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About Lee Gabel
Lee reads practically any genre. Plus, he's a movie junkie. That's a dangerous combination.
Traditionally trained as a screenwriter, Lee moved to writing multi-genre books in 2016 and is the author of six novels: Tied: A Street Gang Novel, David's Summer, Snipped: A Cutting Comedy, Vermin 2.0 (Detest-A-Pest #1), Arachnid 2.0 (Detest-A-Pest #2), and Molerat 2.0 (Detest-A-Pest #3). Lee will release a brand new three-book saga in 2022 and Detest-A-Pest #4 soon after.
Lee once walked 63.5 kilometers in thirteen hours. Why? Ask him. He loves to hear from readers. Past lives include working within the visual and dramatic arts landscape as a graphic designer, illustrator, visual effects artist, animator, and screenwriter. In 2005 he contributed to an Emmy award (LOST; "Pilot; Part 1 and Part 2") for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series.
In reality, Lee lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son. In his head, he lives wherever his characters are.
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Blog postThis is it! The official announcement. After a year and a half of writing, editing, and cover design, the Dreamwaker Saga is live and available for pre-order. Thank you for your patience.
The three books will follow a staggered release, starting with book one on July 31, 2022. I will release the paperback version at the same time.
Pre-order the Dreamwaker Saga here.
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Blog postLast month, I talked about lucid dreaming, which is the ability to control your dreams while you are experiencing them. Now, I took the idea a little farther, and headed into fantasy territory.
What if you could make your dreams real, if only for a short while? Imagine you had an ability to dream of a person, real or imaginary, and pull them out into the real world where they could interact with the world, just like a regular person.
Maybe you could talk to your grea2 months ago Read more -
Blog postI do… sometimes. But there is one aspect of dreaming I wish I was able to do: lucid dreaming.
When you have a lucid dream, you are aware that you are dreaming and can control what’s going on within the dream: the environment, the characters within it, and the narrative.
I always thought this idea was fascinating. Imagine a place where you’re taking part in a story that feels real but is all contained within your head. Plus it’s safe because anything that happens isn’t permanen2 months ago Read more -
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Blog postOn January 12, 2021, I set out to write a three book saga in a year. Now it’s time to celebrate and you could win.
Am I done? No, but that’s okay. I’m well into book three with the finish line on the horizon. The story took on a life of its own (as stories often do) and as a result, I’ll probably finish around February or March 2022. Still, 240 working days and 244,000 words later (or just over 1,000 words per day), that’s cause to celebrate.
So here’s what I’m going to do. If6 months ago Read more -
Blog postI’ve resisted book trailers for a long time. I thought they were ineffective and most of the ones I had seen were poorly made. I may have seen the light.
I come from a graphic design background and spent ten years working in the visual effects industry. I had the skills to put together a book trailer but kept putting it off. Finally I decided to do it. I mean, how hard could it be?
It’s hard. Even with my skills, it was hard. Getting everything under thirty seconds was a chall8 months ago Read more -
Blog postGreat news! I just finished draft one of book two of my new three book saga, despite the kidney stone. Wait, what?
Yup. You read that right. My body decided to celebrate the Autumn Equinox by throwing a kidney stone at me. I tried my best to write through the pain, but in the end, the stone won out. I lost a week of writing time as I passed what turned out to be a 4mm calcium oxalate stone. The experience turned my life on its ear and I’m making a lot of dietary changes so I neve9 months ago Read more -
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Blog postI have some good news (and a contest you could win!) As we head towards fall, I am on track to finish the first draft of my three-book saga by the end of February 2022.
The longest book I have ever written was Arachnid 2.0, which published at 135,000 words. That milestone took me 14 months. With my new saga, I have been writing Monday through Friday since the middle of January, representing about eight months of work (or 162 actual working days.) My wordcount has surpassed 170,000 wor10 months ago Read more -
Blog postI have some good news and some bad news. First the good news. I have finished the first draft of the first book in this three book saga. WOOT!
It came in at 110,000 words. And I’m keeping the momentum going by rolling right into the second book while details are still fresh in my mind.
The bad news? I miscalculated my estimate to finish the first drafts of all three books. I do not work weekends but I was incorporating weekends in my estimate. D’oh! My bad.
