by Clea | Sep 24, 2018 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing, Writing
I don’t even remember how Karen and I met. I do know we bonded over our shared journalism background and our love of cats. And when Karen was looking for a new home for her Black Hat thrillers, I was happy to recommend Severn House. Now her latest, Vanished, is...
by Clea | Sep 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Well, this is fun! Today is PARKing day in Cambridge, Mass. That means a day of reclaiming open urban space … at least until the meter runs out! More than 75 local groups are taking up curbside space and reclaiming 150 parking spaces all over the city today. One...
by Clea | Sep 19, 2018 | Bouchercon, Cats
One of Bouchercon’s traditions is its auctions – usually a live one and a silent one, which raise money for a literacy campaign. This year, the beneficiary was Dolly Parton’s literacy campaign, the Imagination Library. , which provides books to kids. And...
by Clea | Sep 18, 2018 | Boston Noir, CrimeReads, George V. Higgins, Reviews, Uncategorized, World Enough
Fascinating piece on George V. Higgins (author of “Friends of Eddie Coyle,” etc.) and the development of the Boston crime novel in the new issue of CrimeReads. Overwhelming to me because the article’s author Scott von Doviak referenced ME as an heir...
by Clea | Sep 17, 2018 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing, Writing
Debut mystery novelist Joanna Schaffhausen has quickly become part of our New England crime fiction family. Already Facebook friends, we got to do an event together at the lovely New England Mobile Book Fair this summer, and I invited Joanna to chat on my blog. How...
