Well, I would love to say that everything is peachy all the time… but then I would be lying to you and to myself. Because everything isn’t always peachy all the time…

However, in the midst of the chaos and pain of situations I sometimes have no control over (and sometimes I have more control over then I realize) I can’t help but laugh, smile and just generally be “okay”. Now, sometimes I rip people’s heads off… just depends on the day and who I come in contact with for the moment. Unfortunately, those in my REAL LIFE get the latter of the two… and those on twitter get the smiles.

Why is that? Well, I could go with the whole transparency issue… it’s easier to wear a mask on twitter then it is to wear one for your husband, wife, kids, mom, dad, etc. Sometimes the people that are closest to you bear the brunt of situations that have nothing to do with them. And sometimes… you just smile.

Today, I had the best (or is that the worst?) of both worlds. Today there was laughter, there was tears, there was joy, there was sadness and there was anger. Did I display all those emotions… Why, yes I did. Did my family see them? Why, yes they did. Was I proud of my emotions, well no. Well, okay maybe the joy and laughter… but not proud of the rest.

But sometimes… You just gotta break. And today, I broke. To. Pieces. Shattered on the ground. World broken.

Why? Well, a variety of reasons. It’s that monthly hormonal time for one… but other things piled on top of it and it just got to be too much and I broke under the pressure.

However, then I am forced to think about the fact that I have it better then A LOT of people in the world. And while things might be mega crappy right now, this too shall pass because Greater is He who is in me, then he who is in the world (1 John 4:4).

I have a favorite verse I like to lean on when times are rotten… James 1:2-3 which says, “Consider it pure joy when you encounter trials of many kinds for you know the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” Or in Eisley’s translation, “It’s all Good.” You know, I love the word perseverance! It means steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement. I have been called to persevere! Even in my crappy circumstances…

So yes… I can smile. Smile in the knowledge that “It’s all Good!” and that whatever I go through now, will just bring me to a greater good.

So. Be. It.

I just wish I knew what the ultimate greater good was at the moment

So, I will leave you with a song… It’s called, Pieces by my favorite band RED and it’s awesome. Take the time to listen.

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The funniest/craziest part of this request… I didn’t query for it.

No, true story! Honest!

I did query HER… sorta, if you could call that a query I sent. It was more like a “Umm yah, here is the deal *blah* and what do you think?” #truestory, you can ask her when she is my awesome agent…! Anyhow, my email was about my non-fiction stuff. And so she emailed me back and basically said she was “fascinated” by the ideas and then proceeded to ask me for a partial of my fiction novel.

*SWEET*

Only umm, which do I give her? ROTFL… I have three completed. And she reps all three… Can you say PERFECT AGENT?! And one of my top 5… umm panic.

Yes, I have been saying “umm” a lot since reading the email.

So needless to say… I am polishing my RINGS OF TIME and sending it to her immediately. Wow, just wow.

If you need me… I will be slaving away at the spit shinning thing… or fainted on the floor. Whichever.

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In any event, if I don’t make goals for the week, things aren’t going to go as well as they could. Turning older takes thought and consideration. If I don’t have it written down, I just might think too much about the fact I am almost old…er.

So, goals… Yes.

• Finish my UNSEEN CHRONICLE on Good Friday events. Its a long one… I thought it would be a quick 2K story… now pushing 4 and I am not done yet. I am not sure why I didn’t expect that. We are talking major events here. I am just hoping to do it justice.
• Not think about the fact I am older… Must be on my list.
• Raise more support for Ethiopia (See that post here) because I need to turn in my first deposit on May 1st and this is totally something I feel like I need to do!
• Not think about the fact I turned in a partial and it’s on her desk now… :-0 Try to focus on something else… anything else.
• Switch up my kids book. I realized it’s missing… SOMETHING. Yah, Uber Secret here LOL YA is so hot right now you have to be else someone will snatch it up LOL
• Try to get DS7 into the doctor for allergies/asthma/RAD/RSV he struggles and he sounds like a seal today.
• Plant my garden… after the snow. Goodness, gotta love Colorado! Yes, it’s going to snow.
• Drink a lot of coffee.
• Read the third Percy Jackson book
• School with kiddos, I can’t believe it’s April already! Where did my year go?
• Make my own doctor appointment to find out what is up with the hip pain after running recently. (Old… old, old, old is going to be the answer… I am sure.)
• Not thinking about the emails I am NOT receiving regarding my partial
• And just generally have a great week…

Sounds like a good set of goals to me… and not terribly unobtainable.

