs
With the pure scent of life
Throwing pictures of purity and
Innocence into my mind
I whirl and dance among the drops
Casting my arms in wide arcs
Hoping to catch each
And every drop
So I can keep them all for myself
In the palm of my hand
But like a broken dream
The drops slip through my fingers
And fall
Soundlessly to the ground
Lost among the soil
Like a seed
Waiting to grow and become
Someone else’s dream
Hoping to one day
Flourish and come true
I run and skip
Playing in and with the rain
Remember childhood games
And people
Long forgotten
The rain washes away my years
And I hurl myself
Headlong into the laughing
Embrace of the rain
The torrent falls
In immaculate sheets
Of joy and fortuitousness
Each bead containing
The unfulfilled dream
Or hope of a child
But nevertheless
Overflowing with bliss
I can feel my soul
Flying about me
So happy to be free
And I can
Taste the salt
Of my tears as the rain
Subsides
I stand
Hair tumbling about my face
And watch the retreating clouds
All the rain has left me
Is the memory of the cloak
And I am once again left
With my miseries
That I would be better
To forget
And I sit
And dream
And hope
And wait
For the rain to come
Again
Unexpectedly
The fleeting flame
That promises things
You never
Thought you’d have.
A piece of life
Something you cherish
Told it would never be
Handed to you
Unexpectedly.
Doubtfully
But yet
Full of timid hope.
Accepted in awe
Revered and feared
And finally loved
To be taken in an instant
Unexpectedly.
Hi Everyone!
As you may know by know, I like to use random word generators as inspiration and a general kick-in-the-pants for writing things on the fly. I usually use OneWord, but the other day, OneWord was on the fritz, so I sought ought another random word generator. I’ve posted a few on here before, and you can find them on my Resources page, but these few I just found deserved to be shared as well.
This is a really cool generator that will give you random words as well as random names. (By the way, clicking on the screen shots below will take you to that part of the site.)
When you visit the site, on the right side, there is a list of word generators to choose from. It looks like this:
The generators are really easy to use. My favorite word generator on this site is the Random Word Generator. It not only gives you a word, but also the definition.
This site also has random name generators. Click on Name Generator at the top of the site and you’ll see a list of name generators on the right.
As you can see, it’s not just a plain name generator. You can generate all kinds of names here. The part I like is that you can put in a part of the name and have the rest generated if you want. I have a terrible time making up last names for my characters, but I usually know what I want their first name to be.
For example, I’m starting a book where the main character’s name is Jenna. I can’t think of what Jenna’s last name should be. So, I can use the Last Name Generator, enter Jenna as the first name and click Generate.
Super useful!
Creative Random Word Generator
This one is more straight forward, with just some random words being generated. However, you can generate multiple random words at once by clicking on the numbers. Sometimes I find it handy to generate 5 words and try to use them all in my story, chapter, poem, or whatever I’m working on. So I can click on the 5 tile and get 5 words.
I might use each word at the start of a paragraph, chapter, scene, or other part of my story to give me a kick in the pants to get going!
I hope you like the resources this week, check back next week for more Resource Saturday goodies!
Happy Writing!
~ Eileen 🙂
Hello Writers and Readers!
Happy Freebie Friday!
Here’s your free books for this Friday, ENJOY! 🙂
** Please note** At the time I am posting this message, all the books are free for the kindle version on Amazon.com. They may not be free for long, so hurry and get yours! I hope you find something you like!
1. Psyched
3. Blood Forest
4. Released (The Shapeshifters’ Library)
Happy Reading!
~ Eileen 🙂
‘Instructor. Such an interesting word,’ Janna thought to herself. ‘What exactly is an Instructor? Someone who instructs you to do something. Yes. But that’s not a ‘teacher”.
Making up her mind, she turned to Matthew and said, “Matthew, I do not accept your title as ‘Instructor’. You are not ‘instructing’ me to do something. You are sharing knowledge, you are teaching. Perhaps you could use ‘educator’ or ‘professor’.” She smiled, satisfied with her observations.
“Thank you, Janna. I’ll keep that in mind. And once again, please call me Mr. Tanner; not Matthew. Take your seat.” Not for the first time that morning, Matt wondered why he had taken the job at the Gifted and Talented school.
I can hardly believe that I am writing my 200th blog post! Thank you to those of you who have stumbled along with me as I figured out what I wanted to do here. 🙂 I am grateful for your support, you’ll never know how much.
This post marks a momentous occasion for me. Next week, I will be going on my first ever Writer’s Week. I am so excited to be able to devote some time to my writing and come back with some first draft work that is well on its way to publication. I am excited and nervous and sad to be away from my family for a week, but this will be some much needed ‘me’ time and writing time!
Sometimes I wonder why I started this blog and why I continue to post here. What’s the POINT? (Because I’m very much a ‘what’s the point’ kind of person.) And then I get a message or comment from someone (not linking to a porn site or trying to sell something) that tells me they love my writing, appreciate the resources I share, or just enjoy the free books I post. Those comments make it all worth while for me. I love to share knowledge with others, it’s kind of my thing. 🙂 So for those of you who have sent me an email or commented on my posts, THANK YOU! To those of you who click ‘Like’ on my posts and follow my blog, THANK YOU! The few moments it takes you to leave a comment, click the ‘Like’ button, or write a short message mean so much to me and I am truly grateful.
Next week, I will also be gearing up for NaNoWriMo!! Yeah! Who else is participating? I hope WILL win this year. I participated last year and life got in the way, so I didn’t win last year. But this year, let’s all get those badges to put on our websites, our blogs, in our email signatures, or wherever, ’cause writing 50,000 words is no easy feat, no small potatoes, no piss in the bucket!! It’s an amazing accomplishment, and I hope you all will join me in December to toot our horns on our accomplishments!
Thanks for reading, and as always,
Happy Writing! 🙂
~ Eileen
Eileen Maki 