Hi, all: The July, 2015 issue of “Beyond Science Fiction” magazine is now available on Amazon Kindle (digital only). If you wish to purchase this magazine, which includes my short story “The Last Man On Earth” you can do so via the link below. Thanks for your support! Claire http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010P43RZU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?*Version*=1&*entries*=0&linkCode=sl1&tag=blooandshad03-20&linkId=3288e312f99043b36b2b8a76550278ed

This is an article I wrote for LARA, my local RWA chapter’s newsletter. Hope you enjoy it!   My first writing conference, aka adventures in pitch meetings As a member of LARA I heard about the local “California Dreaming” convention, scheduled for late March, 2015, and decided to go. RWA is in New York this…

On Monday I had my first third party acceptance for a short story submission. The call was for an anthology titled “From the Dragon Lord’s Library,” and the anthology is scheduled for release in late Autumn. I will, of course, keep everyone posted with details as it gets closer. For those who know me you…

Self-publishing is your friend When I resurrected my writing career recently my idea was to self-publish. I thought it was easy and straightforward – anyone could do it. I put my first book up in January of 2012 with a generic Amazon cover, no professional editing or formatting, and certainly no advertising or blogs. I…

Recently I was watching a documentary about Stephen Sondheim.  In this documentary he was discussing that, as a teenager, he asked Oscar Hammerstein to critique his work.  What he got back was a point by point account of why the product didn’t work (or something to that effect).  Hammerstein went on to say that if…

This is an article that was just published in the LARA newsletter for January, 2015. Hope you enjoy it!   The future, or how did it get to be 2015 already? I was crushed when I realized it was unlikely we would ever have flying cars, at least as a method of common commuter transportation.…

  Hi, all: My fellow author,  Vala Kaye, has tagged me to be next on the “My Writing Process Blog Tour” (#MyWritingProcess). Vala writes YA science fiction and paranormal YA romance.  Please check out her site http://valakaye.com/about-vala-kaye/ to find out more about Vala and the delightful books she writes!  You can see more information about her books at…

Hi, all: Good news!  My unpublished paranormal “Fire Danger” has won third place in the First Coast Romance Writers Beacon contest.  In addition, it has attracted some professional interest, so it has gone out for consideration.  Additionally, I have submitted to join RWA’s PRO category, based on my serious pursuit of romance fiction. For those…

Hi, all!  I wrote this for the Los Angeles Romance Authors November newsletter and wanted to share it with all of you.  Enjoy! Claire   Gratitude. I am part of an email group of people who post a daily list of things that they are grateful for. Sometimes it’s small stuff – such as finding…

Hi, all: Here is a link to a very fun radio interview I did yesterday with Bernadette Walsh, who has a blog called “Nice Girls Reading Naughty Books” on blogtalkradio.com.  Enjoy! http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bernadettewalsh/2014/11/14/nice-girls-reading-naughty-books–claire-davon