Hi Reader, From hotdog flavored whiskey to IKEA’s meatball lollipops, we cannot trust the internet on April 1st. I have been working hard for the past 3+ months getting a new quiz up and running. This one uses 100% my own IP (instead of borrowing from Jim Henson). I spent hours drawing graphics for each result, days designing the dossier style results pages that actually look like files from an archive. I obsessed over the questions, logo for the fictional agency, all of it. I was so excited,...
about 10 hours ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Since I’ve asked so much of you lately, I’m keeping this one short and sweet. I have a few things to share that I think you just might love. If it’s cold right now where you live, this amazing soup will warm you right up! (Warning: it is 100% not fat free, which is probably why it is sooooo yummy). A fun little break from the daily grind (xenials will adore this) This inspiring article for writers (very on fleek with what I’ve been talking about of late… do people still say, on...
7 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader! Just a quick note to let you know my talk, ACE Your Story: 3 Things You Need to Craft a Compelling Story goes live today at 4pm MST (3pm Pacific, 6pm Eastern) at the Perfect Your Process summit! This is a free event for writers who want to create joyful writing practices. I’ll be in the comments answering questions! Come join me! It’s gonna be FUN!!! If you haven’t already, Register here Plus, you’ll get access to the ACE Diagnostic Tool! Claire 💛 P.S. This is the last email you'll...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader! Just a quick reminder, in case you haven’t gotten your free ticket yet, the summit starts tomorrow! Join me and a bunch of other amazing speakers here. Among MANY others, here are a few of the talks I’m especially interested in: Structuring Your Memoir with Marion Roach Smith (I have a memoir about all the dogs I’ve loved in my life in my idea bank that is demanding to be written!) Your Writing Personality: The Hidden Key to Your Creative Process with Rachel Clair How to Find the...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader! I know I’ve been asking a lot of you lately, and here I am again with another thing that’s happening! 🫣 I had the honor of being invited to speak at Daniel David Wallace’s Perfect Your Process summit. This is an annual writing habits and practices summit happening over the weekend into next week! I hope you'll come and see my presentation! It goes live on March 23rd at 4pm MST (that’s 3pm Pacific, 6pm Eastern) If you're here reading my newsletters and articles, you probably love...
19 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, I’ve sent a couple emails about this already, and I’m going to send one more just in case you were on the fence about joining the workshop on the 25th. Because there might be something I’ve failed to mention: This workshop isn’t about tips and tricks. It isn’t about plotting. It isn’t about “how to be marketable.” It’s a creative reboot. It’s for the writer who: Keeps overthinking their beginning (👋 hi!) Feels creatively rusty Misses the version of themselves who used to write...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, Today is my husband’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Husband! (yes, I do call him Husband as a term of endearment, usually with a strange accent, so it’s like Hoos-bahnd). If you are celebrating a b’day in January, Happy Birthday to you, too! In fact, if you’re celebrating a birthday at any time this year, happy birthday! 😜 I have a LOT of ideas this year (now that my brain has come back online). In order to work on what will best serve YOU, I’d...
3 months ago • 1 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK Hi Reader, I don't usually email more than once a week, but I can’t ignore it anymore. I know I usually come in here with sparkles and sunshine and creative chaos, but today I’m feeling things differently and I'm running out of effs to give. The world sucks right now. It’s killing my desire to write and be creative. Maybe because my head feels like it’s full of goo, like Slimer’s ectoplasm, but it’s also just the incredulity of the things going on in the...
3 months ago • 3 min read
WRITE AND FINISH YOUR DAMN (GOOD) BOOK 💌 Loving this newsletter? Forward it to a friend who’d enjoy it too. Got this from a friend? You can sign up for your own copy right here. Hi Reader, Last week, I wrote about not being ready with “new year new me” energy (it was more like, new year, who dis? 🤨). I was so happy to get a bunch of replies that made me feel less alone! Oh the resonance, amiright? Last September, I participated in a program that changed me. Not in the, I now have a hand...
3 months ago • 2 min read