One day, I will write a book! Has that thought crossed your mind? I have heard it many times from people I meet. According to...
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Blog Posts by C.V. Lee
Q & A – Your Museum Exhibit and Its Theme
I can remember as a child the excitement and awe of walking through the King Tut exhibit. It gave me a chance to peer into the life and death of an...
Exploring A Setting’s Potential
As a writer, my first draft tends to be heavy on dialogue. In future drafts, I focus on adding more prose, character emotion, and fleshing out each...
Q & A – How Would Your Characters Celebrate Easter?
When I recall Easter celebrations of my youth, I think of church and the celebration of the resurrection of Christ. It was a day when girls wore...
Q & A – What is Your Love Language?
Photo by Maira Gallardo on Unsplash For me, the word February conjures up visions of Valentine’s Day — a holiday we’ve been conditioned to associate...
Hidden History: The Stuff of Legends
On the small island of Jersey, just off the coast of Normandy, there’s a historic site that has been the source of a legend passed down through the...
Q & A – Christmas Memories
With the winter season fast approaching, the dark nights lengthen and many days are marked by a gray overcast, rain, or fog. But together we’ve...
Happiness Comes from Within
I am one of those that was born with a happy disposition. However, on occasion, I struggle with unhappiness and discontent. In those moments I...
Q & A – What is Your Favorite Family Tradition
I love the holidays because to me it means precious time with family and friends. Not just a few hours, but days of togetherness. Throughout the...
Peeling Away the Mask
For October, our lanterns are tackling the topic of unmasking our characters as we develop our stories. Just as it takes time to get to know a new...
Q& A Most Difficult Scene to Write
Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash We write because we love it, but at times it presents us with difficult challenges. From the original concept to...
Q&A – Fun Scenes to Write
Photo by Ramakant Sharda on Unsplash Like every other art form, writing requires much study and practice to become accomplished. Like a concerto has...
A Summer of Romance
Summer is a special time of the year, with lovely sunshine, and we make lots of plans to get away from our everyday life. These are days when we...
Best Money Spent as an Author
Photo by John Jennings on Unsplash I’ve spent 20 years working as a loan officer. Since technically I am self-employed, every year I’m bombarded by...
Reflections on a Year of Pandemic
Photo by ian dooley on Unsplash It’s been a long 15 months since the first orders came down to shelter in place. Each of us dealt with our own...
What’s in a Book Cover?
I think we all can agree that books are marvelous things. We reach for them for learning on so many subjects and they provide a endless source of...
Favorite Books on Writing Craft
In October 2017, I sat down at my computer to begin writing my first novel. I quickly learned there’s a whole lot more to writing than having a...
Conquering Writer’s Block
Photo by Ryan Snaadt on Unsplash Everyone has or will experience that moment when they sit down to write and the mind draws a blank, like every...
Up for the Challenge – Writing During Shelter-in-Place
In my day job, I substitute teach for multiple school districts. On Thursday, March 12th, 2020, the high school where I was working informed us...
Traditional, Indie or Self Pub? Which Did You Choose? And Why?
Now that I have completed the major revisions to my work-in-progress (WIP), ROSES & REBELS, the time to make a decision about how to publish my...
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