by Clea | Feb 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
I just couldn’t love “The Man from Beijing,” (as I say in my Boston Phoenix review). Too many things kept throwing me out of the book, mostly a sense of heavy handed message. Mankell is – as are most crime writers – highly moral. Usually, he lets his...
by Clea | Jan 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
Why does James Patterson bother? From reading the New York Times profile, I’ve learned that he has five “co-authors” who actually writethe books he drafts. He skews his plots for marketing purposes. He’s abandoned his early literary potential...
by Clea | Jan 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
A few years ago, I had the honor of being on a panel at the Concord Literary Festival with Robert B. Parker. I’d seen the local luminary – the creator of the Spenser mysteries, and arguably the reviver of hard-boiled crime fiction – before, often....
by Clea | Oct 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Every day is National Cat Day here at chez Musetta, but still, more reason to celebrate.
by Clea | Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
It’s funny. I’ve been talking to friends recently about how difficult my new project is, and so few of them believe it. When I say I’m having trouble getting started and that at times I don’t know if what I’m writing now will coalesce...
by Clea | Oct 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
1. I think I’m healthy! Am almost afraid to say that out loud. But I think I may truly be myself again, germ free.2. I think I have started another book. This is a surprise to nobody but me, I think, but I’ll tell you, for a while I was near despair....
