See
by
Lee Ann Ward
Genre:
YA Paranormal
**SEE
was voted The TBR Pile Review Site's Book of the Year for 2017!**
Carlie
Henson is pretty, popular, and an All-American girl. She has a
gorgeous boyfriend and a mother who lives to keep her safe. Probably
because everyone is drawn to Carlie...including the murderers she has
the ability to identify when she looks in the eyes of their
victims.
Keeping
Carlie’s secret is pretty simple when all she has to do is avoid
dead people. But when a cheerleader at her high school is murdered
and the killer seems to have gotten away with it, Carlie knows what
she has to do. With the help of her boyfriend, Dillon, she devises a
plan to see what she must, no matter her personal safety.
But
when Dillon is the one who’s injured in the showdown with the
killer, Carlie vows to never help anyone again...until the next young
woman attacked is her best friend, Jenna.
Lee
Ann Ward is an award-winning fiction author with a background in
journalism and mass communications. She is also the former Senior
Editor of Champagne Books. Her love of books started at the age of
three, and she's been addicted ever since. She's published six novels
with her seventh and eighth on the way (SEE a YA paranormal by
Evernight Teen in June 2017 and GLIMPSES OF WILDERNESS a YA romance
by Inkspell Publishing in December 2017) and has written several
more. When she's not writing, she's reading, singing, baking designer
cakes, bowling and dreaming. She's married to Joe (who also happens
to be her publicist) and they have 4 sons whom they adore, and a
granddaughter who is the love of their life. They make their home in
the small fishing community of Bayou La Batre, Alabama.
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GUEST POST
Let's Talk About Kissing...
One of my favorite things about writing YA romance is the kissing! I mean, who doesn't love a good kissing
scene, am I right? It's the moment we anticipate most after meeting the heroine and hero in the new story
we're reading. My Anna and Robert in GLIMPSES OF WILDERNESS share some delicious kissing
scenes...quite steamy, and well worth the wait! But the actual sweetness of kissing sometimes gets lost in the
translation, and that's a shame. I always promise myself as a writer to remember the innocence of that first
kiss. This is one of my favorite blog posts from about a year ago, and I want to share it with you. Long live the
newness of kissing...
Just finished writing a "kissing" scene this morning, and thought I would share something with you. I am a
huge fan of Peter Pan (the book, not only the Disney movie that everyone associates Peter Pan with),
because there is such beauty in innocence. One of my favorite lines from the book is spoken by Peter, and it
is this, "You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming?
That's where I'll always love you. That's where I'll be waiting."
I also adore the "kissing" scene between Peter and Wendy...
“I think it’s perfectly sweet of you,” she declared, “and I’ll get up again,” and she sat with him on the side of
the bed. She also said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but Peter did not know what she meant, and he
held out his hand expectantly.
“Surely you know what a kiss is?” she asked, aghast.
“I shall know when you give it to me,” he replied stiffly, and not to hurt his feelings she gave him a thimble.
“Now,” said he, “shall I give you a kiss?” and she replied with a slight primness, “If you please.” She made
herself rather cheap by inclining her face toward him, but he merely dropped an acorn button into her hand,
so she slowly returned her face to where it had been before, and said nicely that she would wear his kiss on
the chain around her neck. It was lucky that she did put it on that chain, for it was afterwards to save her life.
The sweetest kissing scene ever written, in my opinion! So, remember people, sometimes kisses are
thimbles, and sometimes they're acorn buttons. And they might just save your life...
Is the Color of a Character's Eyes Really THAT Important?
Characterization. It can make or break a novel. Truly. If a reader can't see into a character's soul from
practically page one, then what is their motivation to keep those pages turning? Well, nothing. So, here's
my two cents on characterization that should resonate with fellow authors, and let readers know what to
expect from my novels. **Hint: I fully flesh-out my characters, and it has nothing at all to do with their
physical characteristics.
"He was a handsome man, blond hair and deep blue eyes that melted my insid--" Blah blah blah...
