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Emmi Lawrence

~ MM Fantasy Romance Writer

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Category Archives: Teaser

Those Bloody Christmas Elves Teasers

12 Sunday Nov 2017

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Two more days until Those Bloody Christmas Elves comes out! These are all teasers I posted on twitter, so a few of them have been mangled and cut down from their original lines in the story, but the essence is all there! Enjoy! <3

That sensation, a dreadful draining, squeezing of his soul. He hadn’t felt fear in so long it took precious seconds to identify it. #MuseMon

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) October 2, 2017

 

They kissed under a starlit night, upon a snowy blacktop, with red and green lights blinking a wicked hypnosis in their eyes. #LoveLines

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) October 2, 2017

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October ’17, Briefly

01 Wednesday Nov 2017

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What have I been up to this past month, you ask?

Just getting into the holiday spirit!

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Taylor Yeristan has been at war with Santa’s nefarious helpers for over a decade. To him, kindergartner Mandy Westmill is merely one more kidnapped child in need of his help, and her father, Greg, just one more distraught parent to comfort and cajole into heading off to the police, far from the real battle.

Only, Taylor doesn’t reckon with Greg’s unflinching determination or his refusal to leave Taylor’s side until Mandy is safe. Nor does Taylor anticipate the fierce desire Greg’s intensity sparks. For he’s been battling the lies of Christmas alone for so long that opening himself to a potential partner is a vastly seductive idea.

Yet, allowing Greg to help comes with a risk, for he has a stake in this war now, one that compromises him heavily. But it’ll be Taylor who pays the ultimate price for their desires.

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Cover designed by Perie Wolford

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Those Bloody Christmas Elves is coming November 14th.
You can Pre-Order it now.
If you’re on my ARC Team you shall be getting your link ~Nov. 7th.

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Also, Happy Halloween!

My kids are stocked up on enough candy to put them into a coma. So many horrifying clowns out this year :) And a few Captain Americas, though there was a dearth of Iron Man’s. I don’t blame them–the Captain is my favorite too ;)

Cover Reveal of Lost Isle (The Ocean’s Aviary I)

22 Sunday Oct 2017

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So, I’ve been itching to share this with you because I think it’s absolutely gorgeous! Island adventures with hidden magic and awesome birds! I know, right. Birds? But it’ll be cool. I promise! :)

Lost Isle: The Ocean’s Aviary I

When Edwin Vlaris is tossed off the ship The Torrent, he’s left to die with just his wits, his knowledge and his companion, a hard and handsome sailor with an incredible power of his own.

Coming December 2017!

EDIT: And I forgot to say who designed the cover!  The great team over at Deranged Doctor Design are responsible for this awesomeness!

Lines to Read By (Sept)

08 Sunday Oct 2017

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This month I’m spending the first two weeks writing on that ‘somewhat secret’ project I mentioned last week. I’m not very good at keeping secrets though, so be prepared to get into the holiday spirit a little early next month :)

As for the teasers for today, these are a few I posted last month while writing Storm Dancer (Living Metal I). Now, be aware, I altered a few lines so they could be read and understood independently since I wasn’t posting character names. However, Storm Dancer was written in 3rd POV and was most definitely about two men named Oskar and Cristofer (despite me having a female pronoun in one of these teasers).

That’s one of the challenges when writing about two men in 3rd–you have to be a little more careful with your he/him/his pronouns so everyone knows which man is doing the touching and which is doing the groaning, etc, etc, etc… XD

For just a scant moment, he entertained those gutter thoughts, the depth of them as dirty as his apron. #SlapDashSat #ShareWrit

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) September 2, 2017

He could be the hardest ass in all the city when a deadline loomed, his eyes sparking like hammers on steel. #SlapDashSat #ShareWrit

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) September 2, 2017

Somehow he made every touch personal, every look flirty, every word sensual. There was no question why the city loved him. #MuseMon

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) September 4, 2017

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Lines to Read By (August)

10 Sunday Sep 2017

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Here are some of my favorite teaser lines from last month :)

All from Pup Games (mm fantasy romance/coming of age novel) except for the one with the picture. That one was a writing prompt I had fun with.

<3 you all! Hope your weekend has been going well :)

 

The fantasy of a perfect union disintegrated as they discovered each other, one dark secret at a time. #TalesNoir

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) August 2, 2017

The pounding of paws on the dock came long before they arrived. We were fast away by then, hidden by the deathly smell of the marsh. #Thurds

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) August 3, 2017

Those insidious thoughts I covered with more mundane ones, fooling myself that I was healthy, whole and needed no one’s help. #FictFri

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) August 4, 2017

The shore jutted out as if some giant had spliced it together, one side a rising jungle, the other barren stone. #Slapdashsat #Sharewrit

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) August 5, 2017

Some people claimed the marsh sat at the edge of the world, but they’d never seen the ships pass under the stars. #ShareWrit #SlapDashSat

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) August 5, 2017

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Lines to Read By (July)

13 Sunday Aug 2017

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Here are some of my favorite lines I posted in July. Most from Pup Games, though some are from tangents I’ve placed in an Unused File that probably won’t end up in the final version.

