Eileen
Eileen Wilks
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning. (George Carlin)

Female
100 years old
MIDLAND, Texas
United States



Last Login: 7/8/2009
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    Eileen's Interests
GeneralReading, of course. Also digging in the dirt, a.k.a. gardening;

My West Texas garden

I'm learning to quilt;

A quilt in progress

I love to paint things--chairs, tables, walls--if it doesn't move, I'm likely to slap a couple coats of paint on it. With stripes. Maybe polka dots. Or a primitive goddess. This is from the side of a shelving unit in my living room:

The Goddess in my living room


I'm better with paint than fabric or plants, yet remain oddly undeterred in my gardening & quilting efforts.
Television

Sometimes.

When I was beginning my writing career--as in, long before I sold anything--I worked full-time and was mom to two girls. Something had to give in order for me to find time to write.

That something was television . . . I just didn't watch it.

I do now, but the habit's not strong. The two shows I hate to miss these days are Jon Stewart's The Daily Show and its evil twin, The Colbert Report.

BooksWorld of the Lupi Books
 

World of the Lupi Novellas
 
Currently Reading:


HeroesIn no particular order:

1. Katherine Hepburn
2. Snoopy
3. Thich Nhat Hanh
4. Nora Roberts

You've heard of the first two--they were my childhood heros, which may explain a lot about me. (If you figure it out, don't tell me--I like to read a book to the end without spoilers. But I suspect it has something to do with living life on their own terms.)

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Buddhist monk, originally from Viet Nam, who is somehow able to pour healing onto the page where I can absorb it.

Nora Roberts is my writing hero. She's busted all sorts of records, tops the bestseller lists consistently, and supplies me with great books to enjoy. Go, Nora!


     Eileen's Details
Status:Single
Here for:Networking
Zodiac Sign:Scorpio
Occupation:Writer

   Eileen's Networking
Publishing - Writer - Novelist
Over 30 books in print; current series is paranormal romance/urban fantasy.


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Top Nine Places I Lived as a Child
(Okay, all the places I lived as a kid)

Monahans, Texas
Don’t remember it, but apparently that’s where I picked up my spider phobia. My mother trained my then-a-toddler brother and me to run to her whenever we saw one because there were so many black widows around. Ugh.

Canada
Don’t remember much  of this place, either. . . we moved to Canada when I was two, left when I was three. I do remember having to bundle up in endless layers of clothing to go outside in the winter.   Snow came up to the hood of the car.

Ada, Oklahoma
The boy across the street convinced me there were bears living in the woody area behind his house. I had a tremendous crush on him, which may explain my gullibility.

Independence, Kansas
Sledding.  Oh, I do remember sledding.  And The Wall—this great stone wall around our house which all of us kids dared each other to jump from, barefooted.  Such daredevils.

Eureka, Kansas
There was a little creek behind our house and my brother and I tried repeatedly to catch fish in it.  There were no fish.  I was worried about flunking music class (tone deaf, maybe?) when we moved to--

Venezuela
My memories jump from faded snapshots to Technicolor, starting the moment we landed here. My father worked for an oil company and we lived in a company camp away from any large cities. No TV. I remember guavas and sleepovers and fire ants and coral snakes and anacondas and parrots.  (We had a parrot, but he only liked my mother. Bit the rest of us and terrorized the cat.)  We learned to pound our shoes on the floor before putting them on—scorpions and such crawled into them sometimes.  All of us kids hung out in a pack.  We climbed tress, ate food that grew on trees, got in trouble, but not too much.  Swimming in the pond, for example—which had snakes. We didn’t mean to swim there, honest.  We were building a raft, but it kept sinking . . .

Venezuela is where my brother acquired the little scar over his eyebrow.  I didn’t intend to hit him with the golf club.  He really should have been standing farther away when I swung.  It’s also where I began to develop breasts . . . and tell stories.  My two best friends and I would draw pictures and make up stories to go with them.

Andrews, Texas
Culture shock.  After living the tribal life in camp in Venezuela, I had to cope with puberty, New Math, and the nation-rending tremors of the Sixties, oh my.

I discovered science fiction here, in the sixth grade.

Midland, Texas
Moved again, though not far.  My parents built a house on a couple acres in an area where many people kept horses.  I wanted a horse desperately.  A friend of my father’s rode over to visit one day and let me get up on his enormous beast—but didn’t adjust the stirrups.  That horse soon figured out I had no idea what I was doing and took off running. Galloping.  Hard.

