Ena Quinn-Baker

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Tired of dystopias and superheroes?
Keeping Time is about ordinary kids doing something extraordinary, using music, friendship, and courage to repair what time broke.

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3 weeks from today my story goes live.
What started as a fun idea is now, absolutely terrifying.
Published authors, how did you calm the nerves before launch?

#YA #KeepingTime #DebutAuthor #ThisisGettingReal #YAFiction #BookLaunch #IndieAuthor #TimeTravel #BookTok

Keeping Time is a YA debut where grief, friendship, and time travel collide in a musical heartbeat with its own original music.

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🕰 What if grief could rewind the tape?

Keeping Time is a YA debut about a girl, a Walkman, and music that breaks linear time.

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The Fin Whales Are Officially Here Music Now Streaming Everywhere!

🎶 The Fin Whales are officially here! Ena Quinn-Baker shares her take on the new music release & what it means to her. 🐋🎸

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🌊 Meet The Fin Whales: an all-female indie band born from the pages of "Keeping Time."
From 1980s surf jams to their debut album "Lost to Time," they blend ocean roots with raw indie grit. 🎸🐋
🎧 Listen now: open.spotify.com/artist/37kbV...

#IndieRock #YAFiction #AIMusic #YALit

🐾🌊 Nothing to do with the book, just messing around on Canva today.
Not sure how I ended up here, but I kind of love it.
Maybe the Fin Whales snuck in a little of their energy
#DigitalArt #CanvaPlay #FinWhalesVibes #OceanMood #CreativeDetour #TheFinWhales #YAFiction

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.

Fin Whales Flashback: Eva Kinsella in 1987 (Part 3) Raw, Real, and Rising: The Final Word from Eva Kinsella

🖤 Fin Whales Flashback: Eva Kinsella, 1987 (Part 3)
The final part of Eva’s interview is live.

She opens up about songwriting, Fiona’s quiet strength, and how to stay grounded when the world starts watching.

#FinWhales #KeepingTime #80sMusic #WomenInMusic #YAfiction #IndieMusic #MusicMemoir

The process of idea -> draft -> tedious editing -> now seeing light at the end of the tunnel has been a grueling, amazing, enlightening journey. What lies ahead only time can tell.

#AmWriting #IndieAuthor #CreativeProcess #YABooks #KeepingTime

Fin Whales Flashback: Eva Kinsella in 1987 (Part 2) Intro from Ena Quinn-Baker, July 2025

Part 2 of The Fin Whales interview is up! Eva gets raw about lost love, politics, and the power of ocean metaphors. Still can't believe we found this buried on Fiona’s shelf.

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🎶 A story of music, grief, and found family—with a time travel twist.
Here’s what you’ll find on the back cover of Keeping Time.
Every day I get closer to making this story real.
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🎸 Little reminder: 6 months ago, none of this existed
Today? A nearly finished novel, fictional bands and original songs
Small steps, every day, build big stories
If you’ve got a story, you can make it real too

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Join the Adventure with Ena Quinn-Baker's Captivating Stories - Ena Quinn Baker: A Journey Through Words and Music Enjoy the Sound Logic Experience Keeping Time: Book 1 It’s 2018. Ena’s the new kid: new city, new school, no roadmap. She clings to music, finds family, struggles to build meaning.Then one wrong step,...

We’ve been building the website ahead of Keeping Time’s book launch! 🎸
Would love your thoughts, especially on the vibe
enaquinnbaker.com

It’s still a little rough around the edges, but feedback = gold.

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Fin Whales Flashback: Eva Kinsella in 1987 A resurfaced interview series from 1987

Just dropped something a little different. I dug up a 1987 interview with Eva from The Fin Whales.
Found it buried on Fiona’s bookshelf. Love Eva even more.
Part 1 is up now: tinyurl.com/3995a8sm

#YALit #FinWhales #KeepingTime #80smusic #StoryExtras #YAFiction #MissingInterview #MusicHistory

Stephen, Thanks so much for your kind offer. I sorted out beta readers for this book, but will keep you in mind for book 2.

Word Counter. I found have 1000/day goal was enough to get the juices really flowing and many days blew past that goal.

Mom, I'm the good one

Congratulations!

What advice would you have for newbies looking for their peeps?

My story should be told. I believe that. But I want to make sure the author and I actually did it justice.

how did u find ur beta readers? Any tips? Horror stories? ghosting halfway through? one who totally saved you?

I’m all ears (and mild panic).

#YA #BetaReaders #WritingCommunity #WIP #Debut

Way to go!

Skyler once told me, “The future isn’t waiting for us. We have to reach out to meet it with all of our being—present.”

I didn’t get it then. I think I’m starting to.

#YA #Debut #TotallySkyler

Caught in the weird limbo between “I made something!” and “What if it’s terrible?”
Editing is no joke.
Appreciate the encouragement—really needed it today.

Learning to Fly Pink Floyd · A Momentary Lapse of Reason · Song · 1987

The author finally finished the first draft of my story.
Can’t believe how much they got wrong 🤦‍♀️
Gonna be a lot of rewrites.
But for a first draft of a first book?
I’ll admit… not terrible.

#YA #WIP #DebutNovel

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Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros · Up from Below · Song · 2009

thanksgiving break, 12 years old, fingers half-frozen, heart on fire.
we played & sang too loud, but built something that felt like it might last.

not every day needs to be epic.
some just need to feel like home.

#music #tweens #garagebandenergy #nostalgia #YA
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Funny how one conversation can change everything. The day I cracked the ice with Piney—it mattered more than I realized.

#YA #FriendshipShift #FoundFamily #Piney #FirstConnections #CharacterMoments

I'll check it out!

Who else has that one album you lean on when you're doing something hard? For me, it was Nirvana’s Nevermind—on repeat while I powered through Calc first semester.

#YA #CollegeLife #Nevermind #Nirvana #StudySoundtrack #MusicAndMemory

The author didn’t exactly want me to do this… it’s all I could sneak out. Here’s a tiny snippet of my upcoming story:

‘Here, time had no meaning. She felt safe. Warm. The music wasn’t just sound; it was color, movement, waves that cradled her.’

#SneakPeek #MusicAndMemory #YA #WIP #KeepingTime