by Clea | Jun 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Readerville, an early online home for many of us writers, readers, and book lovers, closed down today. I confess, I hadn’t visited in a while, seduced away by newer social media and by my own work. But for nine years, Readerville was home, an online watercooler...
by Clea | Jun 4, 2009 | Lesa Holstine, Probable Claws
Librarian and critic Lesa Holstine reviews Probable Claws today. I won’t quote the entire review here, but I can’t resist:”Once again, Clea Simon skillfully brings together the various aspects of Theda Krakow’s complicated life. Not every...
by Clea | Jun 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Does anyone else remember Stan Mack’s “Real Life Comics”? As cell phones have become omnipresent, the possibilities are not only everywhere, they’re hard to ignore. I just spent ten minutes behind a good-looking, well groomed youngish man in...
by Clea | Jun 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’m teaching “Essential Beginnings,” a course designed to get you started (or re-started, or jump-started) writing for the UCLA Extension School’s online writing program. This week, the program is hosting a free online cyber open house....
by Clea | Jun 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Well, I’m just back from a weekend at the Backspace Writers Conference and I wanted to post something before inertia – and the new week – takes over. First of all, kudos to Karen Dionne and crew for putting together an excellent, small, and focused...
