Precious Words

Official blog of Emma Liggett, author, storyteller, and all-around nice person. Follow for writing prompts, quotes, advice, and other posts to help you on your writing journey. Follow the links to learn more about Emma Liggett.

[jewishbarbies]

*passionately thinks about story instead of writing it*

[writeouswriter]

[preciouswriting]

NEW BOOK ALERT!!!

This book has been in the works for quite a while, and I am incredibly excited to announce the publication of my second book, The Monster Journal!

What’s the story about?

Dusty is an endangered species: a human. 

It’s been nearly two years since the monsters arrived. Dusty, along with her best friend Mark, have been surviving in what’s left of the world. They travel from place to place, always one step ahead of the monsters, always looking out for each other. Mark is the only person Dusty can turn to when times get hard. But despite being her best friend, there are some things Dusty can’t bring herself to tell him. In a world where survival is a struggle, personal matters aren’t important. 

In this world of humans and monsters, each day is a challenge. Simple tasks like finding food, water, or a safe place to sleep aren’t easy when you’re not sure if the humans in the area will take kindly to strangers… or if there are monsters lurking in the shadows. 

But when tragedy strikes, Dusty is forced to make a choice. A choice that will alter her fate, the fate of her best friend, and the fate of an unfortunate interloper. A choice that could either save them all, or fling them right into the hands of monsters.

When can I order a copy?

The release date is June 8th, but preorders are available right now! Click Here to preorder your copy on Amazon!

(Currently you can only pre-order the kindle version, the print version is coming soon!)

Still not sure if this is the right book for you?

No worries! If you’re on the fence about my book, I’ve got just the thing for you! The first five days of The Monster Journal are available online as a Google Doc, free of charge! Click the link here to check it out!

Still have questions?

Feel free to message me with any questions you might have! You can message me here on tumblr, or you can follow the links on my blog to my twitter or website! I look forward to hearing from you!

How can I help the author?

Reblogs would be greatly appreciated! I’m a new-ish author, so not many people know about me. So if you could reblog this, I would really appreciate the helping hand!!

[preciouswriting]

Coming out tomorrow!!

[ziggbot]

very fucking tired of female characters having to be younger and smaller than their male counterparts

[ziggbot]

also very fucking tired of female space marines, warriors, and knights having no muscles whatsoever compared to their ripped, beefy male counterparts.

[johanirae]

also very fucking tired of female characters being introduced as qualified professionals but never get a chance to show their abilities

[alteridemlynch]

also very fucking tired of female characters who are taller, bigger, bulkier, etc. not being considered attractive

[makeitrainsugar]

fatigued at the young, inexperienced white male protagonist one-upping the ‘uptight but hot’ female at something she’s apparently trained at for years

[doesnotloveyou]

And if she’s “strong” it’s cause she has daddy issues/ a male mentor. momma who?

[preciouswriting]

I just realized your book comes out the same week my brother and sister in law are finalizing the adoption of the little baby boy they've been fostering. Such a wonderful and exciting week! :D

Oh wow, congratulations to your brother and sister in law! And congratulations to their little baby boy, I’m sure they’ll be a great family together!

And thank you, it’s an exciting week indeed! :D

[preciouswriting]

NEW BOOK ALERT!!!

This book has been in the works for quite a while, and I am incredibly excited to announce the publication of my second book, The Monster Journal!

What’s the story about?

Dusty is an endangered species: a human. 

It’s been nearly two years since the monsters arrived. Dusty, along with her best friend Mark, have been surviving in what’s left of the world. They travel from place to place, always one step ahead of the monsters, always looking out for each other. Mark is the only person Dusty can turn to when times get hard. But despite being her best friend, there are some things Dusty can’t bring herself to tell him. In a world where survival is a struggle, personal matters aren’t important. 

In this world of humans and monsters, each day is a challenge. Simple tasks like finding food, water, or a safe place to sleep aren’t easy when you’re not sure if the humans in the area will take kindly to strangers… or if there are monsters lurking in the shadows. 

But when tragedy strikes, Dusty is forced to make a choice. A choice that will alter her fate, the fate of her best friend, and the fate of an unfortunate interloper. A choice that could either save them all, or fling them right into the hands of monsters.

When can I order a copy?

The release date is June 8th, but preorders are available right now! Click Here to preorder your copy on Amazon!

