Hello Poetry

Check out poetry at Hello Poetry, including some mine. https://hellopoetry.com

Marta C Weeks

Taking a screenwriting class

I will soon write extensively about the class because what I have learned is amazing! Here is one of the videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZfadIf5zpo&t=188s

Leo Horoscope, April 22, 2017

Leo Horoscope, April 22, 2017: Like most felines, you typically enjoy basking in the bright rays of t...

Welcome to Cirque du Soleil!

Cirque du Soleil is incredible! I saw the very first show in 19901 in  Beverly Hills/West LA and we went to see them a few years ago in San Francisco.

Last Breath

My poem, Last Breath, just started trending on Hello Poetry. Hope you go in and check it out, like it and share it. Would love comments and even critiques.

http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1918302/last-breath/

Last Breath

Two freebies you don't want to miss!

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Paranormal Romance | WritersDigest.com

The 7 Deadly Sins of Paranormal Romance | WritersDigest.com: SLOTH: Info Dumps. Nothing turns me off faster than a book that starts off with a long narrative explaining all the world building. Info dumps are lazy. They’re bad form. The details of your world should come to light slowly, layer upon layer, immersing the reader in the experience. For hints on how to do this, paranormal romance writers should study the best written fantasy. LUST: Fetishism of the Supernatural. There’s a tendency for paranormal romance writers to fetishize the supernatural elements in the same way that science fiction writers sometimes fetishize the buttons and gadgets of their worlds. That your character is a werewolf isn’t all that interesting in and of itself.

3/25/17: Weekly Address

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Appel is an impressive author, several of his books are available for review

Jacob M. Appel

Goodreads Author

Born

in The United States

Website

http://jacobmappel.com

Genre

Fiction, Mystery, Humor and Comedy

Member Since

August 2013

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Is offering "A limited number of complimentary electronic copies of several of my books are available for review. Please email me directly if you are interested"

"Jacob M. Appel's first novel, The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up, won the Dundee International Book Award in 2012. His short story collection, Scouting for the Reaper, won the 2012 Hudson Prize. He has published short fiction in more than two hundred literary journals including Agni, Conjunctions, Gettysburg Review, Southwest Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, and West Branch. His work has been short listed for the O. Henry Award (2001), Best American Short Stories (2007, 2008), Best American Essays (2011, 2012), and received "special mention" for the Pushcart Prize in 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2013.

Jacob holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Brown University, an M.A. and an M.Phil. from Columbia University, an M.S. in bioethics from the Alden March Bioethics Institute of Albany Medical College, an M.D. from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, an M.F.A. in creative writing from New York University, an M.F.A. in playwriting from Queens College, an M.P.H. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He currently practices psychiatry in New York City."

Ode To A Violinist

My heart crashed
As I stood on the sidelines 
You played 
To an adoring crowd

Inside me fear 
Tore away 
As it has done before

I had seen her 
Lock into my lover's eyes 
Take him into promises 
Of her paradise
Then she looked at me
As women do 
To announce 
Pending victory

Lost in that turmoil 
I gazed at you 
Handsome violinist

Young prince of music 
Your violin courting 
Throbbing hearts
Minds filled with desire

My eyes fluttered 
You held them 
I felt avenged
In found promises
Yours into mine

I stayed fixed 
From song to song 
You stroked from chords 
Into my need

I surfaced
Whole and lovely
Into a center of strength
Your visual embrace
Into impending doom
Of lost love 
And unforgettable pain

You came 
In that moment in time 
When I needed lifting 
From sinking into regret 
Into memories of loss

Where you sent by God 
That very second 
Your song a wave 
To lift me from the gulf 
I was falling into

It matters not
The moment passed 
As he came back 
From where he denied
Ever going 
To love me again


By Marta C Weeks
@MartaCWeeks.com
4/20/ 2015

Wrote during a cruise

Published on Hello Poetry http://hellopoetry.com/poem/1883456/ode-to-a-violinist/

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The first hook, DESCRIPTIONS

Don't sell yourself short! Here is a free, well-written article, on DESCRIPTIONS for your book. from: 

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Pitch Fest at SavvyAuthors

Today I entered the pitch fest provided by SavvyAuthors, a good site for writers! Thanks to all the agents and publishers!

http://savvyauthors.com/blog/

Here is what I pitched:

VIRGINS 
Adult Fantasy/Paranormal 
Trilogy 
60,0000 words 
Author: Marta C Weeks 

Who is Haya? A story of love unfolds when Ayekah, the Archangel, falls for Haya. From them is born a powerful sisterhood in a web of intrigue that moves the heart and terrifies the senses. Ayekah's quest becomes to be human or make Haya eternal. 

Thank you for the opportunity to pitch. 
Virgins, is not published but I have started to promote it on my Blog and Facebook author page: 
Blog: http://www.martacweeks.com/p/vrigins.html 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/martacweeks/

Wish me luck!!

In Tribute to President Barack Obama, poem

In Tribute to President Barack Obama


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Even ghosts

Once slaves

Rise

From graves

Of oppression

To see Barack

His eyes

Luminous

With humility

Head high

Steady voice

All witness

His assent

Over mountains

Of Whites, Blacks

Browns and Yellow

Multiplicity of life

In triumph

Barack takes

Bigotry's flames

To dreams that lift

Humanity

Into stars, of equality

And God of all

Rejoices

A son has risen

Marta C. Weeks
January 20, 2009

martacweeks.com

Annual Report 2016

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Annual Report 2016