I have published books under my legal name (Elizabeth C. Cabrera) and my pen name (Leigh Creek).
Toska
Literary Fiction
Meg is just trying to get by.
This whole adult thing is a lot more complicated than she thought and with a lot more baggage. She’s worked so hard to get where she’s at, and she feels like things are finally starting to click into place. Eyes forward, nose to the ground, that’s always been her philosophy. She’s just been given an important project at work that she thinks will help catapult her career, her relationship with her two best friends has never been better, and the guy she’s had a crush on forever is starting to show interest. On paper, everything seems to finally be going her way just the way she planned. Or has it?
Meg has always had a difficult time dealing with stress, she knows that’s not exactly a secret despite how hard she’s tried to conceal it. Shoving everything down and putting it away in a neat little box has been the only way she’s managed to get by. So, what happens when you have a closet full of skeletons and you’ve spent years sweeping everything under the rug, but there’s just no more room?
Tools Used To Write & Publish
- Writing: Microsoft Word
- Editing: Microsoft Word, Scrivener, Grammarly
- Formatting: Atticus
- Publishing: IngramSparks
The Pen Name Project
Contemporary RomCom
Samantha MacMillian is in a bit of a pickle. After an almost year-long writer’s block, she’s finally decided what she wants to try writing next – a romance. But Sam isn’t going to write just any romance novel.
Sam is gonna write smut.
There’s only one tiny little problem: Sam has little to no experience in the romance department. Between the ongoing tension with her family and a contract deadline with her publisher breathing down her neck, she simply hadn’t had the time or energy for it. Not to mention that she is still dealing with the aftermath of her last attempt at romance. This is when her best friend, Charlie, proposes a unique solution – a fake dating experiment.
It sounds straightforward enough: the two go on dates and act like any regular couple so that Sam can take notes for her book. Including the physical sides of a relationship…
As long as Sam doesn’t start mixing her very real-life feelings for Charlie for the fictional world she’s trying to create, things should work out… right?, checklists, and blank pages to allow your creative juices to flow.
Tools Used To Write & Publish
- Writing: Scrivener
- Editing: Microsoft Word, Scrivener, Grammarly
- Formatting: Vellum
- Publishing: IngramSparks (paperback) & Amazon (ebook)
Twisting Fates
Romantic Suspense
Meg is just trying to get by.
Adelyn Walters thought she left storm chasing behind when she was forced to trade in adrenaline for a steady job as the local weather woman. But when she’s unexpectedly roped into covering for a coworker on a high-profile tornado documentary, Addie finds herself face to face with the last person on earth she expected to see again. Benjamin Borack, her former grad school rival—the one who nearly derailed her entire career before it even started, and now the team lead that she’s stuck with for the next few months.
As twisters spin up across the plains, Addie has to dive back into the chasing lifestyle, navigate a rival chase team willing to risk anything for the best shot, and figure out if the close calls they start having is bad luck…or if something more dangerous is lurking nearby.
The biggest storm? The undeniable chemistry sparking back to life between her and Ben. years sweeping everything under the rug, but there’s just no more room?
Tools Used To Write & Publish
- Writing: Scrivener
- Editing: Microsoft Word, Scrivener, Grammarly
- Formatting: Vellum
- Publishing: IngramSparks (paperback) & Amazon (ebook)
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