Emerson thesis -- Popular fiction writing and publishing
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 167 Collections and/or Records:
Don't Speak, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021summer_scott_rachelle.pdf
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"The main character of Don't Speak is Kelsey Townsend, a sixteen-year-old girl who's struggling to deal with change. Midway through high school, her parents decide to move to another town, and Kelsey has to leave behind her best friend, as well her church, which she's very active in and attached to. After her parent's multiple attempts to get Kelsey to join their new church, she finally volunteers and meets a few teens from her new school. The most important one being Ben Michaelson. He was...
Dates:
2021
Drown, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_gaffney_tom.pdf
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"One year after Eddie King vanished in the cursed reservoir at Upper Merion State, Romana Jackson and her friends attend a bonfire at the same park. When one of Romana's close friends also goes missing in the reservoir, she befriends the only witness to Eddie's disappearance, Norie Atwood. Together they work with Detective Hopkinson of Upper Merion Missing Persons to uncover the truth and history of the reservoir. With a construction project looming that could expand the reservoir and...
Dates:
2024
Encrypted, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023summer_helmen_emily.pdf
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"This thesis explores themes of monstrosity, humanity, trust, and friendship through the life of Jynx. When Jynx kills one bad king only to unknowingly allow a pure tyrant to take his place, she fights to fix her mistake and restore the throne to its rightful ruler. But the only way to save the world is to embrace what the world hates most: her shadow monster half. Intended for New Adult readers and set in the high fantasy genre, this thesis is full of kings, monsters, good, evil, and one...
Dates:
2023
Este, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020fall_chalmers_anna.pdf
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"Este is a new student at a St. Xavier's Preparatory School, and is just trying to make it out in one piece after her troublemaking past got her expelled from her previous school. After witnessing a mysterious gathering of a secret club, Este's darkest secret is revealed to the entire school. The underground club tries to force St. Xavier's back to its more conservative past. With no help from the principal, Este must identify the group members on her own and stop them from bullying students...
Dates:
2020
Fall for You, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024fall_brodzik_danielle.pdf
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"Punk goes... romance? Nothing has been the same since Andrew's death. Adelaide and her rockstar-brother Alex lost a sibling, and the rest of We Say Summer lost their bassist, spiraling the band into an indefinite hiatus. Three years later and everyone is still struggling, especially Adelaide, who's a production runner for the very same venue that marked a turning point in We Say Summer's trajectory towards success, only now the theater is threatening to close its doors for good. At the same...
Dates:
2024
Fantasy Unchained, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022spring_hempel_dustin.pdf
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"Fantasy Unchained is a blend of the science fiction and fantasy genres, set in a near future Seattle and a new virtual reality online game that feels completely real. The story follows Aislinn Graham in her search for the Songmasters of Sarn in the game after she receives a mysterious letter from her dead mother. As she struggles in her search, the lines between the worlds begin to blur as she realizes the characters in the game may be sentient, and they have agendas of their own. Fantasy...
Dates:
2022
First Fae: A Journey of Magic and Chains, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_payeur_jordan.pdf
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"This thesis consists of the first 120 pages of a full-length novel in the fantasy genre. It is written in third-person limited and follows the story of three female points-of-view. Each chapter follows a different perspective, capturing the journey of the three main characters. The first point-of-view is about Edra, a former slave determined to earn her freedom. The second follows Blythe, a wealthy woman fighting to hold onto her independence. The final point-of-view is Myrna, a young...
Dates:
2023
Flight of the Tundra Swan, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024fall_milton_honor.pdf
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"Gregory Heimstat was the ideal father, at least that's what his daughter Blythe thought until he disappeared to his homeland of Germany amidst the devastation of the London blitz. Blythe finds respite in an American soldier who offers her the escape she needs, a new life far away from the judgmental stares of her neighbors and the home in which the ghosts of her father's betrayals reside. Finding herself in Nashville, Tennessee with a husband she knows little about and a culture she can't...
Dates:
2024
Flora & Fauna, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024spring_morgan_lexi.pdf
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"There is no peace without power. The caesar's assassination leaves a power vacuum every senator in Vis wants to exploit save Echo Dexius Valerius whose dream of a peaceful, prosperous state, house, and family shatters with his father's murder. Propelled into the heart of the conflict, he quickly learns neutrality is more dangerous than choosing a side. Xiomara Zapocteloma has long been powerless even as daughter to her city-state's king; her father may sit on the Sunflower Throne but his...
Dates:
2024
Forever and a Day, 2021
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Identifier: pf_2021spring_axon_alexandra.pdf
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"Alex Lucent and her best friend Jade Collins never imagined they weren't human—even with Alex's history of punching out people twice her size. But on the last day of junior year, their worlds change—literally. After narrowly escaping a kidnapping, the girls are brought to L'Autre Monde, a world home to Magics: superior beings who can each perform a unique magical skill. They learn the world is at war, and they are destined to save it. Despite their disbelief, the best friends agree to train...
