| Conundrum by C. S. Lakin A powerful women's fiction novel by award-winning author C. S. Lakin A mysterious death buries painful, shocking secrets for twenty-five years ... A happily married man with three small children decides one day he no longer wants to live. He gives himself leukemia and nine months later is dead. This is the conundrum Lisa... Today's Bargain Price: $6.99 Or FREE with  Categories: All Women's Fiction | | |
| The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction: Your Blueprint for Building a Strong Story (The Writer's Toolbox Series) by C. S. Lakin The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction takes the mystery out of building a solid story and shows you how to go from idea to complete novel in practical, easy-to-understand steps. Build smart! Over and over, struggling writers make the same fatal mistakes in their manuscripts. Even writers who have studied all the best writing... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Or FREE with Categories: Writing and Publishing | | |
| First Pages of Best Sellers: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why (The Writer's Toolbox Series) by C. S. Lakin The First Page of Your Novel Must Be Perfect! Most authors know that the first pages of a novel are the most crucial and carry the weightiest burden in their entire book. The opening scene must convey so many things that often the author will have to rewrite it numerous times to get it right. But the first page is especially crucial... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Or FREE with Categories: Writing and Publishing | | |
| First Pages of Best Sellers: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why (The Writer's Toolbox Series) by C. S. Lakin The First Page of Your Novel Must Be Perfect! Most authors know that the first pages of a novel are the most crucial and carry the weightiest burden in their entire book. The opening scene must convey so many things that often the author will have to rewrite it numerous times to get it right. But the first page is especially crucial... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Or FREE with Categories: Writing and Publishing | | |
| 5 Editors Tackle the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing (The Writer's Toolbox Series) by C. S. Lakin, Linda S. Clare, Christy Distler, Robin Patchen, Rachel Starr Thomson Don't fall victim to the 12 fatal flaws of fiction writingFiction writers often struggle to improve their craftAnd the biggest challenge comes from the inability to see what isn’t working. The prose feels off. The scene isn’t gelling. The dialogue sounds stilted or clunky. But they don’t know why or how to fix it.This book lays it all... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Or FREE with Categories: Writing and Publishing | | |
| Shoot Your Novel: Cinematic Techniques to Supercharge Your Writing (The Writer's Toolbox Series) by C. S. Lakin Want to write a visually powerful novel? Shoot Your Novel takes an in-depth look at cinematic technique for fiction writers. No other writing craft book teaches you the secret of how to "show, don't tell." Best-selling authors of every genre know the secret to hooking readers—by showing, not telling, their story. But writers are not... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Or FREE with Categories: Writing and Publishing | | |
| Writing the Heart of Your Story: The Secret to Crafting an Unforgettable Novel (The Writer's Toolbox Series) by C. S. Lakin Learn the secret of how to write the heart of your story! This writing skills book, full of fiction writing technique, is like no other.Some novelists write with the goal of becoming a best seller, hoping for wealth and fame. Some just want to write novels that earn them a steady income so they can feed their families and pay their... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Or FREE with Categories: Writing and Publishing | | |
| The Wolf of Tebron (The Gates of Heaven Series Book 1) by C. S. Lakin In classic fairy tale style, we embark on an enchanted journey with a young blacksmith—Joran—whose only desire is to live a peaceful, uncomplicated life in his forest village, a desire shattered by the sudden and bizarre disappearance of his wife, Charris. Later, Joran is plagued by nightmares of an unimaginable sea, where Charris... Today's Bargain Price: $2.99 Categories: All Fantasy; All Religion & Spirituality; All Religious Fiction | | |
| The Land of Darkness (The Gates of Heaven Series Book 3) by C. S. Lakin “It is not the land that is dangerous, Callen. The danger lies in your heart. Others have lost their lives searching for the bridge. Are you certain you are prepared to pay that price?” Jadiel is twelve and things couldn’t get much worse—or could they? Not long after her mother is killed in a tragic accident, her father, Ka’rel... Today's Bargain Price: $4.99 Categories: All Fantasy; All Religion & Spirituality; All Religious Fiction | | |
