Eileen Maki Writing

Today’s OneWord: Fatigue

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The stress was finally getting to me and the fatigue of not sleeping night after night was just too much. Dropping down onto the soiled couch, I put my arm under my head and allowed my eyelids to close. I fell into an immediate deep sleep.

A sound woke me. I don’t know how long it’d been. My eyes flew open and my body froze, listening intently. They had found me. I rolled silently off the couch and crawled to the edge. I could see the nose of a rifle just peeking around the door frame.

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Today’s OneWord: Flat

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The land was flat below us as we rounded the curve of the mountain road. Cresting a small rise, there was the valley strewn out in front of our car. This is where we would begin our new life. This place was where all our dreams would come true. As long as we could forget the old ones, that is. They were gone.

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Today’s OneWord: Society

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High society was not a thing to be messed around with. The wrong word from the right mouth could tear you down in a heartbeat. Sarah knew what she was doing and dressed with care. Placing the feathers in her hair just so and the pearls on her neck at just the right length, she was ready for the throng.

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Free Short Story – Mine!

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Hello Writers and Readers!

I have published a short story on Amazon that will be free for the next 5 days. It’s a short piece of contemporary fiction that I wrote and wanted to make available. The short story download also includes some teasers for coming works. Here’s some info on the story:

Lila’s Sanctuary

Megan is devastated when her parents leave her again. This time, instead of her stuffy old babysitter, she is being left in the care of her crazy Aunt Lila. But Lila has a secret that will change Megan’s life forever.

Check it out for free from February 8, 2013 to February 12, 2013! And don’t forget to leave me a raving review. 🙂

Here’s the link: Lila’s Sanctuary

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Today’s OneWord: Salesman

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“So you had a good time. He paid for everything. You like him. What’s the problem?”
“Well, I….. I don’t wanna tell you. You’ll think me an ass.”
“I already think you’re an ass, Theresa.”
“True.” She thought for a moment. “Ok. He’s a salesman.”
“Oh.”

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Rhyming Resource

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I’m writing a little poem for a birthday card and on this occasion, I am rhyming. A quick search found a great, free online resource for help finding rhyming words.

Rhyming isn’t very hard,
If you use this online tool,
I wish I had this to use,
When I was in grade school!

 

Rhyming Website

 

Happy Writing!

 

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Today’s OneWord: Systems

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“We have to shut the systems down, NOW!” Harvey screamed as he ran towards the front of the assembly line.

“What? Why?” The foreman questioned him, not wanting to stop production if it wasn’t necessary.

“Tom’s coat is stuck in the belt!”

Just then, a blood chilling scream was heard from the back of the warehouse.

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Today’s OneWord: Baby

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“A baby?”
She sighed her frustration.
“Yes. A. Baby.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, Todd. I’m sure. I think I would know.”
“What if there are multiples?”
“I’m sure there will be.”
“Will she be ok?” The concern in his voice stopped her from making a snide comment.
“Yes, Todd. She’s a dog, they have babies all the time and she will be fine.”

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Today’s OneWord: Cool

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Protecting her bare skin from the cool night air, Aaron draped his jacket over Holly’s shoulders.

She looked up and smiled vaguely at him as they walked on the boardwalk.

“You gonna tell me what’s on your mind?” He asked gently.

“No.” She said quietly. “I don’t even want to know what’s on my mind, Aaron. Why would I burden you with it as well?”

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Smashwords

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For those of you Indie authors out there who are seeking to self-publish, I want to share a website with you called Smashwords.

Smashwords is a site where you can publish your eBook or other content to multiple retail outlets at once. Smashwords allows you to distribute your work to the Apple iBookstore which serves over 50 countries, Barnes & Noble, Kobo (which powers other retailers as well), Sony, Baker & Taylor (which serves Blio.com and the Axis360 public library platform), and the Diesel eBook Store.

Smashwords offers many tools and opportunities for those wishing to self-publish their work. Among the tools offered are:

  • We make it fast, free and easy to publish an ebook!
  • World’s largest indie ebook distributor
  • 185,000+ titles published by 50,000+ authors and publishers
  • 85% net back to the author/publisher/agent
  • Upload your book once and enjoy distribution to multiple retailers.  Spend more time writing and less time managing multiple retailer platforms.
  • We provide simple, step-by-step instructions that make it free and easy for anyone to create, publish and distribute an ebook.
  • Distribution to libraries
  • FREE ISBNs
  • FREE ebook conversion to nine formats from a Word .doc
  • FREE unlimited anytime-updates to book and metadata
  • FREE consolidated sales reporting simplifies year-end tax reporting
  • FREE centralized metadata management
  • FREE exclusive marketing and selling tools such as our Smashwords Coupon Manager!

Smashwords allows any genre and the following formats:

  • Personal Memoirs
  • Short Fiction
  • Long Fiction
  • Essays
  • Poetry
  • Screenplays
  • Anything else you can write in a word processor!

Registering for a Smashwords account and publishing with them is free, so you don’t have to worry about being charged. You keep all the rights to your material and the publishing option with Smashwords is non-exclusive.

You can publish in Amazon and Smashwords both provided you are not using the Direct option with Amazon which has specific requirements.

Read more about Smashwords here: Smashwords Q & A

They have a Smashwords Style Guide which you can download free: Smashwords Style Guide

Smashwords also offers free books on:

The Secrets to ePublishing Success

Smashwords Book Marketing Guide

and more! Sign up for a free Smashwords account to gain access to their free tools and tips as well as publish your work.

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