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Nanoni and shish-Ka-toomi

  • Post author:Claire
  • Post published:January 12, 2022
  • Post category:announcement/fantasy/new release/visual art/writer-writing

Published this month at Bethlehem Writer's Roundtable Earning an Honorable Mention in the Bethlehem Writer's Roundtable 2021 Short Story contest, this fable is part of the back story for the…

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Now Available: Paperback edition of Whimsical Winter Wonderland

  • Post author:Claire
  • Post published:December 17, 2021
  • Post category:announcement/Holiday, Holidays/writer-writing

Part of the 3-volume Holiday HiJinks release, Whimsical Winter Wonderland is now out in paperback. You'll find my short story, "The Pixie Path Home," in this one. And here is…

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MicroFiction Contests and Year-End Celebration

  • Post author:Claire
  • Post published:December 4, 2021
  • Post category:announcement/fantasy/Holiday, Holidays/sci-fi/science fiction/scifi/speculative fiction/writer-writing

Brought to you by Strong Women, Strange Worlds From the comfort of your own home, join us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Zoom for a Holiday Season AuthorFest filled with…

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November Anthology Release! Holiday HiJinks times 3!

  • Post author:Claire
  • Post published:November 5, 2021
  • Post category:announcement/fantasy/Holiday, Holidays/new release/writer-writing

Dec. 4, 2021 Update: Whimsical Winter Wonderland is now available as an eBook. Please forgive the slight delay in its publication and enjoy reading many of these tales for yourself…

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News November: Monkey Business

  • Post author:Claire
  • Post published:November 3, 2021
  • Post category:announcement/Review/writer-writing

Posts in November may not be weekly. I'm traveling, then there's Thanksgiving, and I'm hosting a NaNoWriMo group. I'll come back with more on those in another post. Monkey Business:…

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Another Anthology Release

  • Post author:Claire
  • Post published:September 24, 2021
  • Post category:announcement/crime/mystery/new release/news/writer-writing

“After the Rush Fades” appears in Ramblings & Reflections:Winning Words from SouthWest Writers 2021 Contest, which was released yesterday on Amazon. A corporate leader rises to the top on the…

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Pssst . . . Want to Come to a Party? . . . and How is Anthology #9 Really #7?

  • Post author:Clamo88
  • Post published:September 6, 2021
  • Post category:announcement/crime/mystery/new release/news/writer-writing

The 7th SoWest anthology from the Desert Sleuths is out and my story, "The Backpack," is one of the 24 in it. Many Sisters in Crime chapters have an annual…

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Short Stories: The Thrill of the Moment (video panel)

  • Post author:Claire
  • Post published:August 18, 2021
  • Post category:announcement/crime/mystery/new release/news/writer-writing

Update 8/21/21/: Google removed access to the video on my original. Something triggered its algorithm to pounce. I've set it up on my new YouTube author site. What do you…

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A Winning Submission

  • Post author:Clamo88
  • Post published:August 7, 2021
  • Post category:announcement/crime/mystery/news/writer-writing

This morning the SouthWest Writers announced the winners of their 2021 short writings contest, including me. The list posted today is all the finalists, i.e., winners, within 20 categories of…

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“Nanoni and shis-Ka-toomi” – Honorable Mention

  • Post author:Clamo88
  • Post published:July 2, 2021
  • Post category:announcement/crime/mystery/writer-writing

I've known for about a month that "Nanoni and shish-Ka-toomi" won Honorable Mention in the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable 2021 Short Story Contest. I've been waiting for the official announcement, which…

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