Biography
Like most kids I wanted to be an entomologist! What? Bugs didn't fascinate you? Well, that's okay. Most kids are weird. Thank Buddha for word processing, I incorporated my fascination of insects into a psychotic cockroach story.
I'm a native Californian. I lived in San Diego for thirteen years, Los Angeles for two years, and the San Francisco Bay Area. But I also lived in Japan for two years. Japan was a blast! I drank amazing sake, ate savory ramen, and wrote short stories, a couple novels, and a socio-cultural hypothesis that seeks to explain how a war-mongering Japan in the early twentieth century became one of the safest, most peaceful societies on earth:
http://carltonalear.wix.com/kawaiism#%21. Admittedly, needs more work...
Several years ago, I submitted short stories to various contests and won a couple, which was pretty cool. After I finished writing THE HOVER, Cedric Book 1, I was going to shelve it and move on to the next project--what I'd normally do--but my wife insisted that I publish it instead. Well I had no intention of sending queries to literary agents, and I'd never published anything before. Nobody at the time seemed interested in another vampire story, so I decided to self-pub and cross my fingers. Since then, I've received some very nice reviews. If you prefer listening to audio books, you can purchase the audio version of The Hover!
Book 2 of the Cedric duology was released in 2019: The Meridiem. It picks up where The Hover left off. You can find both novels at your favorite e-bookstores such as Apple Books, Kobo, Barns&Nobel, Amazon, etc. A few local bookshops in the Bay Area carry my paperbacks, too.
Here's a recent article about yours truly...
https://www.thefussylibrarian.com/newswire/for-readers/2018/12/17/author-qa-ca-lear
If you've read my novels or intend to read them, THANK YOU! I would love to know what you thought of my stories. Won't you please post a book review? Your constructive comments will help me develop as an independent author of fiction.
Thank you for your support!
C. A. Lear
I'm a native Californian. I lived in San Diego for thirteen years, Los Angeles for two years, and the San Francisco Bay Area. But I also lived in Japan for two years. Japan was a blast! I drank amazing sake, ate savory ramen, and wrote short stories, a couple novels, and a socio-cultural hypothesis that seeks to explain how a war-mongering Japan in the early twentieth century became one of the safest, most peaceful societies on earth:
http://carltonalear.wix.com/kawaiism#%21. Admittedly, needs more work...
Several years ago, I submitted short stories to various contests and won a couple, which was pretty cool. After I finished writing THE HOVER, Cedric Book 1, I was going to shelve it and move on to the next project--what I'd normally do--but my wife insisted that I publish it instead. Well I had no intention of sending queries to literary agents, and I'd never published anything before. Nobody at the time seemed interested in another vampire story, so I decided to self-pub and cross my fingers. Since then, I've received some very nice reviews. If you prefer listening to audio books, you can purchase the audio version of The Hover!
Book 2 of the Cedric duology was released in 2019: The Meridiem. It picks up where The Hover left off. You can find both novels at your favorite e-bookstores such as Apple Books, Kobo, Barns&Nobel, Amazon, etc. A few local bookshops in the Bay Area carry my paperbacks, too.
Here's a recent article about yours truly...
https://www.thefussylibrarian.com/newswire/for-readers/2018/12/17/author-qa-ca-lear
If you've read my novels or intend to read them, THANK YOU! I would love to know what you thought of my stories. Won't you please post a book review? Your constructive comments will help me develop as an independent author of fiction.
Thank you for your support!
C. A. Lear
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