He gave no promise, too scared of words capable of relinquishing control of some future action. #SlapDashSat #ShareWrit

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) July 1, 2017

 

My world wound down, an upward fall claiming all the logical reasons I’d collected to explain myself. Even my thoughts stuttered. #LoveLines

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) July 10, 2017

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Lines to Read By (June)

09 Sunday Jul 2017

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Hello All! These are just a few of my favorite lines that I shared in June. Most are from Pup Games, some are from other WIPS. Of course, a number have been altered already, or were cut from larger lines so they might not appear the same in their story :)

He whispered a wind to life inside of me, a whirlwind, a hurricane of lust and need. #Thurds

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) June 1, 2017

 

I should have known better. Should have paid closer attention to the frayed hope that had been growing without my knowledge. #SunWIP

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) June 4, 2017

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Morgan Liu and her Obsession with Fairy Tales (4D)

15 Thursday Jun 2017

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Ari’s Tour
(previous installments)
4A—Ari Nix and How It All Began
4C—Mrs. Jameson and Her African Violets
4B—Jasmine Leit and her Collection of High Heels
The Rooftop Garden and the Terror of Heights

4D—Morgan Liu and her Obsession with Fairy Tales

 

Ari sailed straight through the layers of concrete and insulation and piping and wood. Straight into an apartment lit with a purplish hue from a fish tank sitting against the wall. And he knew this because he found his head in said fish tank, fake seaweed flowing so close to his eye he flinched, just as a brilliantly blue tang darted through his open mouth.

He gagged, though there was nothing at all to actually gag on.

His flinching caused him to spin sideways, his downward plunge halting somewhat as he spilled free from the brightness of the fish tank and into a living room he’d never before set foot within. He caught glimpses of open books, pages upon pages cut, folded. Words, blended ink, while on the left-hand sides chapter headings curled with fantastical fonts. Shadows from the tank lights swam upon the carpet, giving it a rippled effect.

“Oh thank goodness. This must be Morgan’s place.” He took a breath that smelled nothing of fish or mugginess, though he knew quite well that it should have. That scent had escaped down the hall often enough whenever Morgan opened her door. Continue reading →

The Rooftop Garden and the Terror of Heights

13 Tuesday Jun 2017

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Ari’s Tour
(previous installments)
4A—Ari Nix and How It All Began
4C—Mrs. Jameson and Her African Violets
4B—Jasmine Leit and her Collection of High Heels

The Rooftop Garden and the Terror of Heights

Not everyone could be as boring as Jasmine Leit though. Ari hoped at any rate. There was the artist in 2B who never showed Ari his work and then the glamourist in 3C. Maybe they held secrets in their apartments? Or maybe, he just needed to be looking in bedrooms rather than living rooms.

In fact, one bedroom in particular stood out in his mind. A bedroom with a delightfully attractive man in its bed. A delightfully attractive man who ignored and dismissed Ari on a constant basis.

“Never mind. We’ll go see the artist’s secret paintings,” he said to the swaying branches of the bushes as he finally flew free of the oppressive building.

The brightness of the night sky lit up the roof, the moonlight shining off leaves and causing the glass of the nearby wind chimes to glow. He couldn’t hear his music from up here, just the swishing of the occasional cars driving past and the tapping of the larger wooden chimes along the edges of the roof. That breeze likely held a chill, though Ari couldn’t feel it. Couldn’t feel the wind at all in fact.

“Can you imagine being blown away on the wind,” he mused to himself.

He fluttered his fingers just as a bat came dodging through the small trees. Ari followed the creature’s progress, only noticing after the fact that those trees were quickly shrinking in his sight. The outer edge of the rooftop became visible, concrete ledges that wrapped about the deep wooden planter boxes and the paths between them.

“Oh no. Wait, not good.” Continue reading →

Lost Isle Teasers (WIPTruthOrDare Twitter Collection)

11 Sunday Jun 2017

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For the month of May I participated in a twitter game called #WIPTruthOrDare for Lost Isle: The Ocean’s Aviary I, though many of the questions had less to do with the novel. On each day there were two options, a truth or a dare, so I made sure to show which I chose for each day. I did skip a few days where both the truth and dare didn’t correlate with my novel much.

Day 1 Truth: What is your current word count for Lost Isle?

#WIPTruthOrDare Truth: Word count on Lost Isle still around 42600 but I’ve finished another short story and been editing.

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) May 1, 2017

Day 2 Dare: Write a pitch line for your WIP.

Dare: A cartographer and a pirate must work together to escape a dangerous isle no one believes exists.#WIPTruthOrDare 2 #LostIsle

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) May 2, 2017

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