Writing Ups, Downs and In Betweens
We need the fallow times as well as the creative and inspired, the down days as well as the up and energized. And everything in between.
writing
What makes a book good?
I’m currently reading a mystery about authors by arguably one of the most well-known novelists in the world, J.K. Rowling, writing as Robert Galbraith. I’m finding Rowling’s commentary about the publishing industry, about writers and […]
Talking About Books for a Worthy Cause
Now rescheduled for Oct. 13, 2021, the 9th Annual Gifting Grandmas’ Authors’ Luncheon I’m excited and gratified to share that I’ve been invited to speak at the Gifting Grandmas’ Authors’ Luncheon benefiting the Sacramento Children’s […]
The Delights and Challenges of Dialogue
I feel like many authors would agree that dialogue is both a joy and a little bit of a nuisance to write. Conversations are such critical elements in fiction, allowing the characters to meet, interact, […]
Pivoting, reinventing, revisiting… rinse and repeat
“Pivoting” is one of those buzzwords you hear a lot lately, along with “new normal,” “reinventing” and “intentional”. They start to mean less the more you hear them, to the point that my partner and […]
The Slow Slogging Days
These are slow times in my marketing and writing, as I work through editing a manuscript and feel less than inspired to think of ways to publicize my work on social media or to set […]
A Row of Books
It’s been an incredibly strange time for all of us, strange and complicated and challenging, defined by fear, uncertainty, isolation, unity, unexpected blessings and unplanned burdens. In the first month or so of shelter in […]
Inspiration vs. Motivation
Toward the end of 2019, I got really productive and finished two first drafts, which was gratifying, and then started editing them, which is painstaking, and began to think about marketing, which is downright painful. […]
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, […]
Errors & Inspiration | author’s note
My day job has been especially stressful lately, what with department mergers, new bosses, urgent deadlines, and changing rules and roles and expectations. Maybe because of that, or maybe because I just needed some time […]
A New Direction | author’s note
Just this past Wednesday, I finished writing my latest novel. I’ve talked before about what a high it is to finish, and this week that was an especial treat, since my day job threw some […]
Emily Senecal Books 