C.B. Lee's Blog, page 37
October 7, 2016
Now Available:
“Certainly, Possibly, You” by Lissa Reed
“This is so embarrassing. I’m so sorry… ” Sarita hands over a mug of spice tea, her face steaming nearly as hot as the drink. “I can’t believe I forgot you were here.”
The woman tosses back her mane of hair—a gold streaked tumble of waves nearly as black as Sarita’s own hair—and beams up from her perch on Sarita’s sofa, a gorgeous smile that lights up the living room and somehow is confident enough to make her improvised flowery bedsheet toga look like a reasonable thing to wea...
October 5, 2016
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October 2, 2016
Celebrating Bisexuality in Reading | Kirkus Reviews
Not Your Sidekick is available from the IP Web Store and your favorite book retailers.
richincolor:Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
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to Andover…...
Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
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 perfect (paid!) internship—only it turns out to be for the town’s most heinous supervillain. On the upside, she gets to work with her longtime secret crush, Abby, who...
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October 1, 2016
dailyhayleykiyoko:“‘Pretty Girl’ is one of my favorite songs on...
“‘Pretty Girl’ is one of my favorite songs on my new EP, Citrine,” she says. “It’s an acknowledgement of all those beautiful women you come across and think to yourself, ‘gosh, that girl is just so beautiful,’ but never say anything or act on it. So often I’ll think it without saying anything. With this song, I just wanted to share that appreciation.”
September 30, 2016
spookyvitch:everyone please read not your sidekick by c.b. lee it’s got bisexual and trans and poc...
everyone please read not your sidekick by c.b. lee it’s got bisexual and trans and poc representation and adorable relationship tropes and superheroes and villains and conspiracies and friendship and !! a ton of ladies??? so many ladies
ahh thank you! ^_^
September 29, 2016
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Currently available for pre-order at the IP Web StorePre-order the print edition and get the multi-format eBook free. See the listings for details at:
Certainly, Possibly, You by Lissa Reed (October 6):Sarita Sengupta is about to finish grad school when she realizes that she lacks a career plan, a girlfriend, or a clear outlook on life. She works as a pastry decorator, but is otherwise rudderless until a birthday party ends wit...
Plot A Month W3D5: The Middle and Raising The Stakes
Okay, so you’re there, the dreaded middle. The opening was great, you kinda sorta know where to end it, but what the fuck are you going to put in the middle?
Plotting the middle might not be easy, but when you’re starting at that blank piece of paper and desperately trying to get it to work, think about few things:
Complication. Your character has a goal. What can you throw at them to keep them from reaching it? Don’t think of this as stalling the plot, because it absolu...
