First Draft Episode #248: Claire Comstock-Gay Claire Comstock-Gay is the author of weekly horoscopes for New York magazine’s The Cut, and her debut book about astrology, Madame Clairevoyant’s Guide to the Stars, is out now. This episode was sponsored by HIGHLAND 2, a better way to write, and by We Didn’t Ask For This, the newest novel by Adi Alsaid, out from Inkyard Press April 7 (listen to his First Draft interview here). Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode The Boxcar Children by Gertr...
First Draft Episode #248: Claire Comstock-Gay
Claire Comstock-Gay is the author of weekly horoscopes for New York magazine’s The Cut, and her debut book about astrology, Madame Clairevoyant’s Guide to the Stars, is out now.
This episode was sponsored by HIGHLAND 2, a better way to write, and by We Didn’t Ask For This, the newest novel by Adi Alsaid, out from Inkyard Press April 7 (listen to his First Draft interview here).
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Molly McCardle, an author and editor, first got Claire her job writing horoscopes for
The Rumpus
CafeAstrology
The Toast
Courtney Maum, author of I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, Touch, Costalegre, and Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book
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