*DS7 coughs barks in the background*

Time to go make that appointment…

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I start week five of my running program (More like week seven or eight, but only on week five because I think the program is for super humans, not regular Joe average people like Debbie and I). I am loosely following the couch to 5K program from Coolrunning.com and listening to the podcasts by Robert Ullrey while I run… well I was, until this last week. The later you get in the weeks, the harder the program is… obviously. You are training for a 5K!

So, I decided to cheat a little… Okay, maybe it’s not cheating per say… but I didn’t listen to the podcast for day two and three of week four. Instead I watched a movie on my iPhone. Handy little thing that is.

The first day (which was actually the second, are you following along?), I watched UP. So.the.wrong.movie.to.watch.while.you.run…period. Don’t try it at home folks. It was so slow and not a running time movie. Really, instead of making me forget about the time, I just stared at it. Hahaha.

So day two (which was actually the third day of the run week, and last day), I had downloaded, quite by accident (I plugged my phone and synced it to another computer in my house), another movie. A certain teenage vampire movie I received for my birthday last year from a great friend. I had forgotten I had it on that computer and so when it was synced back up to retrieve my ringtones, it transferred over.

Now before you go into, “that movie was so lame, blah blah blah…” I am not asking you to watch it. To each their own.

That doesn’t change the fact it was now on my iPhone and I ran to it last night.

Believe it or not… watching the darn thing worked like a charm! I messed up with my run times… a little… cuzz I was too involved in Bella and Edward (haha) but boy the time passed like a charm! I even wanted to keep going so that I could watch longer. Crazy movie.

So when I consider week five in two days, I will definitely bring the sparkley teenage vampire movie… because it worked! I will try anything at this point to trick my body into not realizing its running or training for a 5K.

Writing update: Today I should finish RUNAWAY CHOICES. Then I will let it rest for a few weeks and jump into editing.

In the meantime, I will probably write another couple UNSEEN CHRONICLES or really dive in and plot book 3 Mandorian Prophecies. Haven’t quite figured it completely out yet.

No new news on any other nonfiction fronts. I queried an agent on Thursday… or was that Wednesday? But they are moving their offices this week, so I don’t expect to hear anything back for some time. No worries, I am not in a hurry. It’s God’s timing, not mine.

Off to complete a novel… and ponder a 5K.

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I put on my serious face just for this occasion. *serious*

UNSEEN CHRONICLES: Some of you have noticed there is a new tab above labeled such. I am posting those as Serial Fiction now… so you can read them anytime.

I have written eight chronicles based on true stories to total close to 30,000 awesome words. Hehehe, hey, it’s my story… and yes I think it’s awesome!

I have six other story ideas which would probably bring my total up to novel length… But I think I am just going to continue posting them on here until I figure out what to do with them after they are all written. Because there really isn’t a genre for “Religious Paranormal True Stroies from an Unseen Speculative Perspective…” or maybe there is? Hummmm….

As always, if you have a story you want to share with me about the Unseen hands that helped you through a situation, let me know. It’s MUCH more fun to write for a person then a situation. Hard to explain but the three chronicles I have written recently have no personal attachment to myself and they don’t seem as exciting as the others. However, they are in the resting phase, so maybe when I read them again and edit them they will change enough that I can get super excited about them like the others. Maybe.

THE RINGS OF TIME: It’s still with Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest… I will know Thursday if I made the first cut. Their loss if I don’t. If I do… well, then I wait some more. This is a waiting game… till June. JUNE! Boy, what was I thinking? I am not the most patient of people, this is going to be a real growing time for me. (Book 1 of Mandorian Prophecies)

No querying for this yet, though the query is written and perfect (if I can be so bold Hahaha!). So if ABNA doesn’t pick it up, I can send it out to procure an agent.

THE SECRETS OF MANDOR: (Book 2) Is still being edited. I am about to give the editors email address out so he can be bugged by more then just me. Gosh, why does editing take so long? Oh yah, I know, it’s cuzz he is taking out all of my THATs.. and maybe a few JUSTs… okay and maybe one or two MOMENTS… but really. COME ON! Ahem… Yes, he is reading. *waves*

REDEMPTION: (Book 3) Title still in progress, but that’s what I am calling it… It will probably end up being a four name title like the other two… Who knows. But it’s being plotted. Well, sorta… not actively though. I write down notes here and there.

