C.B. Lee's Blog, page 117

“Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against each other until finally there’s an explosion—that’s Plot.”

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courtney-lux:

Other people don’t see it—the value in these things. Maybe that’s why he steals from them. Nothing they’d miss: a worn dollar here, a business card there. He keeps it all close and works out a life he could have if he could ever let someone keep him long enough for him to build up a treasure trove of small wonders all his own.

For now, he will live with worn shopping lists, broken crayons and ticket stubs he lifts off of others. He keeps them in a beaten-up bag that is m...

keyboardsmashwriters:

failefayce asked you:

So I have this problem. To me, the first sentence is the first hurdle in writing; and I don’t even get some time to get up to a sprint before it hits me! And, like real hurdles, it’s just a tiny bit too tall for me to try and climb over, let alone actually jump! I can’t bring myself to skip it and just write the rest, but getting past it is difficult. I know it’s all the white space intimidating me, but still! Have any tips?

This is definitely the...

interludepress:

“I am Trip Morgan, the would-be miracle who’s got something the matter with his eyes, and I am meant for greater things.” “A delicate tale of unexpected love in the big city” — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) “Highly Recommended” — American Library Association’s GLBT Roundtable “An excellent debut” — USA Today

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We’d like to introduce you to Trip Morgan, a pickpocket who finds value in things others do not want. In Courtney Lux’s debut novel, Small Wonders, Trip me...

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Seven Tears at High Tide is being published by Duet Books,the young adult imprint of Interlude Press, an indie publisher that specializes in literature for the LGBTQIA+ community.

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The cave is empty, and Morgan’s footprints are the only ones on the soft sand. He can hear the roar of the ocean behind him and the distant echo from the cave winding through the rock.

He tucks his sealskin behind a boulder, secures it so it won’t drift away at high tide and stands up, satisfied with the way it seems to disappear into the shadows of the rocks around it. There will be plenty of time to find the perfect hiding place in this cave later. Morgan has a Request to fulfill and some...

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BISEXUAL FICTION FROM INTERLUDE PRESS

We’re celebrating Bi Visibility Day today with books featuring bisexual lead and supporting characters:

Love Starved: Kate Fierro’s popular love story features Angel, the mysterious escort who is retained to teach a young high tech security expert what it means to feel love.

Summer Love: This selection of LGBTQ Young Adult short stories features several stories with bisexual protagonists:

Something Like Freedom(Caroline Hanlin): After h...