C.B. Lee's Blog, page 31
October 30, 2016
interludepress:ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2016—Publishers...
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2016—Publishers Weekly“A young gay man in Mexico City is enthralled by a cross-dressing exótico wrestler on the lucha libre circuit and begins to pursue his own wrestling career in this very modern story of love and passionate vocation. Finnegan works in rich threads of Mexican history, queer culture and community, and questions of being out or closeted in a time and place poised on the brink of acceptance.”
Thank you, @publishersweekly and congratulat...
HAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Want a fun read that Publishers’ Weekly...
HAPPY HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Want a fun read that Publishers’ Weekly calls WHOLLY ADORABLE with secret identities, shenanigans, and more? Not Your Sidekick is on sale for 30% off at Interlude Press with the code TREAT!
Welcome to Andover, where superpowers are common, but internships are complicated. Just ask high school nobody, Jessica Tran. Despite her heroic lineage, Jess is resigned to a life without superpowers and is merely looking to beef up her college applications when she stumbles upon the...
October 29, 2016
stitchmediamix:shiraglassman:Presenting the new editions of all...
Presenting the new editions of all five Mangoverse books, a fluffy fantasy series focusing on LGBTQA+ Jewish characters getting happy endings and “found family.” The first four books are full-length, standalone novels; Tales from Perachis all seven in-universe short stories bundled together. I’ve added Hebrew+Yiddish glossaries at the end this time.
The Second Mango - origin story, in which Smol Lesbian Queen and hetero demi warrior woman become besties
Climbi...
mermaidyke: “ i am the sea, and nobody owns...
“ i am the sea, and nobody owns me.“
mermaids of color, in warm seas of turquoise, in the light of the sun, with dark curls. (forblommowitch.)
October 28, 2016
I just wanted to let you know that I finished your book in a day, I couldn't put it down! It was so fantastic to see the diverse representation you had (bi and trans characters! Different ethnicities and cultures! Characters actually asking about pronouns!
Oh thank you so much!! I’m so glad you enjoyed Not Your Sidekick and it means so much to me that you loved all the characters and those details!
October 24, 2016
Why NaNoWriMo is great if you want to write a book
I hear a lot about NaNoWriMo, and the opinions seem to be divided between thinking it’s a good thing, and not seeing the point. Two years back, I was at a write-in with fellow NaNos in my area, and one of them said: I wasn’t planning on participating this year, because I’ve never heard a real writer do that.
First of all, I’m not even going to start the topic on what a “real writer” is, because I’m clearly of a different opinion than this person. Second of all, I’m not agreeing w...
Coming in February:
“Storm Season” by Pene Henson
Storm Season by Pene Henson
The great outdoors isn’t so great for Sydney It-Girl Lien Hong. It’s too dark, too quiet, and there are spiders in the toilet of the cabin she is sharing with friends on the way to a New South Wales music festival. To make matters worse, she’s been separated from her companions and taken a bad fall. With a storm approaching, her rescue comes in the form of a striking wilderness ranger named Claudia Sokolov, whose isolated cabin, soulful vo...
October 23, 2016
bookavid:Trans | Non-Binary |
General LGBTQIA* | Asexuality...
Trans|Non-Binary| GeneralLGBTQIA*|Asexuality spectrum
more book recommendations on my blog The Bookavid
createandnarrate:These. Do all the things. When you first start...
These. Do all the things.
When you first start editing it can be difficult to know where to start and what to look for. Go through your copy and highlight all these instances, then go back and remove as many as possible!
And as always with editing, take it slow.
