Honing the Blade
C. L. ClarkCherae talks sword lesbians, creative writing, books, and more. The newsletter at substack is now defunct! Cherae is still talking about these things at clclarkwrites.com. See you there.
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Newsletter Migration
Howdy, friends!
This is going to be a month of many newsletters for you, but I promise each one will be worth it.
This one comes first! And the tl;dr: I’m moving my newsletter to my website. If you’re already subscribed here, you are prob...
March 2025
Howdy, all!
Somehow, it’s already March in this year that feels so massive. And yet, it’s still not September. I’m too old now to try and rush time (or at least, I tell myself this in the hopes of learning patience). But writing and athlet...
February 2025
Howdy, folks!
Freshly back from my time in Kansas eating all the BBQ and homemade chocolate chip cookies I could stand (which, trust me, was a lot).
While I had a lovely time visiting my old campus and there is a video of the talk I gave,...
January 2025
Hello hello, my tough and tender folks and welcome to a new year! Not even a month in and it already proves to be one of change and upheaval, and no one can truly predict what’s coming. But, like any busy person with things I want to accomp...
November 2024!
Hey, team.
I have a lot of feelings about a lot of things that happened this month, and one day, I might even write about them cogently. For now, however, I will simply say please read more books. Always be reading, and not just for escapi...
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C.L. Clark is a BFA award-winning editor and the author of the Magic of the Lost trilogy &c. When she’s not imagining the fall of empires, she’s trying not to throw her kettlebells through the walls. (Posts are on my website now.)
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