C.B. Lee's Blog, page 124
August 22, 2015
August 21, 2015
lissareedbooks:
lissareedbooks:
Hey! Do you have a copy of my...
Hey! Do you have a copy of my book? Let’s get artsy, let’s get thematic, let’s have fun. Take a photo of Definitely, Maybe, Yours (physical or digital - eBooks come with cover images too) with your favorite baked good and beverage for me? I’d love to see what everyone comes up with. Which means we need a hashtag…hm, let’s go with DMY Tea Break. Yeah, that’ll do it.
Me, I love super fudgy two-bite brownies with a cup of tea. Milk and sugar, of course.
Hi. It’s...
August 20, 2015
Are we allowed to request ARCs from you? Or do we need to go through a publisher? I help run a bookstore but the only way we can get books in is if we request an ARC and then it gets approved.
Hi there! Thank you for the interest in an ARC! You should definitely get in contact with my publisher, CL Miller, andsubmit a request atcmiller@interludepress.comwith you and your store information, so we knowwhere to send it and all the details about Duet Books and Interlude Press!
August 19, 2015
Do you know if your novel will be available at libraries?
This is an excellent question! I believe it will be up to the individual libraries in question as they make their purchasing decisions for new books, however you, the reader– definitely has influence on this! Every library does purchase requests, and you can definitely talk to a librarian about getting Seven Tears at High Tide on a shelf near you.
And also putting it out there, this is the kind of story I would love to have read as a teenager– stumbling upon it in a library, to read a fantasy...
A sweet summer afternoon with my advance proof of Seven Tears at...
A sweet summer afternoon with my advance proof of Seven Tears at High Tide, now available for pre-order from Duet Books and Interlude Press.
Taking Steps to Strengthen Your Plot
So, you’ve finished your first draft. Congrats! You’ve taken a huge step, but there’s still a lot of work to do. It can be easy to point out grammatical or spelling errors, but understanding what’s fundamentally wrong with your story can take some time. If you liked what you’ve written, but you feel like something’s missing, here are a few ways to figure out if you need to strengthen your story’s plot:
Revisit character motivations
If you want to work on strengthening the...
naomi-tajedler:
lizdburton:
Cute little collaboration I did...
Cute little collaboration I did with a stained glass artist
authorcblee !!!!
Thank you for tagging me, this looks wonderful,naomi-tajedler and lizdburton! What gorgeous art.
August 18, 2015
Now Available to Pre-Order:
Seven Tears at High Tide
The Sea Holds Many Secrets
Kevin Luong walks to the ocean’s edge with a broken heart. Remembering a legend his mother told him, he lets seven tears fall into the sea. “I just want one summer—one summer to be happy and in love.”
Instead, he finds himself saving a mysterious boy from the Pacific—a boy who later shows up on his doorstep professing his love. What he doesn’t know is that Morgan is a selkie, drawn to answer Kevin’s wish.
As they grow close, Morgan is caught between...
August 17, 2015
"Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to..."
- Natalie Goldberg(viathescriptlab)