Honestly, who cares? Even though it is nice knowing that our leading man has blue eyes, I am more
concerned with what I feel when I look into those eyes. And, so are my readers. In every novel, the
readers must see the souls of the characters. No one is going to fall in love with looks alone. Okay, I
know, I know... Yes, I have seen Jamie Fraser (shout-out to my fellow OUTLANDER fans), and he is a
gorgeous piece of man-flesh, no doubt. But, if he were not also devoted to Claire, and his family, and his
beloved Scotland--if he were not the man who never compromised his principles of love and country,
well, we wouldn't love him nearly as much. Show me a gorgeous character and I will say, "Okay, he/she
is gorgeous," and leave it at that. But show me the beauty of his/her soul--make me fall in love with the
true person--and I will follow them into the devil's hell and back until the last page is read (or red,
depending on the amount of carnage).
With all the Feels...
GUEST POST
Let's Talk About Kissing...
One of my favorite things about writing YA romance is the kissing! I mean, who doesn't love a good kissing
scene, am I right? It's the moment we anticipate most after meeting the heroine and hero in the new story
we're reading. My Anna and Robert in GLIMPSES OF WILDERNESS share some delicious kissing
scenes...quite steamy, and well worth the wait! But the actual sweetness of kissing sometimes gets lost in the
translation, and that's a shame. I always promise myself as a writer to remember the innocence of that first
kiss. This is one of my favorite blog posts from about a year ago, and I want to share it with you. Long live the
newness of kissing...
Just finished writing a "kissing" scene this morning, and thought I would share something with you. I am a
huge fan of Peter Pan (the book, not only the Disney movie that everyone associates Peter Pan with),
because there is such beauty in innocence. One of my favorite lines from the book is spoken by Peter, and it
is this, "You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming?
That's where I'll always love you. That's where I'll be waiting."
I also adore the "kissing" scene between Peter and Wendy...
“I think it’s perfectly sweet of you,” she declared, “and I’ll get up again,” and she sat with him on the side of
the bed. She also said she would give him a kiss if he liked, but Peter did not know what she meant, and he
held out his hand expectantly.
“Surely you know what a kiss is?” she asked, aghast.
“I shall know when you give it to me,” he replied stiffly, and not to hurt his feelings she gave him a thimble.
“Now,” said he, “shall I give you a kiss?” and she replied with a slight primness, “If you please.” She made
herself rather cheap by inclining her face toward him, but he merely dropped an acorn button into her hand,
so she slowly returned her face to where it had been before, and said nicely that she would wear his kiss on
the chain around her neck. It was lucky that she did put it on that chain, for it was afterwards to save her life.
The sweetest kissing scene ever written, in my opinion! So, remember people, sometimes kisses are
thimbles, and sometimes they're acorn buttons. And they might just save your life...
Is the Color of a Character's Eyes Really THAT Important?
Characterization. It can make or break a novel. Truly. If a reader can't see into a character's soul from
practically page one, then what is their motivation to keep those pages turning? Well, nothing. So, here's
my two cents on characterization that should resonate with fellow authors, and let readers know what to
expect from my novels. **Hint: I fully flesh-out my characters, and it has nothing at all to do with their
physical characteristics.
"He was a handsome man, blond hair and deep blue eyes that melted my insid--" Blah blah blah...
Honestly, who cares? Even though it is nice knowing that our leading man has blue eyes, I am more
concerned with what I feel when I look into those eyes. And, so are my readers. In every novel, the
readers must see the souls of the characters. No one is going to fall in love with looks alone. Okay, I
know, I know... Yes, I have seen Jamie Fraser (shout-out to my fellow OUTLANDER fans), and he is a
gorgeous piece of man-flesh, no doubt. But, if he were not also devoted to Claire, and his family, and his
beloved Scotland--if he were not the man who never compromised his principles of love and country,
well, we wouldn't love him nearly as much. Show me a gorgeous character and I will say, "Okay, he/she
is gorgeous," and leave it at that. But show me the beauty of his/her soul--make me fall in love with the
true person--and I will follow them into the devil's hell and back until the last page is read (or red,
depending on the amount of carnage).
With all the Feels...
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