by Clea | Apr 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
Not! Or, as I explain at “The Writer’s Life” today, it takes a lot of continuous slogging to make the magic happen:When people find out my 20th mystery came out this spring they often ask: how do I do it? The answer is simple: If you do the work, the...
by Clea | Mar 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
“Pru’s wry voice, sharp intelligence, and empathy for animals guarantee that this elaborately plotted mystery will entertain with its good humor and compellingly quirky characters.” so says librarian Cynthia Chow, reviewing When Bunnies Go Bad for Kings...
by Clea | Mar 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Found out I didn’t win one of the coveted slots on the Malice-Go-Round, a kind of speed-dating for authors and readers that introduces 42 lucky authors to 200 (20 tables of ten) readers at the Malice Domestic mystery conference coming up in April. I’m on...
by Clea | Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Crimespree magazine let me sound off about the recent “cat fiction controversy” “… That Journal writer needed a story, and a story needs a conflict to make it bump along. But since this piece has run, I’ve realized that the question should not...
by Clea | Mar 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Are you going to Crimefest? This will be my first year at this international conference, which takes place in Bristol, England, May 19-22, and I’m looking forward to hearing some of the greatest minds in European crime fiction! I’m also honored to be on...
