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Clare Pooley
Kill the Pet, Kill the Book’s Rating: The Perils of Writing Dogs in Fiction
Clare Pooley on Reviewers’ Tendency to Punish Novels with Dead Canines
By
Clare Pooley
| June 12, 2024
Clare Pooley on Writerly Perseverance and Knowing When To Give Up
“You must never give up on writing itself. But sometimes you need to give up on what you’re writing.”
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Clare Pooley
| June 27, 2022
Writing About My Alcohol Addiction Helped Treat It
Clare Pooley on Writing Her Way Up From Rock Bottom
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Clare Pooley
| February 26, 2020
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