by Clea | Jul 16, 2009 | Kate's Mystery Books
Kate Mattes started me writing mysteries. We’ve all known that she was trying to sell the store for quite a while now, but just heard about this last night and I’m sad. Thank you, Kate!Kate’s Mystery Books closing on August 1An e-mail from the Porter...
by Clea | Jul 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Happy Bastille day!A really fun read for the holiday: Dancing on the Precipice:The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era.From my review: “Lucie de la Tour du Pin may have been only minor nobility, but her status guaranteed her a front-row seat at...
by Clea | Jul 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
I am in revision hell. Basically, I am re-reading “Grey Matters” for the umpteenth time and it is driving me nuts. I want to second guess every sentence, replace every image. This is my last change to make serious changes (though I’ll see it again...
by Clea | Jul 6, 2009 | Grey Matters, Severn House
Heard from my Severn House editor today and GREY MATTERS is a go! This is just a private email, and of course, she’s the editor who bought the series so she’s biased, but I cannot tell you how nice it is to read bits like “As well as a good story,...
by Clea | Jul 2, 2009 | Severn House
This makes me so happy!”The first release in Clea Simon’s Dulcie Schwartz series, SHADES OF GREY (Severn House, September, 2009) has everything a mystery-lover could hope for–an engaging heroine, an intriguing plot, plenty of smart, sophisticated dialogue, and...
