Books & Stories


Below, is a list of my currently available publications, including links to Amazon.com where each can be sampled or purchased.




Constant creation--one of the biggest challenges of creative writing
Whether you are imagining vivid settings, sketching out scenes, plotting, or describing a character’s appearance, the need for constant creation never ends. Why? Because you don't want your writing to be boring or to feel so familiar that readers suspect it was copied from another storyteller's work.

This book can help
Fewer than 40 pages, this short book teaches an easy brainstorming process that can help you avoid clichés and subconscious copying. Learn the simple steps of this technique, and you could be writing more creatively than ever.

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How to Write Dialogue:

This concise book, fewer than 60 pages, offers dialogue-writing lessons and examples for aspiring writers of all levels.

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I'm Not a Kung Fu Badass

I’m Not a Kung Fu Badass is John Arthur Lee’s first poetry chapbook, 30 poems exploring the issues and forces that shaped him—love, race, mental health, and art. Often told from the viewpoint of a Chinese American longing for acceptance, I’m Not a Kung Fu Badass offers an engaging journey thanks to the author's storytelling style, creative metaphors, and unguarded sincerity.

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Fans of I’m Not a Kung Fu Badass will celebrate the return of John Arthur Lee's unique storytelling style, resonant metaphors, and honest self-reflection. In Inks of All Colors offers 35 new poems exploring American society, corporate culture, untimely illness, relationships, and more.

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MANUFACTURED BEAUTY (a short story)


What will the world be like when advances in science and technology allow us to instantly remove all of our bodily imperfections, even our limited lifespans? And what will cheating nature cost us?

This short story explores that future with the help of a wrinkled old man, his faithful Border Collie, and two young women who worry about their “imperfections.”

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Hollywood Has It Backwards (a short story)


Movies make love seem so beautiful
Whether we want them to or not, movies shape our expectations. Take dating, relationships, and love, for example. We expect unrealistic bliss from each of these because we have watched and enjoyed countless happily-ever-after endings.

But it's only a myth
Marc, the narrator of this story, learned to see right through Hollywood’s false promises. Or so he thought.

Then Alyson returned with a little girl at her side
When a pair of wondrous, blue eyes stared at him for the first time, Marc's cynical armor crumbled, and his life underwent movielike changes.

But, even then, things were not as they appeared
Because Hollywood gets so many things wrong.


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Bound to Eve, Part Two: Protecting the Third

Eve had no idea why her evil captors wanted her necklace or why they were going to kill her. The only thing she knew for certain was that she was running out of time.

In this, the second book of the Bound to Eve story, Nathan comes face to face with the deadly Bound and with the truth about what he really is; Essential Lysara fights to survive on an island inhabited by winged monsters; and the murderous Kynreth arrive in Westerton, Illinois, hunting Eve and the Third. The tension culminates in an exciting second-book climax, where lies are revealed, friendships and loyalties are tested, and an unthinkable power is unleashed.

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Bound to Eve, Part One: Shadowing the Caretaker

Bound to Eve, the 3-book story:
Beautiful aliens posing as humans, mystical clouds carrying people into the sky, merciless murderers chasing a necklace too perilous to touch, a young woman in unthinkable danger, and a forbidden love with the power to destroy a world. Bound to Eve is an unconventional story, a wild horse refusing to be lassoed by any one genre category. Equal parts science fiction, fantasy, thrilling adventure, mystery, and love story, the 3-book series will appeal to readers who are seeking an unusual, yet very satisfying journey into the unexpected.

Book 1:
When evil threatens Naden’s planet and murderous traitors hunt him, Naden escapes to Earth where he walks among humans and secretly shadows Eve Madison, a part-time college student who has inherited a perilous family heirloom. Naden quickly discovers how dangerous the beautiful young woman is for him, in part because Eve’s protectors--the Bound--will kill him if they discover him, and in part because he finds himself falling in love with her. For Naden, the unstoppable feelings are terrifying, because on his planet, love is a forbidden passion and loving someone is an unforgivable crime.

Join Naden, Eve, their friends, and their terrifying enemies, and experience a story that magically bridges two worlds: Eve’s, where love sometimes hurts you, and Naden’s, where love actually has the power to kill.

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