C.B. Lee's Blog, page 112
October 15, 2015
glitterdammerung:Today’s mani is inspired by the cover colors of...
Today’s mani is inspired by the cover colors of my talented friend CB Lee’s debut novel, Seven Tears at High Tide! She wrote the book AND designed the cover, how great is that? Happy book birthday, CB! This YA LGBTQ+ fantasy romance centered around selkie lore is available today from Duet Books.
Colors: @aengland_official in Tristam and Captive Goddess, gems from the Born Pretty Store.
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Oh gosh your nails look...
plotlinehotline:Outlining is a great way to frame your ideas before taking the plunge into a new...
Outlining is a great way to frame your ideas before taking the plunge into a new story, but it’s important that you don’t get too attached to your outline. A lot can change during the writing process, and you might be surprised by the direction your characters will go and how the story might evolve because of it. I’ve said this a lot on this blog, and I got to thinking lately, why is this? Why is it that we can outline in great detail and still feel like we have no control ove...
fantasyforgotten:Got my rose cherry blossom tea and a new book!...
Got my rose cherry blossom tea and a new book! So excited to read Seven Tears at High tide by @authorcblee!!
What a lovely tea set and delicious-sounding tea! I hope you enjoy the book and have a sweet afternoon with your tea and the novel!
Character Development & The Second Draft
Fine tuning your characters is an important part of editing. It can be hard to figure out what’s wrong with your characters and difficult to look at them critically, but it’s something you have to do.
If you want to improve your characters during the second draft, keep these things in mind:
Motivations
Your character’s motivations can change, but they should make sense considering what your character is going through. If your character is trying to rescue their mother, fo...
disabilityinkidlit:
disabilityinkidlit:
We’re looking to...
We’re looking to expand the Disability in Kidlit team, as the website has grown in popularity in recent months and we’re working on exciting new projects.
Update: we are accepting applications through October 15.
Please let us know if you have any questions–we’re happy to answer them!
"But that initial, comet-blazing-across-the-sky, Big Idea is only the beginning. Each book is..."
- Lauren Willig
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aredblush:LOOK WHAT THE POSTMAN BROUGHT IN TODAY! Seven Tears at...
LOOK WHAT THE POSTMAN BROUGHT IN TODAY! Seven Tears at High Tide by C. B. Lee!
*clutches it to the chest* Can’t wait to start reading :D
I Stumbled into Something Wonderful
And I just needed to share it with all of you.
It’s theSpeech Accent Archive, and any accent you can possibly imagine, you’re like to find it there. It’s an amazing resource for myself as point of reference and I’m sure a great load of you would appreciate it as well.
Along with recordings, it provides the phonetics right alongside the paragraph recording. Each one is the same so you can really pick at the small slips and rolls of the speech. There are people from every r...
authorcblee:
Seven Tears at High Tide comes out today! Join me...
Seven Tears at High Tidecomes out today! Join me on a virtual book tour for interviews and giveaways and more!
Today I’m hanging out at:
Prism Book Alliance
Happily Ever Chapter
Velvet Panic Vampires, Werewolves and Fairies, Oh My Michael Mandrake Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