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Blog postI made great progress last month on my new trilogy/saga and banked almost 22,000 words.
The first draft is always for me so perhaps I am writing too much detail. At this point I don’t care too much because I’m having too much fun. Hopefully that comes out on the page too.
I’ve got a total of 90,000 words banked on the first book of the new trilogy/saga. Even my new target of 100,000 words per book might not be enough. This month I should be done with the first draft1 year ago Read more -
Blog postDespite starting on a new three-book series this year, I will be writing a fourth book in the Detest-A-Pest series.
I don’t want to become bored of the stories I write. That boredom would come across on the page. It was one of my biggest fears when first attempting a series. What if the series starts feeling like “more of the same”? I know it’s the characters that drive the story, but the situations can feel similar. The last thing I wanted was to start going through the motions. That1 year ago Read more
Titles By Lee Gabel
After a summer of exterminator training in New York, Bradley returns home ready to face his senior year with renewed confidence. But fate gets in the way of his grand teenage plans – especially when eight legs attack instead of four.
And these aren’t your typical, everyday spiders. Their newly acquired taste for raw meat has them casting a wide net over Bradley’s sleepy San Fernando suburb. It doesn’t take them long to scramble up the food chain.
Add a vengeful ex-girlfriend casting a web of lies into the mix, and things get downright sticky.
But Detest-A-Pest can’t resist a challenge. Sam and O'Connor rejoin Bradley and his inventive friends as they wage war on an infestation of spiders poised to swallow not only the high school, but the neighborhood and everyone within...
Arachnid 2.0 is a fast-paced creature feature horror novel, book two of the popular Detest-A-Pest series.
Jess works, spends time with friends, and earns good grades in school. But she's also sole provider for her drug-addicted mother... And she hates it.
Her sister Nova holds a high-profile position in the Dynamite Queens. Within her turf Nova enjoys fame, fortune, freedom, and respect – at a cost of family life.
But Jess wants what Nova has and is willing to do anything to get it. After one explosive argument, Jess joins a rival gang, a decision that leads her down a path of brutal consequences.
South Central L. A. erupts with violence as two gangs – two sisters – wage war on each other. For the winner, victory could be unforgiving...
Tied is a fast-paced look at family, friendship, betrayal, and revenge through the lens of tough Los Angeles girl gangs.
Note: This novel contains strong language and gang violence.
Harry Harcourt has a problem. People are dying at exclusive golf resort Mar-A-Verde. As head greenskeeper, it’s up to him to “fix” the problem and keep the course open... or face termination. But it’s not one problem, it’s a vast network of vicious problems, all under the turf.
As bodies pile up, resident doctor Daniela Trejo joins Harry in the fight. Together, they capture a creature unlike anything on Earth – acid skin and razor-sharp fangs with agility that matches its appetite. But the creature escapes.
Outmatched and outnumbered, Harry seeks outside help. No one wants to touch the job – no one except Detest-A-Pest. O’Connor, Sam, and Hope hit the road for what looks like an easy payday in a tropical paradise. What awaits them is a journey through hell that has gruesome death hiding in every shadow...
Molerat 2.0 is a fast-paced creature feature horror novel, book three of the popular Detest-A-Pest series.
An estranged son staying for the summer? CHECK.
An intense fear of rats? DOUBLE-CHECK.
Sam Shaw’s life has flipped upside down. Pets and tenants in his Bronx brownstone begin to disappear. Left behind is a wake of carnage.
All evidence points to a hybrid colony of vicious white-tailed rats that has moved into the basement – genetically superior with intelligence to match.
When his ex-wife dumps his son Bradley on his doorstep, Sam must switch into protection mode, if his son will let him.
Faced with impossible odds, Sam hires Bertha O’Connor from Detest-A-Pest Exterminators Inc. She runs the only outfit brave enough – or crazy enough – to take the job.
With help from the Detest-A-Pest crew, Sam must face his fears or the white-tailed mutants will eat him alive. Because this horde of super-rats are smarter than anyone had bargained for...
Rally behind Sam in “Vermin 2.0: Hunger Pains,” book one of the popular Detest-A-Pest Creature Feature series.