(Currently you can only pre-order the kindle version, the print version is coming soon!)

Still not sure if this is the right book for you?

No worries! If you’re on the fence about my book, I’ve got just the thing for you! The first five days of The Monster Journal are available online as a Google Doc, free of charge! Click the link here to check it out!

Still have questions?

Feel free to message me with any questions you might have! You can message me here on tumblr, or you can follow the links on my blog to my twitter or website! I look forward to hearing from you!

How can I help the author?

Reblogs would be greatly appreciated! I’m a new-ish author, so not many people know about me. So if you could reblog this, I would really appreciate the helping hand!!

[universalfanfic]

me, a writer who does a very poor job at outlining: oh!! that’s right!!! i was going to include a murder!! glad i remembered in time!

[tyypewriter]

one day you’ll have written a novel of your own.

you’ll be able to hold it in your hands, feel the weight of it - each chapter, each page, each word that you so lovingly crafted. you’ll be able to watch each scene, something you built and tended and know most intimately, unfold beneath your hands again with every turn of the page. you’ll be able to run your thumb down the spine of the book and feel the shape of your name pressed into the side, because this is yours.

so keep writing. because your novel is just waiting for you to bring it into existence.

[brynwrites]

A word on pacing:

Though loading your characters with failure and suffering can be useful, also remember that some of the most tense moments of a story are when the protagonists seem to have the upper hand: 

When they’ve won.  When they have something amazing to lose.  When the reader knows they have nowhere left to go but down, down, down. 

(That’s when you follow through and crush them again.)

[marvel-lous-things]

Me, in tears, halfway through writing a 300 word essay: I can’t do this anymore

Person on A03 who’s writing for fun:

[sanerontheinside]

Inconvenient Truth: these are the same person

[elfwreck]

Yeah, well, I can’t stretch out that review of 16th century economics by adding a gratuitous hand job.

[aryashi]

#not with that attitude you can’t

[authorkimberlygrey]

I still think I’m funny

[writeouswriter]

My brain: New story idea!! Must write now!

Me: okay… what’s the plot..?

My brain: Hmm, plot? No, no, no, none of that here, my good friend, my good sir, my good ma’am, but may I offer you an overall general Vibe, an aesthetic if you will, a vague feeling to convey, a-

[manyfandomsonewolf-deactivated2]

Enemies-to-friends-to-lovers trope is the shit

And anyone who says otherwise can fight me, then be forced to work together with me, then become my best friend, then marry me.

[schizo-vulture]

no more fucking mental hospitals in horror. stop making these places terrifying. stop stigmatizing the people who go to these places for help. no more fucking “schizophrenic” people in straight jackets. no more “psychotic” killers. we are people, not props. for fucks sake life is hard enough already.

[powells]

[preciouswriting]

Read 1 Island Banishment from the story Makamano: The Shark Sight by eliggett with 2 reads. teenfiction, island, sh...

Okay, I did it! I finally made a Wattpad account!

I don’t know how active I’m going to be- but this seems like a good place to post some short stories in the future. But for now, the first three chapters of Makamano: The Shark Sight up for free! Go check it out~

[writing-in-the-grave]

Things to do as a famous writer;

Make a “fan blog” of ur book of Tumblr and stalk ur fandom from within.

Go to a book store, find ur books, sign a copy, then leave.

Write purposefully bad fan fiction of ur book and post it anonymously.

Buy a copy of ur own book and write commentary in the margins, then sell it online.

Cosplay ur own character to a con, don’t let anyone know it’s you.

Using your “fan blog” befriend another fan online. Ask them to video chat you, record their reaction.

Draw purposefully bad fan art and post it anonymously.

Read ALL of the fan fiction of ur book, then declare random ones you like as cannon in the comments.

Talk to aspiring writers online or at schools and encourage them.

Become a beta reader for one of ur fans.

Hold long in depth conversations with a fan who doesn’t recognize you, disagree with everything they say.

Ask to talk a picture with people who recognize you on the street before they have a chance to ask you first.

Anonymously commission artists to draw ur characters, then surprise them by posting it to ur “official blog.” Make sure you credit them so you draw more attention to their amazing artwork!!!

Tease ur fans about the next book coming out.

Tell ur fans a character is gonna die in the next book, but not say who. Watch them squirm.