Since we’re now coming right up on the release of SPELLCASTER, I thought it might be a good time to introduce you guys to the characters in the story. First up: Verlaine Laughton ( Read more... )

(Originally posted on my website blog on Jan. 27 -- you might want to follow me there instead! www.claudiagray.com.) It is a truth universally acknowledged - at least, acknowledged by every source I could find online - that Jan 27, 2013 is the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. There are other novels from ( Read more... )

(This post went up at www.claudiagray.com a couple of days ago - these days, I need to manually repost here ( Read more... )

I very much hope you've checked out my website's new look in the past couple of days. Not only do I think it's SUPER SPIFFY, but that's also the only way (for now) you can check out the sneak preview of SPELLCASTER way before the March 5 release date ( Read more... )

One of the most common questions you get asked as an author is, "Where do your ideas come from?" It's slightly maddening for me, because -- like a lot of writers -- I don't really know. You get a glimmer of inspiration here, have a weird dream, read an op-ed in the newspaper, see an old 80s music video, and then three weeks later suddenly there's a ( Read more... )

One of the most frequently asked questions you get as a writer is: "Do you outline or write as you go?" I always outline, and I usually go on to explain that I don't consider the outlining process separate from writing; it's a process that I spend weeks or months on, working my story out in detail, battling the macro issues of plot and ( Read more... )