RUNAWAY CHOICES: Looking excellent… Around 52.5K words… Would be more like 53 but I had one of those nights that I hated everything I wrote and deleted it. Yes, I deleted it out of the WIP. I did save it, but its not part of this MS. I decided… errr rather my characters decided to go a different way… only AFTER I wrote the dang scene transition… I wish they would speak up MUCH earlier then they do. I mean really… 600+ words down the drain for what purpose? Still deciding.

NONFICTION STUFF: And yes, it’s stuff… plural. Hmm, what is the singular of stuff? Never mind, don’t answer that. Haha.

Umm so yah, I have some nonfiction ideas. I have actually thought about starting on a couple of them recently but haven’t stepped over that threshold yet… but I will Lord willing be stepping over soon. And maybe even sharing some exciting bits of news regarding this avenue. We will see… totally not in my hands right now.

KIDS FICTION: I also have this fantabulous idea for a boys series of books… But I have to flesh that one out with my boys And they aren’t willing participants yet… so really this shouldn’t be in the Writing Updates but more of the “Somewhere down the road when my boys are old enough to pay attention” category.

I wonder if that will ever happen…

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Running: I am almost in week four of my Couch to 5K running program. I would be further along but with sicknesses and schedules, you just have a make exceptions for every other day run programs. However, things are moving along nicely. Today, I grinned through my whole run time. It was an awesome feeling and I wasn’t even winded at the end of it. Stoked.

Kids: All alive… which is good. We have a birthday for DS8 who will then graduate to DS9… He is beside himself excited.

Fiction Writing: Screeched to a halt for a bit. There are some other things heading my way I need to take care of.

Homeschool Blog/PluggedInParents: My February article is written and ready to go up. I will definitely give you notice when it does go live.

NonFiction writing: Wow, whirlwind of a couple days full of research, brainstorming and writing. I am reminding myself, I am not in control of this and that makes me pretty confident. As of Saturday at 11:44pm, my nonfiction proposal is written and waiting for some fresh eyes (read that as: not so tired Eisley). I will put together my writing samples for the publisher tomorrow and then send it to a couple nonfiction writers (and fiction ones too, don’t feel left out) to make sure they don’t see something funky. Then Monday night… or even morning if it’s ready… it leaves on a prayer.

Sanity: In question.

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What was that? Oh, yes… someone just said: “Wow Eisley, I didn’t even know you wrote nonfiction…”

Haha, me neither.

Well, that isn’t entirely true. I have written plenty of nonfiction things devoted to my personal blog over the years (five years blogging now? Crazy!). I have had oodles of ideas run through my head on topics I feel aren’t being expressed in the right way, or just not at all. However, as a fiction writer for the time, I really hadn’t thought about it seriously enough to pitch to anyone.

Then this opportunity fell square into my lap… and when I say fell, I do mean *kerplop*… FELL. I don’t know what I can share with you right now, but I am excited and I already have my first couple ideas cooking on paper. I am beyond excited about the doors that are being opened right now…

However, I have been requested to submit a nonfiction proposal… umm by next week! I have never done a nonfiction proposal, nor researched, nor even thought of… until yesterday at 12:00noon. Now, it has become the all consuming thoughts in my brain. I woke up this morning at 3:00am thinking about the ideas. Gotta love that.

The idea rolling around my brain at 3:00am, that I came up with around 8:30pm last night, will be what my proposal is for. Still excited, I emailed some of the demographics this idea would cater to and get their feedback. I came home this afternoon with 35 emails in my box saying, “YES! I would buy that!” in some form or another. The response has been overwhelming, “I have never heard of that type of <THING> before, I would totally buy it!”

I feel like I am in a dream… an awesome bizarre dream, but a dream… Yesterday morning, I woke up as a fiction author, thinking about nonfiction down the road… I went to bed a nonfiction author (to be) with fiction on the side.

I am encouraged by the recent events and know everything happens for a reason. Hopefully, I can share all the details with you all soon!

Some of the resources I will be combing through this weekend are listed below:

If you had any other resources, let me know!

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