by Clea | Jan 14, 2009 | Severn House
Dulcie Schwartz was born for academia. A grad student at Harvard, she lives for research. Her discipline – the Gothic English novel of the late 18th Century – may seem minor to some. But for Dulcie, it’s reason to dive into the library, into the ordered,...
by Clea | Jan 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
No, this is not my big announcement, but I have to write this.One of the perks of my life is that my husband often brings home books to me. Books he thinks I might like to review, or books that he is pretty sure he won’t want to assign for review but that...
by Clea | Jan 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
Am waiting for something to arrive in the mail, but as soon as it does, I will have a big announcement! In the meantime, Chris Verstraete hosted me in her series of writing tips over at her Candid Canine blog. Drop on by to see what I and her other guests have...
by Clea | Jan 9, 2009 | Cats
Wow, a few months ago Abby Ellin (a former Boston Phoenix writer) called me for a comment for a piece she was doing on men and cats for the New York Times. That piece got around, and last week I got an email from Rod Lockwood of the Toledo (OH) Blade. He wanted to...
by Clea | Jan 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
My writing buddy Caroline Leavitt, that is! She suggested that while I’m revising my current WIP, I print it out using a different font. No matter how familiar I am with my own work, she told me, it would look different this way – and I’d be able to catch...
