by Clea | Dec 6, 2021 | Hold Me Down
Nobody in our high school was completely surprised when Joel Rifkin turned out to be a serial killer… (This essay originally ran on the SHOTS crime and thriller ezine, which you can access here (or go to...
by Clea | Dec 3, 2021 | Hold Me Down
She rubs her thumb over the F clef on her wrist. A reminder, faded now, of what she had. The cost … [Thanks to Janet Rudolph for posting this over at Mystery Fanfare! Just in case you missed it, I’m running it here too] Gal Raver, my protagonist, has a...
by Clea | Dec 1, 2021 | Hold Me Down, interview
To be fearless is to let the creative impulse take you where it will. … Abby Frucht and I went deep when we chatted about writing, process, and Hold Me Down back in October. The original interview ran on the JMWW blog, and I’m now reprinting it here:...
by Clea | Nov 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
(This ran in today’s Boston Globe, reprinted here in full.) ALEKSANDRA/ADOBE What makes a victim? This might seem like an odd question for a writer of crime fiction, where the emphasis is usually on the crime, if not the criminal. But, recently, as I branched...
by Clea | Nov 25, 2021 | Thanksgiving, Uncategorized
Maybe you’re celebrating with friends or family today or settling down with a beloved pet or a Hallmark movie. Maybe you’re out there on the front lines at a shelter or a protest, doing your bit to make this a better world. Wherever you are today,...
