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#TwitterFiction Festival
Today is the #TwitterFiction Festival (run by Penguin & others on Twitter) and I’m telling a story about a missing woman. I’m tweeting as @ClairePealeNYC. Visit find-lucy.tumblr.com to follow along or join in!
Watch me write a novel
Over on The Chick Lit Cookbook tumblr, I’ve been using The Chick Lit Cookbook to write my own chick lit. My novel is about an archaeology student named Malena who solves an archaeological mystery about cave art and falls in love. Right now, this insane project is called CAVE ART, but Godwilling I will come … Continue reading
The Chick Lit Cookbook: A Guide to Writing Your Novel in 30 Minutes a Day
I have a confession! I love chick lit. Love love love it. I devour it and have since I was about 16. After 10 years (make that 11 years) of chick lit love (addiction), I decided to write a guide to writing it. Because I’m also a writing teacher! It took me a long time … Continue reading
What I’m reading: September
August was a wash in terms of finding new books…a cruel twist of fate had me working almost exactly all of the open hours at my local library. But I’m back into the swing of things this month. So far, I’m working on: The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson by Jerome Charyn. The author signed … Continue reading
Book Race 2013
Every summer, more or less, my sister Sonia and I have a book race. I don’t remember who started it, but Sonia can READ, so every year we tally up the pages of books finished and compare. The winner hasn’t been announced yet but I’m feeling good… The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler (can’t believe … Continue reading
Female Gaze Review: Pam Beesly Halpert
Wrote about Pam Beesly of The Office for the Female Gaze Review a few weeks ago. It was fun to say things I’ve been thinking about for so long: Pam’s and my similar life decisions, my unease with Pam’s letting go of her graphic design dreams, and my own fear of making the wrong career and … Continue reading
What I’m reading: July
Greetings from the West Coast! The pod has been unpacked (almost completely) and our collection of books has taken over our small but classy apartment. Here is what I’m reading (quickly, so that I can beat my sister in our summer book race): The Invisible Sex by J.M. Adovasio, Olga Soffer and Jake Page: a … Continue reading
Feat in Two Worlds
This feels like my crowning achievement at the Wire: Two families, one timely court case, 2500 words and 90 kabillion edits later, all you ever wanted to know about gender fluidity in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire but were afraid to ask.
What I’m reading: June
My books are in a pod, waiting to move across the country. Moving has meant a lot of stress, but also a lot of evening hanging out, and not so much reading. Now I’m getting back into books I’m finding around the various houses I’m visiting in the interim. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann … Continue reading
