by Clea | Oct 30, 2026 | News, News, personal essay, readers, reading, Uncategorized, Writers on Writing, Writing
Do you want to cure cancer? Well maybe not for everyone but for me. I have been dealing with Stage IV – that is, cancer that has spread/metastasized – colorectal cancer for more than three years now. Chemo has been working well, but it eventually stops working … and...
by Clea | Apr 13, 2021 | Writers on Writing, Writing
Maybe you know Leslie Budewitz from her tasty spice shop mysteries or the food lovers’ village books. These cozies are full of mouth-watering crime and detection, and I’d be thrilled to have Leslie drop by for those alone. But this spring, Leslie is...
by Clea | Aug 4, 2020 | Writers on Writing, Writing
How do we create worlds when the real one is falling apart? I tackle that dilemma in today’s Boston Globe Arts have long served as humanity’s means of processing reality. But as we reel from continued global crises, what stories are going to emerge from these...
by Clea | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorized, Writing
Hi, all! How are you? I know you can’t see me, but I am waving madly at you all from my home in Somerville, Massachusetts. As I write this, Gov. Baker of Massachusetts is extending the stay-at-home advisory from May 4 to May 15. This isn’t a surprise – it...
by Clea | Feb 3, 2020 | Five Questions, Writers on Writing, Writing
I’d like to say I met the writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip on safari. In truth, we were driving around Pittsburgh, looking for a wonderful (now defunct) author event sponsored by the (still there!) Mystery Lovers Bookshop in Oakmont, PA. I had...
by Clea | Jan 9, 2020 | An Incantation of Cats, Writers on Writing, Writing
Ever! Of course, you know that. But I shared other tips for writing mysteries with animal characters earlier this week over at the wonderful Career Authors blog. Don’t Kill the Cat! And Other Secrets to Writing about Animals Posted by Our Special...
