Lines to Read By (Jan)

11 Sunday Feb 2018

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He’d claimed a desire to change, but the words were meaningless when his next sentence announced his ignorance as to what he had have ever done wrong. #TrickyTues

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) January 2, 2018

That hall held an age, a thousand years or more. And if one walked that corridor, a thousand years he’d feel.#1linewed #TalesNoir

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) January 3, 2018

Over and over they said he would only live once, that his youth would fade as surely as the summer morphs to fall. They meant his body, his suppleness and strength, and did not realize the smoothness of his features hid an age far surpassing theirs. #1lineWed

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) January 10, 2018

The stillness of the water could not fool me, for I sensed a darkness, a shifting so subtle and deep it did not disturb the surface. #Thurds

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) January 11, 2018

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Lines to Read By (Dec ’17)

14 Sunday Jan 2018

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Most of these teaser lines are from short fiction pieces I’ve either finished or am working on for 2018. The holidays entirely derailed me, so I’m striving to get back on track now that we’ve headed into a new year.

Email made it far too easy to ruin friendships, so he took to ranting on postcards and trusting in his inability to find a stamp. #1linewed

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) November 29, 2017

He did not start out a liar. The skill emerged when people kept insisting he must join them on their wild romps to dive bars and trashed beaches. #Thurds

— Emmi Lawrence (@EmmiLawrence) December 7, 2017

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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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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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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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Lost Isle Teasers (WIPjoy Twitter Collection)

14 Sunday May 2017

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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

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