Emily Hornburg
Emily Hornburg
Like A.Ham- Writing Like I'm Running Out of Time
 
 

EmilyHornburg.com

Writing, Reading, and life

 
 
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The Blog

Every Tuesday I'll share a blog post about what I'm working on, what I'm reading, or what's going on in my life at the moment. 

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Writing

At heart, I'm a storyteller. I've been making up stories for as long as I can remember, and I'm always learning more. Here's how I do it. 

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Reading

Not only do I love telling stories, I love to read them too. Here's my thoughts on all of the books I've been reading. 

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Life

Believe it or not, I do things and have thoughts that have nothing to do with writing or reading. Work, family, friends, love, coffee...Here's where I talk about them.

 
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Flash fiction fridays

Most of my work are novels, which means until I get published, I don't have many opportunities to share it with you. Thus, Flash Fiction Fridays. At least once a month, I'll post an original short story which is 1,000 words or less.

Flash Fiction is perfect for when you want something fun to read - but don't have much time. 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Snippets of Life

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So, I’m awful and realized I hadn’t read anything for #pride🌈 yet! I found a couple of novellas though and they were so cute! I started with this one about a HS band mom who falls for the orchestra conductor! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... #fearless #shiraglassman #pridemonth #pride #ff #novella #bookstagram #ebook #bookworm #bookworms #bookwormforlife #booklover #booklovers #booklove #booknerdigans #igbooks #bookish #bibliophile
The theme of “rainbow” for #thursdayaesthetic was the perfect opportunity for me to think more about the deities of this world. My current #WIP is the first where I’ve built a fictional religion and a lot of the plot and magic is based on the deities. Starting from the top right corner: Indigo- Efare’s, the goddess of inspiration. Yellow- Yla, the deity of birth, fertility, and childhood (in their female form) Red- Diar, the deity of love, beauty, and desire (in their female form) Violet- Luana, goddess of the moon, stars, night, and winter Green- Kutlaous, god of nature, forest, jungle, agriculture, and animals Blue- Colma, god of water Orange- Ray, god of sun, day, fire, and summer ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... #epicfantasy #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #amwritingfiction #characteraesthetic #worldbuilding #magic
Friends- have you all read The Poppy War????? Epic fantasy inspired by Chinese history and folklore, an elite military school, powerful gods, war, a main female character who’s young scrappy and hungry (couldn’t resist but A.Ham would love this girl), and overall awesomeness! It took me far longer to finish than I wanted because I didn’t have time to really sit and sink into the story. But I was able to over the weekend and SO SO GOOD. Debut fantasy authors have really been killing it so far the last couple months! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... #thepoppywar #rfkuang #fantasy #a #epicfantasy #bookstagram #bookworm #bookworms #bookwormforlife #booklover #booklovers #booklove #booknerdigans #igbooks #bookish #bibliophile
I’m not going to pretend I’m a big car buff, but this was still a fun day outing. And the antique cars were pretty great!
This weeks theme for #thursdayaesthetic is black and white. Since I did a black and white theme last week... I didn’t think I was going to do another one. But then I realized I could do one for one of my previous books and I was really excited to put one together! This is for my book Guardians of the City (I know... the title is awful) my urban fantasy (with a lot of romance) that I worked on for several years. It’s shelved for the moment. But I hope someday I can polish it off and try querying it again. I love these characters so much. I’ve been struggling with my current WIP lately so it was good for me to go back and revisit them this morning to remind myself that yes I can write something good and I can write great characters people can fall in love with. I just need to be patient and get the hard work in. Also, I think my CPs (they’re tagged) will appreciate this one. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... #amwritingfantasy #urbanfantasy #paranormalromance #characterasthetic #characterinspiration #writersblock #bookaesthetic #wip #writersofinstagram
After watching the “Let it Go” performance on the Tony Awards I’m reminiscing about “meeting” Elsa in Disney and how we talked about my nails matching her dress. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... #latergram #elsa #epcot #disney #frozen #letitgo
Elsie is showing off her book! #babybook #auntlifeisthebestlife #auntlife #auntem
This week’s #thursdayaesthetic theme was monochromatic! I had a hard time choosing a color, but I really liked how my black and white theme turned out. Kind of the easy route, but a big element of this book is my main character (Eira) and her connection with the moon goddess, Luana. Technically, Luana’s color is silver so.... gray, white, and black will have to do. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... #amwritingfantasy #amwriting #fairytaleretelling #bookaesthetic #WIP #roughdraft