by Clea | Dec 20, 2021 | Hold Me Down, interview, podcast, Uncategorized
That’s the name of Shawn Reilly Simmons’ podcast, and now I know it’s true. Shawn — an author and one of the brains behind the annual Malice Domestic traditional mystery festival — is super easy to talk to, and that means we authors tend to spill the...
by Clea | Dec 1, 2021 | Hold Me Down, interview
To be fearless is to let the creative impulse take you where it will. … Abby Frucht and I went deep when we chatted about writing, process, and Hold Me Down back in October. The original interview ran on the JMWW blog, and I’m now reprinting it here:...
by Clea | Nov 8, 2021 | Hold Me Down, interview
In real life, the wonderful New York Times best-selling author Caroline Leavitt and I talk about writing all the time. So she revived her blog to put down some of our Q&A. You can read an excerpt below or click over to her space here:...
by Clea | Nov 4, 2021 | Hold Me Down, interview
Did you miss my HOLD ME DOWN pre-launch event with Mystery and Thriller Maven Sara DiVello? Not to worry, our host for the evening – Houston’s MURDER BY THE BOOK – has put our talk up on Youtube and Facebook and I’m sharing as a #TBT! We’re not...
by Clea | Nov 3, 2021 | Hold Me Down, interview
I got to chat with fellow New England mystery author Dale Phillips over at his blog a while ago and hadn’t had a chance to share till now. We tackled the writing process, music books and how to craft a compelling story. Here’s how it starts: So how did...
by Clea | Nov 1, 2021 | Hold Me Down, interview, Uncategorized
“Hold Me Down, acclaimed author Clea Simon’s new suspense novel about a hard-driving punk rocker dragged into the trauma of her wild past by a murder in her present, will grab you by the heart even as it makes you grip the edge of your seat. Life as a...