| A Thin Film of Lies by C. S. Lakin Los Angeles homicide detective Fran Anders gets called to investigate a hit-and-run, but when incriminating photographs arrive at the precinct, it sure looks like murder . . .Fran's latest case throws her into the lives of Mike and Alisa Jepson, a couple whose marriage is disintegrating fast.When leads coming in that point at Mike... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Or FREE with Categories: All Mystery, Crime & Thrillers; All Religion & Spirituality | | |
| The Unraveling of Wentwater (The Gates of Heaven Series Book 4) by C. S. Lakin When the simple, backward village of Wentwater begins disappearing one word at a time, no one can figure out how to stop it. Not the learned men living up in the Heights nor the superstitious leaders of the village. But those who had attended the baby naming ceremony seventeen years earlier remember the words of the marsh witch, and her... Today's Bargain Price: $4.99 Categories: All Fantasy; All Religion & Spirituality; All Religious Fiction | | |
| The Crystal Scepter (The Gates of Heaven Series Book 5) by C.S. Lakin When Pythius, the wicked young king of Paladya, learns of the hidden realm of Elysiel and the crystal scepter that protects that northern land, he journeys to kill the Keeper and steal the scepter. But his defiant act unleashes a terrible curse, and the Seer foretells his death one day at the hand of his son, now a newborn babe. To... Today's Bargain Price: $4.99 Categories: All Fantasy; All Religion & Spirituality; All Religious Fiction | | |
| Time Sniffers (Shadow World Book 1) by C. S. Lakin In the near future, a desperate race for new sources of energy pushes Bria Harrison's mother—Nobel Prize-winning scientist—to experiment with unstable compounds to harness dark energy. The result is disastrous . . .Bria refuses to believe her mother is dead, even though dust chokes the site where the top-secret laboratory once stood. A... Today's Bargain Price: $3.99 Or FREE with Categories: All Teen Lit | | |
| The Map Across Time (The Gates of Heaven Series Book 2) by C. S. Lakin An ancient curse plagues the kingdom of Sherbourne, and unless it is stopped, all will fall to ruin. The King, obsessed with greed, cannot see the danger. But his teenage twin children, Aletha and Adin, know they must act. A hermit leads Adin to a magical map that will send him back in time to discover the origin of the curse. Once back... Today's Bargain Price: $2.99 Categories: All Fantasy; All Religion & Spirituality; All Religious Fiction | | |
| Intended for Harm by C. S. Lakin A powerful family saga like no other ...At the height of the Vietnam War in 1971, Jake Abrams is desperate to leave his oppressive home in Colorado and begin a new life in college in LA, but his dreams are waylaid when he meets Leah, an antiwar protester who pushes him into marriage and family. Jake tries to juggle school, his job, and... Today's Bargain Price: $6.99 Categories: All Religion & Spirituality | | |
| Crank It Out!: The Surefire Way to Become a Super-Productive Writer (The Writer's Toolbox Series) by C. S. Lakin Want to become a successful author? If so, you’re going to have to crank out books. And not mediocre books but high-quality ones. Why? Because that’s what readers expect and want. Regardless of whether you write fiction or nonfiction, if you want to get established as an author, you need to be productive. Highly productive.... Today's Bargain Price: $4.99 Or FREE with Categories: Writing and Publishing | | |
| Say What? Second Edition: The Fiction Writer's Handy Guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Word Usage (The Writer's... by C. S. Lakin Finally! A grammar guide specifically designed for fiction writers! Introducing the second edition, with more than fifty new entries! WRITING CORRECTLY DOESN’T HAVE TO BE HARD OR TEDIOUS Great writers write well. Grammatical errors mark a manuscript as unprofessional and the author as sloppy or an amateur. But you don’t have to... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Or FREE with Categories: Writing and Publishing | | |
| Layer Your Novel: The Innovative Method for Plotting Your Scenes (The Writer's Toolbox Series) by C. S. Lakin Layer your novel to success with this innovative, simple technique! Writing a terrific novel is a complex endeavor. And while there are hundreds of books, podcasts, and blog posts that teach aspiring authors how to structure scenes and plot out a solid story, none implement the most intuitive and effective method for success.... Today's Bargain Price: $5.99 Or FREE with Categories: Writing and Publishing | | |
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C. S. Lakin is an award-winning novelist, writing instructor, and professional copyeditor who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lakin's award-winning blog for writers: www.livewritethrive.com provides deep writing instruction and posts on industry trends. Her site www.CritiqueMyManuscript.com features her critique services. She teaches workshops and critiques at writing conferences and workshops around the country.
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