Reviews
Thank you, Library Journal!
"This series launch ... is for readers who like their feline cozies mixed with a touch of the paranormal." – Library Journal on Shades of GreyFull review (including what I hope is a typo: Theo?)REVIEWAuthor: CLEA SIMONTitle: SHADES OF GREYPublication: LIBRARY...
Vicki Lane cracks me up
Vicki Lane, author of the marvelous Elizabeth Goodweather mysteries, never fails to entertain. I had the pleasure of meeting her at Bouchercon a few years back and ever since have read and thoroughly enjoyed her carefully crafted, smart whodunits.Though I believe she...
Happy day!
It's my birthday and my editor emailed to thank me for my revisions and the copy editor has already touched base with some proposed cover copy (all this for "Grey Matters") and Jon is making dinner tonight and all is good!
One small step for man…
What do you remember about Apollo 11? Has it retained any magic for you?I was seven years old, one week away from my eighth birthday. And although I was allowed to stay up, I fell asleep - but I remember being shaken awake to see that historic broadcast. We had landed...
Thank you, Bristol Library!
A nice introduction to my Theda series, from a librarian's blog.
Farewell, Kate’s Mystery Books
Kate Mattes started me writing mysteries. We've all known that she was trying to sell the store for quite a while now, but just heard about this last night and I'm sad. Thank you, Kate!Kate's Mystery Books closing on August 1An e-mail from the Porter Sq Neighbors...
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
Happy Bastille day!A really fun read for the holiday: Dancing on the Precipice:The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era.From my review: "Lucie de la Tour du Pin may have been only minor nobility, but her status guaranteed her a front-row seat at the...
Revision hell
I am in revision hell. Basically, I am re-reading "Grey Matters" for the umpteenth time and it is driving me nuts. I want to second guess every sentence, replace every image. This is my last change to make serious changes (though I'll see it again after the copy...
She likes it! (BIG sigh of relief)
Heard from my Severn House editor today and GREY MATTERS is a go! This is just a private email, and of course, she's the editor who bought the series so she's biased, but I cannot tell you how nice it is to read bits like "As well as a good story, it's a fascinating...
Nice bit of advance news (thank you, Examiner!)
This makes me so happy!"The first release in Clea Simon’s Dulcie Schwartz series, SHADES OF GREY (Severn House, September, 2009) has everything a mystery-lover could hope for–an engaging heroine, an intriguing plot, plenty of smart, sophisticated dialogue, and...