Kindle Direct Publishing recently launched virtual voice audiobooks, allowing creators to pick voices and modify settings. I spent many hours working with "Evelyn," my virtual narrator, and while it's not perfect, it could be a great solution for independent authors to publish audiobooks.
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Unrecovered by Emily Senecal: Now Available in Paperback and on Kindle
Emily Senecal's new novel, "Unrecovered," kicks off a suspenseful series featuring art historian Katie Evans. After an unexpected job offer, she joins a team in Paris to recover lost art and antiquities. A suspicious burglary plunges her and her new colleagues into a tangled conspiracy of lies, secrets and betrayal.
NEW RELEASE: Down an Unknown Road
A new book by Emily Senecal is now available on Amazon Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and in paperback. Down an Unknown Road $3.99 Kindle | $11.95 Paperback | Free with Kindle Unlimited You never know what’s going to change your life. A lucky break, a tragic hour, a chance meeting. And nothing is ever the… Continue reading NEW RELEASE: Down an Unknown Road
NEW RELEASE: Past Damage
Available now on Amazon! A new book by Emily Senecal is now available on Amazon Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and in paperback. Past Damage $3.99 Kindle | $10.95 Paperback | Free with Kindle Unlimited After getting out of a toxic relationship and into a successful career in web design, Julia Wray is in a great place… Continue reading NEW RELEASE: Past Damage
NEW RELEASE: Dark Web of Deceit
Available now on Amazon! The suspenseful sequel to Spiders in a Dark Web is now available on Amazon Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and in paperback. Dark Web of Deceit: A novel of suspense It’s been raining for weeks, delaying construction on Lola Bright and Peter Owen’s new home. After almost a year together, things are looking… Continue reading NEW RELEASE: Dark Web of Deceit
NEW RELEASE: The Element of Truth
Available now! Already finished season 3 of “Ozark” and looking for a new read to beat the isolation blues? Check out my newest binge-worthy romantic suspense, now available on Amazon Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and in paperback. The Element of Truth Cal senior Sunny Quinn always trusts her instincts. So when she sees Des Merrick for… Continue reading NEW RELEASE: The Element of Truth
Books We Love to Binge
I’d like to think that the books I write definitely work as binge-by-the-pool kind of reads, which aren’t necessarily light (though they can be) or long (though they can be), but are stories that for whatever reason draw you in, and allow you to read and read and read without becoming emotionally drained or bored or devastated. In a word, to binge.
NEW RELEASE: The First Time We Met
Available today on Amazon A new binge-worthy summer read from the author of the Strangers on This Road suspense series is now available for Amazon Kindle and in paperback... The First Time We Met: A novel College junior Eva Meade does not want to be a bridesmaid. Painfully shy and socially inept, she’s well aware… Continue reading NEW RELEASE: The First Time We Met
Inspiration from an Unexpected Place
After a December and January of intensive book marketing and back-to-back paperback releases, I fell back, somewhat exhausted, into my safe, familiar routine of writing and editing. The only downside to being an indie author, as far as I'm concerned, is that unless you hire professionals, you have to be your own marketing team and… Continue reading Inspiration from an Unexpected Place
NEW RELEASE: Spiders in a Dark Web
Available now! A new title from the author of the Strangers on This Road suspense series is now available in Kindle and paperback, free with Kindle Unlimited. Spiders in a Dark Web: A novel of romantic suspense Just beyond my sight was a vast menacing darkness, a web of greed and lies and violence. It… Continue reading NEW RELEASE: Spiders in a Dark Web
Book 12, In a House of Strangers
Available now on Amazon Kindle. . In a House of Strangers, Book 12 in the Strangers on This Road series of suspense fiction, is now available on Amazon Kindle. She’s dead. Oh, God, she’s dead... Mindy Faraday’s life just fell apart. Within weeks, she went from self-assured future lawyer to defeated, aimless mess, living in… Continue reading Book 12, In a House of Strangers
Book 11, Saints and Enemies
Now available on Amazon! . Saints and Enemies, Book 11 in the Strangers on This Road series, is now available on Kindle and in paperback. From the moment she arrives, nothing is as it seems… Taking a much-needed break from her thriving career as an artist and gallery owner, Hannah Wood plans to spend a… Continue reading Book 11, Saints and Enemies
Defining Who You Are as a Writer
Last night I was invited to give a talk about writing to a women's group, which was an honor and a pleasure. I so appreciate the attention and interest of those 25 women, who asked such intelligent questions and so generously celebrated my accomplishments. Following is the text of what I shared about myself. I’m… Continue reading Defining Who You Are as a Writer
THE HAUNTED SECRETS OF THOSE LONG DEAD… Book 10 is now available
Just as Paige Brody hopes her luck is finally changing for the better, fate intervenes and embroils her in a dangerous mystery. The tenth installment of the Strangers on This Road series is now available on Amazon Kindle and in paperback! Get your copy today, and check out all the books in the series. .… Continue reading THE HAUNTED SECRETS OF THOSE LONG DEAD… Book 10 is now available
Book 10, An Empty House
Now available on Amazon Kindle and in paperback The next installment in the Strangers on This Road series introduces Paige Brody, a young woman struggling to make a life for herself, hoping her luck is going to change. . "What happened to Sarah Baxter?" Tremaine Hall stands empty and derelict. Nearly fifty years ago, a… Continue reading Book 10, An Empty House
INTERRUPTED BY MURDER… Book 9 released today!!
Warm sunshine, lush island vineyards, charming seaside towns—and beneath it all, dark and dangerous things are lurking in the shadows... Becca Rossiter once again finds herself embroiled in a treacherous and mysterious case of murder, interrupting her long-awaited trip to the Greek Islands. The ninth installment of the Strangers on This Road series is now… Continue reading INTERRUPTED BY MURDER… Book 9 released today!!
Can I claim this on my taxes?
It's official—GREECE! I've made plans to travel to Greece for three weeks next spring, and am so lucky to have my stellar editor and dear friend, who also happens to be my mom, going with me. I would count it as a research trip and try to write off the cost, but since the book… Continue reading Can I claim this on my taxes?
Book 9, Murder on Santorini
Now available on Amazon Kindle. Wrong place, wrong time... An unlucky chance draws Becca Rossiter into a dangerous mystery. Find out what happens in the ninth installment of the series, the second featuring Becca (introduced in Book 8: Beneath These Streets). An idyllic vacation, interrupted by murder… Becca Rossiter arrives on the Greek island of… Continue reading Book 9, Murder on Santorini
DARK SECRETS LIE BENEATH THE CITY… Book 8 released today!!!
Market Street, the Embarcadero, Davis, Clay and Sacramento... Beneath the offices and stores, the traffic and bikes and pedestrians, lie buried pieces of San Francisco's past. And Becca Rossiter is about to find out just how dangerous delving into the past can be. The eighth installment of Strangers on This Road is now available on… Continue reading DARK SECRETS LIE BENEATH THE CITY… Book 8 released today!!!
Prowling Through the Stacks
I have wonderful memories of my hometown public library. The library in Davis, California, where I grew up wasn't especially big or showy. It's not an especially big town, and while the University library is both very extensive and very impressive, the local library was just an odd little building next door to the Veterans'… Continue reading Prowling Through the Stacks