by Clea | Apr 9, 2020 | Uncategorized, Writers on Writing
Today, let’s welcome Gabriel Valjean to the #NoContact Book Tour! Gabriel’s latest – Dirty Old Town – officially launched in late January, which feels like years ago now. And because Gabriel is such a constant supporter of our literary community, I’m...
by Clea | Apr 6, 2020 | Uncategorized, Writers on Writing
Today we’re welcoming Joanna Schaffhausen to the #NoContact Book Tour! I was lucky enough to attend Joanna’s local launch event for All the Best Lies (see the evidence below!) before the world went sideways. She read and cracked jokes, while her wonderful...
by Clea | Apr 2, 2020 | Writers on Writing
Welcome to the #NoContact Book Tour! While we all stay inside and stay safe, books have become even more important. But book events and conferences, alas, are canceled. So let’s “meet” some authors here, shall we? To launch this series, I give you...
by Clea | Mar 23, 2020 | Five Questions, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing
Michelle Cameron and I met when I interviewed her years ago. She was helping me with one of my projects, but that chat introduced me to her own wonderful historical novels. Now I’m thrilled to introduce her – and her upcoming BEYOND THE GHETTO GATES – to you....
by Clea | Mar 16, 2020 | Five Questions, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing
Sarah Smith is a time traveler! Although we New Englanders know Sarah as an indefatigable supporter of the local crime fiction scene, to readers worldwide she is the Agatha Award-winning (and New York Times notable books) author of Chasing Shakespeares (yes, plural!),...
by Clea | Mar 2, 2020 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing
I don’t know about you, but I love to escape into historical fiction. A good historical gives you a real sense of the place and the time but – being fiction – weaves a compelling story in as well. (Apologies to my historian friends, but true stories are seldom...