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I'm thrilled to announce that Book 3, Enemy at the Wedding, will be released for Amazon Kindle on September 1. The next installment in the Strangers on This Road series finds Lainey attending a wedding with her boyfriend, Aiden Kinnear, on her first visit to England, meanwhile stumbling into another mysterious crime. This book was… Continue reading One Week to Go!!!
"Danger in Academia," the second book in the Strangers on This Road series, was released today for Amazon Kindle. . "Danger in Academia" by Emily Senecal Kindle Purchase Price: $2.99 | Free with Kindle Unlimited Who knew academic life could be so dangerous? Lainey Parker, now a senior at Columbia College in New York, is… Continue reading “Book 2: Danger in Academia” Now Available!
I was against self-publishing for quite some time. It just wasn't for me, no way, nohow, mainly because of the following two stumbling blocks: I felt bombarded with stories (from NPR, agency sites, advice from other authors) about how the publishing industry looks down on self-publishing. It wasn't the right way to do it. Self-publishing… Continue reading Why I Self-publish
I'm not going to use the word "stuck," because it isn't completely accurate. Finding the right word or phrase is always important, and stuck sounds so negative. Like I'm stuck in something sticky and unpleasant, which definitely isn't the case. Instead, I'll say I've been positively challenged as I determine what my characters are going… Continue reading Finding Inspiration
The fourth book in the series, The Heartbroken Brides, is available on Amazon Kindle. Two women—Maria Concepción Argüello, the 1806 Presidio commandante's daughter, and Carol Kinnear, present-day victim of a car accident... Sometimes history repeats itself—with deadly results. Lainey Parker and her fiancé, Aiden Kinnear, plan a long weekend in San Francisco in order to wind… Continue reading Book 4, The Heartbroken Brides
I recently found myself in a conversation about codes and Bletchley Park, and not only did I know what Bletchley Park was and why it was important in WWII, I was able to impart my very amateur knowledge about the critical role of Polish cryptographers in breaking the German codes. This exchange reminded me that… Continue reading Cool Stuff I’ve Researched
Now that I'm really doing it, actually selling my books through Amazon as a self-published author, suddenly I'm faced with something I have a really hard time doing: effective self-promotion. I never mind when other people promote their books, businesses, bands, creations, blogs, whatever amazing things they're doing. I don't think "FOR SHAME!" and shake… Continue reading Selling Myself on Self-Promotion
As I'm rereading my series for the first time in more than a year, I'm reminded of how amazingly FUN it was to write these books. The researching online - on Wikipedia and Google Earth, and, of course, Interpol's website; the pulling together of plots; the characters who would randomly pop up out of nowhere,… Continue reading The Fun of It All
As August 1 approaches, the next landmark date for my baby publishing project, I'm taking stock of where I am in this whole process. I've written seven completed books to date in the series, recently published the first book on Amazon Kindle, and just this week created a website and Facebook fan page and joined… Continue reading Making Progress
The next exciting installment in the Strangers on This Road series, Enemy at the Wedding, is available on Amazon Kindle and in paperback. A beautiful, idyllic setting… A happy bride and groom… And enemies lurking in the shadows, waiting to strike… Lainey Parker is thrilled to be traveling to England with her boyfriend, Aiden Kinnear,… Continue reading Book 3, Enemy at the Wedding
The second book in the Strangers on This Road series, Danger in Academia, is available on Amazon Kindle and in paperback. Danger in Academia Paperback Edition $10.95 | Kindle Edition $2.99 Who knew academic life could be so dangerous? Lainey Parker, now a senior at Columbia College in New York, is as concerned as the… Continue reading Book 2, Danger in Academia
Strangers on This Road is the first book in the Strangers on This Road series, featuring the adventurous heroine Lainey Parker. Get it on Amazon in either Kindle or paperback edition today! Strangers on This Road Paperback Edition $10.95 | Kindle Edition $2.99 One beautiful day in the quiet Catalina Island town of Avalon, Lainey Parker… Continue reading Book 1, Strangers on This Road
