Out of the Darkness

Blogging, as you may know, is a fun way to meet new people, especially when they comment;-) (hint, hint)

At any rate, Rainy Day met Justine Dell through the Grammar Police segment of her blog and Justine, and a friend of hers (and writer) Sarah Fine are working on a project, Out of the Darkness Walk. Rainy Day has lost friends and family (of choice) to suicide, and supports this project. She asked Justine to write for this week's blog, and so we are posting one day early so even more of you, Gentle Readers, can have an opportunity to help make a difference by joining in a walk and or bidding on one of the great items and or donate.

Justine, Rainy Day now turns her blog over to you while she scoots back to the kitchen to get ready for the 6th Annual Jam Session. Thank you, Justine, for taking over this week's blog, and for helping out in such a wonderful cause.

Put them together, Gentle Readers, and welcome Auther, Ms Justine Dell!!!

Hello Gentle Readers and Peeps everywhere! And you, Rainy Day, go have fun in the kitchen. We'll get along just fine.

Over 34,000 people die each year in the U.S. alone from suicide. 

Worldwide there are more deaths due to suicide than to accidents, homicide and war combined. 

This year, Sarah Fine and Justine Dell have teamed up... 

for the Out of The Darkness Walk. 

It's a cause that raises money for Suicide Prevention. 

It's important.

This week we bring you THREE opportunities to win awesome stuff AND help out a great cause. 

The first is our EPIC giveaway. 

For this, all you have to do is follow the Rafflecopter instructions below to enter. 

That's it. It's free. 

For every 250 entries we receive, Sarah Fine will donate $100 to the cause. 

She will donate up to $500...IF we get 1250 entries. 

SO ENTER. 

And spread the word.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The second opportunity is this:

Sarah and Justine's Dynamite Donation Giveaway. 

For this you gain entries by donating. Every $1 you donate equals one entry to win one of two awesome prize packs. Use the easy entry on the Rafflecopter below, donate via our Out of the Darkness page HERE, email the receipt to dell(dot)justine(at)gmail(dot)com and we will manually enter your entries based on your donation. 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The third opportunity is the auction taking place this Saturday, Oct. 6th at 11 am on Justine's Blog. There is something for writers and readers. You could bid on agent critiques, YA and Adult book packs and an awesome pack for writers. Mark your calendar for THIS SATURDAY and tell your friends. More details on the prizes can be found HERE. 

Help us and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and enter one (or ALL) of these opportunities this week.

Make a difference.

~JD 

Rainy Day asks You to Tell Her

Rainy Day came across Justine Dell's blog a year or so ago, and her section called Grammar Police. Rainy D has been subscribing ever since and today's Living With Rainy Day is a direct result of Ms. Dell's latest blog, titled, You Tell Me.

What Ms. Dell wants her readers to do is tell her what they love to read, and those of her readers who are also writers, tell what they love to write.

Rainy Day knows that it does no good to ask her Gentle Readers much of anything, because unlike Ms. Dells readers, Rainy Day's seldom, if ever, respond. (Yes, Rainy Day is jealous of Justine Dell's readers. She is also jealous of Ms. Dell's writing, but that's another story!)

So, knowing beforehand that she will get few, if any, responses to her questions, she will ask them anyhow. What do you, Gentle Reader, read? And, if you write, what do you write?

If you read Romance, Rainy Day strongly recommends you check out Justine Dell's blog at http://justine-dell.blogspot.com . And, of course, her book, Recaptured Dreams when it comes out later this year.

If you write, Rainy Day strongly recommends the above blog, and the Grammar Police section, whether or not you write Romance. The rules are the same ;-)

But what, you may want to know, does Rainy Day read? The easy answer is to go to her Rainy Day Reads blog at http://lenoragood.blogspot.com/ . This blog will show the published books she's read since the beginning of the year. As you can see, it runs from Science Fiction and Fantasy to Biography to Memoir, and most everything in between. She qualified the books as 'published' because she is in writing groups, and has the marvelous opportunity to sometimes read books before they are published. Oh, aren't you the jealous ones now, Gentle Readers?

Besides several blogs Rainy Day subscribes to and reads, she also subscribes to Daily Science Fiction at www.DailyScienceFiction.com. She gets a daily dose of SF/F in her mail box every morning. Short stories, quick to read, and a fun start to her day.

Her other two daily reads are A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg. She loves reading about words and their meaning, usage, and etymology. You may sign up by going to www.Wordsmith.org. And her day would not be complete without reading an excerpt from a nonfiction book sent by www.delanceyplace.com.

And, of course, you all know Rainy Day writes novels – historical and fantastical, as well as short stories and poems. Sometimes, they are purchased and published; too, in which case you, Gentle Readers are always the first to know.

So, Gentle Reader, what do you read? And why? And do you write? What do you write? For whom do you write? (Bill Ransom once told Rainy Day that we write for three audiences – private (we don't care to share), limited -- sharing amongst family and friends, and for public consumption and that often what begins at the first, migrates through the second into the third.)

Speaking of good reads, if you can find any of Bill Ransom's books, and like Science Fiction and Fantasy, read them! They're marvelous!