Somehow having a horse run away with me did not inspire my parents with confidence in my goal of horse ownership . . . but I didn’t fall off, did I?  Even though crazy creature jumped ditches, I didn’t fall.

While we were in Midland, my brother and his friends dug a cave.  I pestered them into letting me help, and we spent quite a bit of time underground.  My parents must have been insane.

Hobbs, New Mexico
Last year of Junior High, then High School.  Not going there again, even in memory—though I do sometimes think about my first real boyfriend and wonder how he’s doing. (Chuck, if you see this, drop me an email, okay?)  But while I lived in Hobbs, my best friend and I began writing little stories--fan fiction, it would be called now—about the Girl From U.N.C.L.E.  Who usually (the plots varied) got to fall in love with Illya Kuryakin, and the two of them fought evil together.

Now that I think about it, I’m still writing about tough women fighting evil—and falling in love. 


Who I'd like to meet:
My readers! Also other writers, animal lovers, gardeners, and people who--like the protagonist of my series, Lily Yu--have more questions than answers.







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Rebecca Sinclair





Jul 4 2009 7:19 PM


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Wishing you a magical 4th of July weekend!

~ Reb..

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Jun 27 2009 7:52 PM


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Letanna





Jun 23 2009 2:07 PM

Thanks for the add.
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Jun 23 2009 12:04 AM

aww ty soo much! i just ordered you 5th book so im excited to read it! have a nice night
~*Alicia Gabrielle*~





Jun 22 2009 3:16 PM

Thank you so much Eileen!!! :-)
Brooke Reviews





Jun 22 2009 1:07 PM

Thank you Eileen! :D
Laurie





Jun 7 2009 1:42 AM

yay!  and I say again, yay!
Angie





Jun 3 2009 4:42 AM


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May 30 2009 11:38 PM

Okay, I'm jonesing for more Lily and Rule, too!
Barbara





May 19 2009 1:36 PM

She's my grandaughter, she loves to dance. I just finished reading Mortal Sins this morning. Actually I just read all 5 books one after the other and I loved them. Can't wait for the next one to come out.
Rebecca Sinclair





May 9 2009 6:08 AM




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Huly





May 8 2009 10:34 PM

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May 4 2009 10:33 PM

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May 3 2009 12:32 AM

Thank you. Our June issue has some lovely poems as well. We can't wait for you to read them.

Have a fantastic weekend.
BooKJunkee





May 2 2009 3:51 PM

Hi Have a Great Day and
Thank you for adding me. !!
Laurie





Apr 26 2009 11:49 PM

Thank you! Some of my favorite authors, such as yourself, seem to have more of a myspace presence than a facebook one, so that's primarily why I'm here!

I have gotten one of my best friends hooked on your books and I'm trying to get my mom addicted as well. It's my favorite form of evil...making other people wait for books I'm anticipating. Keep up the wonderful work, and I'm particularly fond of Kai and Nathan, so...more? Please?....
Bonnie


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Apr 24 2009 5:47 PM

That's strange my blogs are friends only and your a friend. Ever since myspace changed layouts it doesn't work right. I'll look into it and see if I can fix it. I'll working on it for some time though, i'm at a stall can't figure out what to write. I have most written (more than I posted) and the ending done but I have about 2 days to fill in and I guess its writers block. I doubt its good enough to publish but if not atleast my friends have enjoyed it. Good luck with making your deadline.
And maybe when your finished you can take a look :)
Bonnie


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Apr 21 2009 6:24 PM

Hi I've been working on my story and posted a few chapters in my blog.
If you have the time I would love some input!
kruemel1074





Apr 18 2009 3:16 PM

Thanks for the add!
Jessica





Apr 16 2009 8:07 PM

Woohoo! I looked to see if anyone had mentioned it and no one had. Domain stuff is tricky. A lot of the time, submit forms or something goes screwy and people have to wait forever for help. And the good part is you won't lose the domain. A lot of the time fans snap up the domains and put sites up.
Jessica





Apr 16 2009 7:48 PM

Domain or hosting expiration is my guess, but I don't know if that's the cause. I've see it on many friends domains.
Shanae'





Apr 16 2009 4:17 PM

Thank you for adding me.
Love your books!
Jessica





Apr 16 2009 6:44 AM

Hey, doll. Jessie here. I think your website's gone? Just wanted to let you know it wasn't showing up.
Alexandra





Apr 15 2009 2:27 PM

Thanks for the birthday wishes!!

Best,
Alex
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