Claire Polders

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    To Tell or Not to Tell: Speaking about Work in Progress

    Some authors refuse to speak about their work in progress. They don’t want to contaminate their fragile ideas with other people’s opinions. Or they fear colleagues might steal their plans before they can finish the book. Or they don’t want…

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    Blind Man’s Bluff

    Blind Man’s Bluff by James Tate Hill is a beautifully honest and funny memoir on blindness. Or more accurately, on how the author, struck by a serious eye disease at age sixteen, tried to hide his disability from friends and…

  • On Life,  On Writing

    Thick Bleeding Numbers

    The young woman for whom I was writing down my number stayed kind. She didn’t question my inability to accomplish a task so simple or judge me for my incompetence. 

  • Wander, Wonder, Write

    Things to Do in Palermo: Visit the Monastery of Santa Caterina

    From 1311 to 2014 the Monastery of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria was the home of dominican nuns. Nowadays, the place is a museum that gives visitors an idea of what living there must have been like. Each nun had a baby…

  • On Life,  Wander, Wonder, Write

    Unfocused: Secretly Sad

    My mother’s illness and death have left me dangling. After we buried her in July, my life went on, yet I felt paused. Grief consumed my energy and emotions overwhelmed me when I least expected it.

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    National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2021

    On June 26th, the National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2021 was launched. Legerdemain is a collection of over fifty excellent stories on magic by authors from around the world. Some of my favorite flash writers contributed their work, such as…

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About Me

  • ‣ Born in: the Netherlands
  • ‣ Currently in: Mazunte, Mexico
  • ‣ Arrived from: Los Angeles, USA
  • ‣ Next destination: Unknown
  • ‣ Writing online since: 2005
  • ‣ Novels Published: 5
  • ‣ Current projects: a memoir on elder abuse, a speculative novel for adults, two short prose collections, and a ghost story for younger readers

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