by Clea | Aug 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Picking up the thread started by Patti Abbott a few months back, I’d like to use today to draw attention to a really fun book, Barbara Hambly’s “Those Who Hunt the Night.” I first became aware of Hambly’s work through her Benjamin January...
by Clea | Aug 28, 2008 | Uncategorized
Well, I guess I’m starting my next book on Tuesday. After a long weekend filled with friends and family and maybe one more beach trip. It’s Thursday already, so it’s not going to happen now. I can’t say this week has been a waste. The weather...
by Clea | Aug 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Peggy Ehrhart is a writer after my own heart. An English professor turned musician, Ehrhart (pictured above with Homer the cat) penned a smart, stylish first mystery featuring… you guessed it, a blues woman, “Maxx” Maxwell, who sings, leads the band,...
by Clea | Aug 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
So after a week on the beach and more lobster than should be legal, I’m back here at my newly clean desk, thinking about what comes next. Before I left, a friend asked me if I knew which project I wanted to tackle: the grumpy pet psychic detective (based on my...
by Clea | Aug 24, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s not just the security of knowing that our great friend Naomi (of the band Damon and Naomi) would feed and care for Musetta during our absence. It was also receiving this snapshot, from her cell phone, of Musetta waking from a nap “fine and...
by Clea | Aug 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
With Probable Claws in the can (or, at least, in the capable hands of the Poisoned Pen Press production crew), now’s a perfect time to go on vacation, don’t you think?Back soon!