Five years ago, it was love at first sight. Now, it’s life on autopilot as tumbleweeds roll through Ted and Iris’s bedroom. Their lackluster love life is driving Ted nuts. Iris’s solution to their bedroom blues: get snipped.
Kunal and Ray, Ted’s best friends and sworn enemies of Iris, agree with her for once. All roads seem to lead to a surgical solution, but Ted’s not going there... until an explosive argument changes everything. A vasectomy seems like Ted’s only play to win Iris back.
The antics of his precocious next-door neighbor complicates matters. Ted's ill-conceived decisions jeopardize everything important in his life, including his nuts.
But life was about to throw Ted a romantic curve-ball aimed straight at his heart...
Snipped is a fast-paced laugh-out-loud romantic comedy that will leave you in stitches.
An unplanned pregnancy turns the lives of Deanna, her husband Max, and her teenage son upside down. But there’s something else wrong...
After baby David receives a cancer diagnosis, Deanna drops everything to focus on finding a cure. Max has other ideas.
Based on his own troubled past, Max challenges Deanna to consider quality of life versus quantity. Their opposing opinions throw their marriage into chaos and Deanna seeks treatment options alone.
Caught in the middle, Alex must navigate this family crisis on his own. An unexpected friendship with a cancer survivor may offer the perspective he needs.
With the clock ticking, Deanna stops at nothing to save baby David’s life... but her relationship with her family may not survive the process.
David’s Summer is an emotionally rich and compelling family drama about love, sacrifice, forgiveness, and a frantic race for a cure.
Free from her mental prison but with her sanity crumbling, Wynter and her friends take advantage of Jezebel’s injuries and double their efforts to reunite her with her dreamwaker boyfriend.
Despite her vulnerabilities, Jezebel discovers that she can wield her dreamwaker power from beyond her hospital bed. But she forgets to acknowledge a dreamwaker’s free will.
When a mysterious murder rocks the town, the sheriff discovers the murder weapon holds the answers he’s looking for, until it disappears in front of his eyes. Running their own investigation, Wynter’s friends unlock Jezebel’s secret and use it against her, gaining a much needed advantage.
Together once again, Wynter, her dreamwaker boyfriend, her friends, and the sheriff formulate one last plan to connect Jezebel to her crimes, a plan perfect in its simplicity.
But evading consequences is Jezebel’s specialty... and she has no intention of peaceful surrender.
“Find me…”
Cash can’t ignore Wynter’s last words before her mind trapped her between dreams and reality. He would do anything for Wynter but finding her means finding her dreamwaker boyfriend. Cash must balance jealousy and loyalty or risk fracturing a lifelong friendship.
Jezebel continues her reign of terror, with Wynter’s dreamwaker boyfriend enslaved at her side. After realizing his error, the dreamwaker makes amends with Cash and Wynter’s friends, and forms a plan to reunite with Wynter.
In retaliation, Jezebel targets Wynter’s family with an act of extreme revenge that devastates the neighborhood.
While the town sheriff builds his case against Jezebel, Cash picks up the pieces left by Jezebel's fury and sets into motion the plan to find Wynter and reunite her with her dreamwaker. But no plan is perfect, especially when Jezebel doesn’t get what she wants.
By accident, sixteen-year-old Wynter discovers her power to summon dreamwakers — people born from dreams that exist in physical form. Her friends have trouble believing her power exists, until she makes herself a boyfriend.
But dreamwakers come with rules and free will… and everyone knows teenagers and rules don’t mix. Before Wynter can figure them out, her new boyfriend goes rogue and hooks up with Jezebel, the town psychopath.
Every day Wynter and her dreamwaker remain apart chips away more of her life force. Her friends help her wage a battle of brains versus brawn… but Jezebel has the luck of the devil on her side.
Navigating between dreams and reality is harder than it looks, and the fight may leave Wynter a prisoner of her own mind.
As all parents know, mealtime is an adventure for kids, especially during the early years. And by adventure, I really mean an explosion of food. Written in rhyme, Noah's Noodles will appeal to any child who loves food adventures. Noah's Noodles captures one particular meal in an amusing and visually entertaining way. I wrote and illustrated this book based on true events and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did creating it.