When I was eighteen, I wrote a book about my struggles with West Nile virus. Below is the summery, as appeared on Amazon:
Emily’s the sick one . . . all of the time.
Plagued with some sort of cold or fever or bizarre aches and pains for much of her life, Emily thought the dizziness and stomachaches at the start of her senior year were just another bout of “Emily flu.” But when they didn’t go away, she knew something was seriously wrong. Eventually diagnosed with the rare and incurable West Nile virus, Emily watched her senior year and the future she had planned for go up in smoke.
“I want a normal life for a teenager. I want to ache from a long day at work. I want to be so busy that I don’t have time to post on my blog. I want to run the race of life instead of being pushed along it in a wheelchair. I want to be on the ride of my life, you know?”
Because Truth Is More Fascinating Than Fiction
If you are interested a copy you can either….
- Email me at Jemilys@gmail.com. I’ll send you my address, and you can send me a check, $10 per book. $8 for the book and $2 for shipping. I will send you your book as soon as I receive the check.
- If you live in Oregon, you can buy directly from me, for $8 a book.
- You can also buy it from bookstores, or Amazon.com. But I won’t get any of the money that way. And it won’t be signed.
Official Website of the Louder than Words book serious, which includes my book.
Emily – Just wanted you to know I enjoyed reading your book. I sneaked into the BMA convention during a session just to get it! I saw you sitting on the bleachers, but didn’t want to interrupt for an autograph
. You did a good job, sharing honestly from the heart. And I’m really glad you are feeling better now! It will be so interesting to see how God uses your talents and the story of your illness to impact lives. Maybe you will be able to see a “however…” through this book. I know my mom was in bed for months three or four different times with rheumatic fever and it does shape a person’s life even when they are healthy again. Keep writing!
Catherine Yoder
I’m 13, and though I have no idea why, it seems amazing to be posting something to the author of a book I read. You remind me of myself, naming inanimate objects and making up stories. I don’t know how long I could last being sick, considering I thought I panicked when I was sick for only a week. I like cats, thinking, theater, drawing, and being with friends. I have no idea why i’m telling you this, as I will probably never get a response. I will share about the book with my neighbor Katrina, as she might read it. Victoria would get bored, as it’s not exicting, and Courtney only reads manga. But Katrina will probably like it, I think.
Hey Jane! I have no idea why, but it seems amazing to be replying to a comment left by girl I don’t know who read my book!.That is so awesome that you like so many of the same things I do. And thanks for sharing my book with your neighbor!
Emily
I wish I had known that you don’t get the profits when your book sells in the stores! I would have waited to buy it, had I known.
That you don’t receive any profits when the stores sell your books makes no sense to me, as i know nothing about publishing and selling books.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book. Do you think you’ll write any other book in the future? I will definitely buy them if you do.
Amanda
i bought your book and as i write this it is sitting on the bottom of my bookshelf next to a dusty copy of stargirl. It was most definetly not the worst thing ive ever read, not even close. Actually, it was a bit funny in parts, and the ending doesnt make you pull out your hair in frustration at the author.Congratulations on a succesful first book, emily.
Hi! I’m 12 years old. I just wanted to let you know. I read your book and i loved it! It was so inspiring. It must be hard to deal with that. Your book also inspired me to realize I need to post more about me on my blog. LOL. Your a great author and i really hope in the future that you write more books!
Ps. I looooooove reading! So I also don’t understand why people don’t like it.
Oh my goodness!! I love your book, Emily! I am on page 79 and love it so far! It is soo interesting. And you are such a good writer! I think everyone in the world should read your book!
i love your book! im going to do this book for one of myy book reportss!
I read your book and it was so good. It was very inspiring and I really enjoyed it.
Hey Emily, so long since I saw you, but I just got done reading your book yesterday!! Totally love it especially since I can hear you talking when I read it!! Um one of my cousins would like to buy the book. So what does address does she need to send money? Like I said if you ever get that next book written let me know! Love ya
ok i know i left a comment already (if you read it) but i don’t care anyway i enjoyed your book. All the way over here in California haha so yeah i love the fact that you’re so young and you already have a book (hehe) even though i’m only 13 haha. so yeah the book is awesome and i’m doing a book report on it
PS: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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Hey!! I just finished your book today and can I tell you that it’s absolutely amazing?? I can’t evem imagine what you’ve been through and still go through, you’re inspiring! I discovered your book in my library and it was great. Thanks for being so strong and sharing your story. I share some of your same thoughts, so you’re not the only one!
I still don’t see how people don’t like reading. Continue writing and being the wonderful person I’m sure you are!
Hi Emily, I just got a signed copy of your book via Jess Heatwole. I am anxious to read it. Thanks bunches! Coleen B.
Hi Emily,
I loved your book. It was completely different from anything I’d ever read before, and I loved it. Although all the books in this series are really good, yours was by far my favorite. Keep writing!
Dear Emily,
I don’t know why but I thought that it would be very interesting for you to know that your book has its readers not only across the US, but in Central Asia (Kazakhstan in particular) too.
Keep inspiring people across the globe.
Hi, I’m Kate and I’m 13. I really enjoyed reading your book. It was a big inspiration. I guess I’m sick too, but doctors don’t know what I have and probably never will. I read your book shortly after getting out of the hospital. It was an inspiration to read what you wrote in times of your sickness. Maybe I could do something important like write a book to inspire others someday. Anyway, I really hope you keep writing so I can read!
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Hi! I just read your book, (I read all in the series) and I love your writing style, and how your book is kinda like a blog, except in book form, which is awesome because it combines some of my favourite activities into one! I have a blog too! (But I’m kinda mental so some of the posts are a bit morbid.) I’m from New Zealand, and I love list making, and observing random things like how people write or drive etc. I could not imagine living with a sickness like what you’ve been through, but I wish you well for the rest of your years! (Even though I’m only 14, makes me sound mature which I’m not).
Thanks for giving me such a good read!
Alethea
Hello,
I really enjoyed your book. im doing a project on it in my english class and i was wondering if you can explain to me how the cane looks in the book, i had to borrow it from the library, Thanks!
The cane was black with a pink ribbon, and princess stickers.
Hi Emily,
It was certainly hard at times not understanding why he was sick so often, so severely, and with such rare infections. I will be using your book as part of a book talk on overcoming chronic illness for teens. Good luck with your next book!
I just finished your book for a graduate project I am doing on young adult literature. It was a very inspiring story and reminded me so much of what my son went through with his primary immune deficiency. His immune system doesn’t work right, so he had also been sick with the “Emily flu” for much of his life.
Emily, I LOVE your book. I’m in WVa., and I’m doing a book report about your book, Emily. Reading this book, I feel that it’s about me, smoetimes. And a funny thing is, that I’m studing to be a nurse and I’m reading a about the West Nile Virus in it. Plus, reading this book, is really helping me to not take stuff to easy. So, thank you Emily for writing a book about this and your life with it.
Emily, I love your book! I am in MN and doing a speech on your book. I picked this book and loved reading it!! Your book is very inspiring to me. Thank you for writing it…:) Good luck on your plans for the future and I look forward to you next book. My sister who never reads is going to start reading it… anway thank you
I loved your book! I was wondering…who is the girl on the cover? ;P
I don’t know Jessica, the publishers picked out the cover and I never found out who the girl on the front is.