Khali LaBre breaks down for us the origin of the characters and the story of Scribe: A Novel. Here are some questions and answers she gives us about the novel. Where did you get the inspiration for Scribe? Scribe came to me back in 2018 while writing a short story in the Creative Writing class […]
You know Cheryl, right? Yeah, Dr. Cheryl Diane Parkinson…that’s right! Well, she’s an amazing writer and her prose is like no other with her uncanny ability to switch between the Queen’s English and Jamaican Patois and to throw plot twists at you that will punch you in the gut. After the successful launch of her […]
Have you ever wanted to write a story, but you just didn’t know how to start, or where to start? Maybe you’ve never understood what writers meant when they talked about cross-genres, plotholes, or pantsing. Perhaps you struggle with getting your story to flow smoothly, especially when you get to the middle of the story. […]
Scribe is the most serious piece of fiction I have ever written! It took me 4 years (let’s not forget that this was also my thesis project for grad school!) to complete this novel because I wanted the story to turn out just as I pictured it in my head, and it had to be […]
Hey, hey! Khàli here! *waves* Although it was initially written as a continuous series of action-packed, 1000-word flash fiction episodes, Lola Sky The Series is now a series of novellas (seasons) following Lola Sky and company on their journey to save the world after stealing a secret file from the CDC. Lola Sky is one […]
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update, but I have been EXTREMELY busy behind the scenes, so much so that I eventually landed in a mental and creative funk. But the journey must continue, and for everyone that has been supporting me and Lemons & Gold Publishing, I want to say thank you […]
Wanna get your writing out there to be seen!? This year, Lemons & Gold Publishing is hosting our first ever annual Super Summer Short Story #WritingContest for Black writers who love to write short stories involving genres such as fantasy, science fiction, the paranormal, or magical realism. Stories can also be a cross-genre mix, such […]
We will be posting a new episode every week! Want to be promoted in one of our episodes? Contact Khàli at admin@lemonsngold.com for more info! Let’s talk about everything from books, writing, self-love, authors, and more! Let’s have fun!
It’s been a while since we’ve dropped a blog post! So, where have we been? We’ve been putting in WORK! Meet our very first author, Cheryl Diane Parkinson! Cheryl is an outstanding, prolific, British-Caribbean author all the way from Norfolk, UK! Her story, Berthas is everything you could ever want in a movie on the […]
We’ve been pumping out Twitter and IG posts left and right, hollering about speculative fiction all over the place! At Lemons & Gold Publishing, we are in the business of publishing stories by Black authors who write speculative fiction. We have been saying that over and over and over and we know that some of […]
