by Clea | Mar 6, 2020 | criticism, Hilary Mantel, Uncategorized
You know how Alice gets lost down the rabbit hole? Well, friends, last week, I went down my own particular rabbit hole. I had the honor and the privilege of reviewing Hilary Mantel’s stunning new novel, The Mirror and the Light (more on that later). But to do...
by Clea | Mar 2, 2020 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing
I don’t know about you, but I love to escape into historical fiction. A good historical gives you a real sense of the place and the time but – being fiction – weaves a compelling story in as well. (Apologies to my historian friends, but true stories are seldom...
by Clea | Feb 24, 2020 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing
Sitting on a panel next to Gerald Coleman is kind of like sitting next to royalty. The man makes worlds, people! Entire universes! The occasion was the recent Boskone conference, where we were literally talking about world-making, and how we do it. Since I came to...
by Clea | Feb 21, 2020 | An Incantation of Cats, Reviews
“Otherworldly fun,” says this review in Mystery Scene magazine. ” I couldn’t figure out which group provided the most fun: the clueless humans or the ever-so-sly cats.” Read the full review here (or below): Clea Simon’s An Incantation of Cats:...
by Clea | Feb 17, 2020 | Five Questions, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing
Jeri Westerson’s imagination spans worlds – literally, in that this mistress of mystery writes everything from “Medieval Noir” to paranormal werewolves. Of course, in Jeri’s worlds, these wild imaginings make sense, whether she’s got...
