by Clea | Jun 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
“We engage with the work of the authors we love on many levels.” So begins today’s January Magazine Author Snapshot. It then goes on to say incredibly nice things – concluding: “Mystery, music, nightclubs, animals in danger: on a certain level,...
by Clea | Jun 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
The weird face. The pedophilia, I know, I know…But watching the coverage – especially those amazing early clips of the Jackson 5 and those Thriller videos – is making me sad. I grew up with Michael (well, I grew up, anyway). He was two years older than I was,...
by Clea | Jun 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
What do you do while you’re waiting for to start your next project? How do you replenish the creative juices? How do you stand it? That’s the topic in my guest blog today at Kepler’s Well-Read Donkey, a blog for writers and all who love books,...
by Clea | Jun 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
by Helen Oyeyemi’s “White is for Witching.” As I hope my review in today’s Boston Globe makes clear, I didn’t love it. But it did get under my skin!Happy Saturday.
by Clea | Jun 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Just heard from my darling, beloved agent. The delay was because she was in fact re-reading Dogs Don’t Lie and …she likes it! “A lot” (why doesn’t she love it?). She found the characters “extremely appealing” and thinks...
by Clea | Jun 18, 2009 | Uncategorized
… still no news, except a quickie note from my agent saying she’ll “get back to me as soon as possible.” Am trying to focus on other things: my UCLA course starts next week, I’ll be guestblogging at Kepler’s Well-Read Donkey, too....