In April I participated in a twitter challenge to celebrate a current WIP. The book I used was Lost Isle: The Ocean’s Aviary I, which will be published in December 2017. Gay fantasy romance, as per the norm. I thought I’d gather the answers to all the questions here as teasers for the novel :)

Just as a quick additional announcement, I’m adding 2-3 more monthly posts on my blog. The second Sunday will have a post similar to this one serving as a collection/teaser. The third Sunday will be a publication of a short poem. And there’s the possibility of me adding a fourth post at the end of each month that will serve as an update to let everyone know what I’ve accomplished for that month and where I am in different projects.

None of these are time-intensive so they will not interrupt my writing schedule, but will hopefully give more information to you on a regular basis to remove spotty updates.

Writers, unite for the April #WIPjoy! Follow the tag, post using the daily prompts, & RT/❤️/comment on your favorite posts to share the fun! pic.twitter.com/mlVkBwFNyN

— Bethany A. Jennings (@simmeringmind) March 27, 2017

Day 1: Introduce your WIP!

#WIPjoy D1: My WIP is a short novel, m/m fantasy romance, featuring a cartographer and a pirate (of course) who are marooned together.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 1, 2017

Day 2: Describe your main character.

#WIPjoy D2: My WIP’s MC is educated, yet indecisive, introspective, though often worried, and his hands are usually stained with ink.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 2, 2017

Day 3: Share a visual that goes with Lost Isle.

#WIPjoy D3: Found this before I started in on my current WIP. All kinds of inspiration. pic.twitter.com/wMGbvj24MJ

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 3, 2017

Day 4: Share a song that inspires you for Lost Isle.

#WIPjoy D4: Pulled from my childhood: https://t.co/JmeTA9l9CQ via @YouTube

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 5, 2017

Day 5: Share a line of description.

#WIPjoy 5 The jungle opened at the crest of the hill, trees stunted in the rocky soil, giving way to grasses and low-growing creeper bushes.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 5, 2017

Day 6: Name something in Lost Isle for each of the five senses.

#WIPjoy D6:
sight: humid jungle
sound: seagull cries
taste: dry plantains
smell: salty air
touch: gritty sand

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 6, 2017

Day 7: If your story was represented by one item, what would it be?

#WIPjoy D7: I’m going to go with a huge feather, no matter that it sounds pretty boring.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 7, 2017

Day 8: If you like __, you’ll like my book!

WIPjoy D8: If you like treasure island, black sails and m/m romance, you might like my book! Maybe 😏

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 8, 2017

Day 9: Character Takeover
Main Character: Most awkward memory?

#WIPjoy D9: “That would be, I guess…” Sighs. “When I attempted to retrieve a payment owed to me, but discovered I couldn’t follow through.”

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 9, 2017

Day 10: Character Takeover
Antagonist: Happiest memory?

#WIPjoy 10: “I was a boy, not much past my tenth, when my father took me to his shipping yard to let me help lay the keel of a new frigate.”

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 13, 2017

Day 11: Character Takeover
Side Character: What’s the most pain you’ve felt?

#WIPjoy 11: “Doc Sal does wonders, but my bits hurt quite a while after that. And it weren’t what they think. I tripped. Honest truth.”

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 13, 2017

Day 12: Character Takeover
Main Character: Share a line about food.

#WIPjoy D12: We ate with our hands, picking every smidge of meat off that bird with little regard to licked fingers or stringy tendons.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 13, 2017

Day 13: Character Takeover
Antagonist: What’s your deepest regret?

#WIPjoy D13: “Regret will eat you alive, if you allow it. It’s a useless emotion, one I’ve purged from my mind.”

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 13, 2017

Day 14: Character Takeover
Side Character: What gives you joy in life?

#WIPjoy 14: “The open sea is all about possibility. What could happen, what will happen…it’s all a mystery. An exciting, dangerous mystery.”

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 14, 2017

Day 15: Character Takeover
Main Character: Your favorite music?

#WIPjoy 15: “Music comes in all forms, from the laughter of small children to the crying of the birds. Even silence sings. I relish it all.”

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 15, 2017

I seem to have skipped day 16…

Day 17: What was the first thing you knew about your story’s world?

#WIPjoy 17: My characters would be in a survivable climate with minimal tools/clothes/food, so this allowed only a few options setting-wise. https://t.co/pSGj0v3sMa

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 17, 2017

Day 18: Story location you’d most like to visit?

#WIPjoy 18: Nothing in the real world, but I wouldn’t mind a trip to a tropical island or a chance to explore the wreckage of a ship. https://t.co/zsP48Xhhjy

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 18, 2017

Day 19: Share a line that displays your world.

#WIPjoy D19: Birdsong, of a kind I’d never heard before, echoed from the canopy, though it did little to cheer me.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 19, 2017

Day 20: Three unique elements of your world.

#WIPjoy D20: Maybe not 100% unique, but: 1) Griffons 2) Wind whisperers 3) Storm birds

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 20, 2017

Day 21: Do you have a history for your world?

#WIPjoy D21: Lots of history. Some of it sneaks its way into the story. Most of it stays in my notes for when/if I need it.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 21, 2017

Day 22: If you could bring one element into reality, what would it be?

#WIPjoy D22: Being able to control the wind!

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 22, 2017

Day 23: Share a piece of advice that has helped your writing.

#WIPjoy 23 Advice: Only 10% of your research should ever end up in your finished story. Use it as backdrop, setting and in the details.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 23, 2017

Day 24: Are you a plotter, pantser or hybrid?

#WIPjoy D24: I’m a hybrid. I generally know A and Z and that P, L, O and T are somewhere in between, but everything else is pantsed.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 24, 2017

Day 25: Link day!

#Wipjoy 25: I have four novels out plus a few novellas and shorts. Lots more work to be done :) My amazon page: https://t.co/iaAiBiuGgV pic.twitter.com/NFbJUfK1t2

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 25, 2017

Day 26: Share a line that makes you smile.

This is one my favorite lines from my current WIP, LOST ISLE. #Wipjoy 26 #amwriting pic.twitter.com/Qzg1m49M7d

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 26, 2017

Day 27: Share something encouraging every writer needs to hear.

There are people out there who love your work. Don’t quit.#WIPjoy 27 #motivation

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 27, 2017

Day 28: Share some authors whose books your readers might like.

#Wipjoy 28: @marthawells1‘s Books of the Raksura are loads of fun :)

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 28, 2017

Day 29: What do you post most and where?

#WIPjoy D29: I’m awful at posting. Really, really awful. I’m working on that.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 29, 2017

Day 30: Explain your WIP in 10 words or less!

#WIPjoy 30: Two men marooned together on an island nobody believes exists. #LostIsle

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) April 30, 2017