Emilie Turner Author
“Everything you can imagine is real.”Pablo Picasso I know most writers usually work from home anyway, or a quiet area alone in a café. Or something along those lines. However, there is something different when it’s more essential to be working from home and no longer your choice. There is also something different if you… Continue reading 10 Tips to Writing at Home
“When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.”Les Brown Bring on the writing inspiration! I’m back baby, and I’m so happy that I am! I’m still struggling a bit with my motivation, and editing my novel is definitely not what I’m doing… Continue reading Behind The Scenes – Back In Action
“One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.”Chinese Proverb It has been a while since I have posted! It’s been a difficult few months, and for a while I completely lost all motivation to do anything. It’s a different world now than it was just… Continue reading Losing Motivation in a Pandemic
“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.”- Octavia E. Butler This is something I have to remind myself of all the time: good writing takes… Continue reading Writing is an Art – Just Keep Practicing
“To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct. Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. All other things, ruling, hoarding, building, are only little appendages and props, at most.”- Michel de Montaigne It’s been a while… Continue reading Introducing: Elizabeth Nakamura
This is not a new novel, as it was released in 2015, but I have only just discovered it for myself. My best friend has said it’s amazing, so I decided to give it a go. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir is an amazing fantasy novel that sucks you in from the… Continue reading Review Time: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Pexels.com Writing a novel is not as simple as just writing. So much goes into writing a novel that many people are unaware of. One such thing is research. Oh, the amount of research that goes into a novel is insane. “The heart and soul of good writing is research; you should write not what… Continue reading Behind The Scenes – Researching Like a Pro
Pexels.com So, Christmas and New Years have officially come and gone! It’s been a crazy period of time: seeing family, seeing friends, driving here and there and everywhere, working over the holidays and trying to fit in some writing among all of the busyness. Among family and friends and enjoying the holiday season, my mind… Continue reading Holiday Season – Writing Amidst the Chaos
Emilie Turner 