Ep 159: Start at the End with Emma Grey

About this episode

In this episode, Elizabeth Lyons interviews Emma Grey about her novel and the creative process of writing brave stories.

Click Here to ask your book writing and publishing questions! In this episode, I’m joined by Emma Grey, whose newest novel, Start at the End, publishes on April 7, 2026. We talk about writing brave stories and building a creative life that can withstand rejection. Emma shares how vulnerability fuels her fiction. Not for shock value, but how honest emotions earn their place on the page. We talk about how she approaches structure, how she stays grounded in character, and why the process of stor...

People in this episode

Host: Elizabeth Lyons

Guest: Emma Grey

Topics covered

• writing
• creativity
• vulnerability
• story structure
• rejection
• fiction

Keywords

• writing
• publishing
• vulnerability
• fiction
• storytelling
• character development

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Start at the End

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