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Saturday, February 28, 2015 11:08:36 AM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled 50 Days of Chocolate: 15:
Claudia said, "The large, crunchy yet gooiest, yummiest chocolate chip chunk cookie I've had in years, was brought to me by Caitlin Allen as we had another long wait at Memorial Sloan Kettering. The outer cookie was buttery crisp and it is a wonder how it can hold..." more
Sunday, February 22, 2015 6:35:57 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled 50 Days of Chocolate so far..:
Claudia said, "50 days of chocolate: 14This box of delectable was delivered Saturday night, late, to our door right off the truck. Exclusive handmade 5ive-o chocolates by Meghan Allynn Johnson. The Matcha Mint was the best mint filled truffle we've ever had,..." more
Sunday, February 22, 2015 6:35:57 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Writing a sonnet a day keeps the mediocrity away:
Claudia said, "No really, I'm not saying my sonnets are good, but the practice of writing in form: 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter; has been teaching me to better manipulate language to express a notion. I'm getting better at not creating syntax contorted..." more
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 11:10:01 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Essay into poem or poem into essay? Or try it as flash fiction...:
Claudia said, "This weekend I wrote an essay about a lavender labyrinth; I feel the writing was good but I still wonder if it would make a better poem. This kind of cross-genre hopping helps me figure out what is the most essential way to tell something. If I try..." more
Sunday, August 24, 2014 10:17:09 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Croissant and Viennoiserie Diary:
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014 6:20:08 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled I am interviewed in my role as book designer!:
Claudia said, "Mary Mackey, author herself, interviewed me about designing book covers. Here it is:http://marymackey.com/how-to-design-a-book-cover-that-sells-books/"
Saturday, April 26, 2014 1:15:27 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled More inking fun on 1 train commute:
Claudia said, "I love drawing with my Japanese ink brush pen. I do a quick pencil sketch and expand it with wet ink line. I realized, it was a flash really, that I don't have to anxiously keep bobbing my head around to keep one person in view to do a portrait. Or..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:44:38 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Inktober, or how to get practice for a month drawing in ink:
Claudia said, "October is Inktober. Who knew? Now you do too. One a day.Here is Mr. Acorn, based on nuts stolen from squirrels on a walk with my daughter Caitlin 2 weeks ago in Central Park. She also draws in ink, in her case, the blue and black of everyday ball..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:44:38 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Pocket Park is published!:
Claudia said, "Yes, October 1st came and the status of my book is no longer "forthcoming" but "adopt me!"Going on press to check color was a huge good thing to do. I was sick with a cold, but with tissues on hand, I took the LIRR out to East Rockaway, NY. where..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:44:38 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Book Launch for Pocket Park:
Claudia said, "Friday, November 15, 2013, 7 p.m.Poet's House10 River Terrace, New York, NY (212) 431-7920poetshouse.org"
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:44:38 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled more "Inktober" efforts:
Claudia said, "I'm doing daily ink sketches and I generally can't resist adding color. I may try black line and gray wash as a compromise--so I will get more line aware. I'm still startled by drawing with a bold thick line...but I'm having fun.Will soon go back to..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:44:38 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Unexpected bumps:
Claudia said, "Two weeks ago I noticed my left leg was a little swollen, a trip to the ER, two CAT scans, one X-ray, an MRI, and several sonograms later I'm scheduled for surgery to remove a sizable ovarian cyst. Navigating in-network tests and care amongst an..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 9:44:38 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled The Quest for Jello:
Claudia said, "Today I was on a clear liquid diet in preparation for tomorrows colonoscopy. I went out at lunch hour and bought a chicken broth from a sushi place and began searching lower midtown Manhattan for another approved item on the list, Jello. It has the..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:05:27 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Rewriting against the clock:
Claudia said, "My second book of poetry (Pocket Park) will be coming out this Fall, but thanks to sequesters and unknowable seethings in the Library of Congress, my library data is held up. This offers the self doubting poet an excuse to revisit the entire book..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:05:27 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Da Dawg Days in June:
Claudia said, " Sculpture in plastic clay of a character for a kids book I'm writing. Oh this is fun.I used to sculpt a lot in high school. But when I got to college the studio art department was in the grips of worshiping abstract and conceptual art...." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:05:27 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Cover me!:
Claudia said, "I'm finishing my book Pocket Park and getting files ready to go to the printer. The inside is done, the library of congress data arrived and I put it in its slot on the copyright page, I've made final corrections, and it will soon fly out of here on..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:05:27 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Cover me round 2, more abstract mostly:
Claudia said, "I thank everyone who voted on the covers I put together yesterday, your comments and reactions got me thinking about getting more mysterious, abstract, and focused. So here are today's contestants (click to see larger):A, front runner from..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:05:27 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Final moments on cover and then I WILL MOVE ON:
Claudia said, "Creating the ad for Fall 2013 Marsh Hawk Press books...there are two launching. Pocket Park has met its final count down. So will it be PATH, REFLECTION, or TREES?"
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:05:27 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled My first article on making fantasy maps is published!!!:
Claudia said, "I just received my copies of The Portolan, journal of the Washington map society. In 2011 I gave a talk in the map room of the library of congress to the society. The editor of the journal, Tom Sander, asked me to turn it into an article, with some..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:05:27 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Let the book get printed, embrace promotion!:
Claudia said, "I am almost ready to send Pocket Park to the printer! Print proofs look good, I did final adjustments to a half dozen photos... It is getting one last proofreading before it goes because, you know, I don't want any new typos creeping in and having..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:05:27 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Mom, Julie Harris, and me, a cautionary tale:
Claudia said, "My Julie Harris story. When I was 9-3/4, my mother took me on her yearly weekend trip to Vermont to visit her old high school. We stayed at the Woodstock Inn for a night and visited the town, woods, and ski slopes where she'd perfected her..." more
Sunday, January 13, 2013 6:22:01 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Less is Less Unless it is More Good News:
Claudia said, "THE LESS AND LESS PARTLast week I visited the Utrecht Art store, near where I work, and discovered their big redesign of all their retail outlets meant they dumbed down their offerings. Gone was the large cutting table where I could layout boards..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 7:26:58 PM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Claudia Carlson, age 18, journal entry May 24, 1975, Brooklyn, NY:
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 12:21:22 AM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled Ability to catch a likeness & inherent facial recognition:
Claudia said, "I read an article in New Scientist about super-recognizers. People with a freakish ability to recognize faces. Useful in law enforcement, such as matching blurry survalence screencaptures to mug shots or recognizing persons of interest despite their..." more
Monday, March 2, 2015 9:16:43 AM
Claudia Carlson wrote a blog post titled :
Claudia said, "Just got two sonnets published in the varied, lively, and well edited, by Tom Fink, journal The Marsh Hawk Review. Many Marsh Hawk poets here.http://www.marshhawkpress.org/Marsh%20Hawk%20Review%20sprin…The Marsh Hawk ReviewTom Beckett Arlene Ang..." more