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2021
Forgive Me, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022spring_hamada.pdf
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"Forgive Me follows Hannah, a twenty-five-year-old woman whose biggest issue in life used to be her unrequited love for Al. Her life comes to a halt one day when she witnesses the brutal rape of his cousin, Mandy. The worst part is that the rapist is none other than Al's father. Threatened into silence, Hannah's fear overwhelms her, and she is rendered unable to act upon what she knows. She drowns into a spiral of depression and barely keeps afloat until one day she is forced to face the...
Dates:
2022
Functional, 2024
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Identifier: pf_2024fall_badillo_gina.pdf
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"Zorah, a recovered alcoholic jaded by personal tragedy, moves to London to get her doctorate in chemical engineering. She meets B-list actor Luke, who's trying to make his way in the film industry despite his too-thin skin and a father who disapproves of the path he's chosen. Despite Zorah's rough exterior and Luke's sensitive nature, they learn to love both each other and the ugliest parts of themselves." -- Abstract
Dates:
2024
Grip, Squeeze, Grieve, Repeat, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_sam_tyreetta.pdf
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"My hometown, Donaldsonville, was deemed the worst city in Louisiana and the second worst city to live in America by an article published by 21wallst and BR Proud. The article was shared on social media and broadcasted news stations which further marginalized and stereotyped residents of Donaldsonville. Amidst the backdrop of the article, my novel, "Grip, Squeeze, Grieve, Repeat," unfolds through the lens of 15-year-old Montez Comeaux. Montez grapples with the fallout from the article,...
Dates:
2023
Hauntings, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020fall_lane_stephanie.pdf
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"Maddie has always been haunted, literally. She can't remember a time when she didn't see the dead. After her sister, June, dies, Maddie returns home to mourn the loss with what little family she has left. Once she arrives, she starts to believe that June's death wasn't suicide or an accident. Her death almost mimics the way their mother died thirteen years previously. Back then, Maddie suspected her father, but now she's not sure who to suspect. The truth has always been an elusive thing...
Dates:
2020
Heart on the Ice, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023fall_climer_tessa.pdf
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"Heart on the Ice is Book One in the Ballston Blackhearts tetralogy. This series follows a minor league hockey team based in Washington D.C. and each book will follow a different narrator on the team. There is a streamline focus on mental health throughout each plot—it is an intergyral piece in each story. Heart on the Ice follows Quinn Marley, who was recently traded to the Ballston Blackhearts after playing college hockey in Durham, North Carolina. Fresh out of college and new to the city,...
Dates:
2023
Hexerei, 2022
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Identifier: pf_2022spring_patterson_jamie.pdf
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"Felix, the main character, is a warlock coming to terms with both the deaths of his ex-husband, Oliver Dade, and his friend and romantic interest, Jude Morgan. They were killed by infamous Black Faerie Queen Audelia after Oliver insults her. Jude, ever the hero, jumped in front of the blow that would have killed Felix. It is at this moment that a piece of Jude's soul is lodged in Felix's. Felix begins dreaming Jude's memories as vividly as if he were there. Felix is torn between keeping the...
Dates:
2022
Honeymoon Alone, 2019
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Identifier: pf_2019spring_diebold_nicole.pdf
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"Honeymoon Alone is a women's fiction manuscript told in the first person and present tense, through the lens of Lucy Gray. Lucy is a twenty-six-year-old school teacher who lives a comfortable and routine life. After a public humiliation – and some insight from a psychic – Lucy throws caution to the wind and decides to see what life could be like if she shook things up a little. She takes off for London on her sister's throwaway honeymoon and is inspired to take chances for the first time....
Dates:
2019
I am an Assasin [sic] Named Lazarus, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_doolin_lily.pdf
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"'I am an Assassin Named Lazarus' is one killer's journey to survive. After waking up from a coma, Lazarus knows only two things: Her name, and that she's a notorious up-and-coming gun for hire. Even that information was given to her by "The Doc" and his cheery nurse, both of whom bear an ominous black cross on their clothes. As Lazarus puts back the pieces of her shattered memory, she's hunted by fellow assassin Raphael, who takes credit for the accident that left Lazarus with extensive...
Dates:
2023
I Think He Did It, 2023
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Identifier: pf_2023spring_purtell_brigid.pdf
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"I Think He Did It is a cozy mystery set in a small town in the Adirondack Mountains. Walker, a Sheriff's Deputy in a small town, is trying to help his former fiancée, Vera, track down what may have happened to their best friend three years earlier. Walker is determined to do whatever he can to keep Vera safe in a town that has only just emerged from a major corruption scandal, while Vera is determined to cause as much chaos as she can until her friend is found, safety be damned." --...
Dates:
2023
In Her Shadow, 2020
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Identifier: pf_2020spring_porcaro_sara_jane.pdf
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"Presented in this thesis project is the first 101 pages of an original work of fiction, the first book of a tentative trilogy titled "In Her Shadow." The genre is high fantasy and decopunk, a style of fiction revolving around the aesthetics of the 1920s/30s era, and is currently 32,555 words in length, extending across a sizeable portion of the first book's overall story arc. This has been my focus project across my entire two years of study within Emerson's Popular Fiction and Publishing...
Dates:
2020