Claire Polders

Author, Traveler, Storyteller

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  • 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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    Three Books on Craft

    I read three excellent craft books in the past three months. You may find these recommendations and quotes from these works in this post.

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    Anthology: “Stella Is” Chosen for Best Microfiction 2021

    On Saturday, July 10 the anthology Best Microfiction 2021 will be released. I am very grateful that the serie editors, Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke, and guest editor, Amber Sparks, have chosen my story “Stella Is,” originally published by The…

  • On Life,  Wander, Wonder, Write

    From one crisis to the next

    Many months ago, I froze my travel blog in space and time. Not only because of the pandemic, but because of two serious family situations that I could not yet share online. For legal and emotional reasons, I kept quiet…

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    Reading: Who is Jane Doe?

    Last December, Sally Reno and Doug Mathewson published my very short story “Stella Is” and nominated it, to my great gratitude, for a Pushcart Prize, Best Microfictions, and Best Small Fictions. This Saturday, I will be reading that story in…

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About Me

  • ‣ Born in: Gouda, the Netherlands
  • ‣ Currently in: Malaysia
  • ‣ Arrived from: United States
  • ‣ Next destination: Vietnam
  • ‣ Writing online since: 2005
  • ‣ Novels Published: 5
  • ‣ Current projects: a memoir on elder abuse, a multi-generational novel about the dark Dutch colonial past, and two short prose collections

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