My story “Truth In Beauty” is now available in the September, 2015 edition of Cheapjack Quarterly! See link below! P.S.-my name is first on the list! http://www.cheapjackpulp.com/

I am so excited to be sharing space in this anthology with the likes of Jody Lynn Nye and Brenda Clough. The anthology should come out in November, but I of course will keep everyone posted about the exact date it is going to be released. In the meantime, check out this lineup! Claire  …

More great short story news! My story “Stone Works” has been accepted into the Misunderstood anthology. Fellow writers Lyn Godfrey and Cynthia Ward are also part of this collection. I will post more information when the anthology gets ready for release! http://www.wolfsingerpubs.com/MisunderstoodGuidelines.html

I am pleased to announce that my short story “Truth in Beauty”, a 3,600 word paranormal romance, has been accepted for publication to Cheapjack Pulp, an online magazine. It will be the featured story in their September edition. I’ll let you know when it is released. Woo woo! http://www.cheapjackpulp.com/ Best, Claire

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.…