by Clea | Jul 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
“Anyone can herd cattle. Bringing in ten thousand half-wild shorthairs, that’s another thing altogether…” Sometimes a metaphor needs to be played out. A friend alerted me to this ad a while ago, I’ve finally found it on Youtube
by Clea | Jul 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
To add a dramatic element in Cries and Whiskers, my heroine’s cat, Musetta, gets lost. Turns out, she’s involved in some foul play – but for a brief moment, my heroine breathes easier knowing that her cat is microchipped. If Musetta is picked up or turned...
by Clea | Jul 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
We are sustained by our friendships, aren’t we? Even the casual ones that only gradually deepen through time and proximity? That’s the theme of Meg Clayton’s The Wednesday Sisters, a marvelous new novel about women who meet casually, when their kids...
by Clea | Jul 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
These days, we can get our kitties chemo or a new kidney, but should we? My buddy Vicki Constantine Croke wrote this thoughtful and well researched story for yesterday’s Boston Globe Magazine, asking just how much is too much? Pictured is Boswell, a goose,...
by Clea | Jul 10, 2008 | Agatha Christie
Nice bit of news – my editor over at the Barnes and Noble Library of Essential Reading loves my introduction to The Mysterious Affair at Styles,, Poirot’s first adventure, so look for my name to be linked to the great Agatha Christie when this new edition...
