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C. L. Clark

C. L. Clark

C.L. Clark, dubbed the "Patron Saint of Sword Lesbians" by Reactor Magazine, is a BFA award-winning editor and the Nebula-nominated author of a few essays, several short stories, and a handful of books.

📍 London

March 2025

Mostly about creative process and Warmongers. Plus updates. 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

February 2025

Quickly, An Opportunity for a Bad Romance on Feb 13 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

January 2025

I am content...are you? 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

November 2024!

New books, old books, what a month! 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

October 2024!

A New Event in Chicago! Hello, friends, enemies, rivals! I am here mostly to update you on some new event happenings in the works, and since I am here again, to remind you of the other upcoming things. Thanks for reading Honing the Blade! Subscribe for free to receive new

August, part 2, aka September

Ho, what news?! When I drafted this, it was actually my birthday month, but it was so big that I had to split it into two. So you got an earlier newsletter that wasn’t really a newsletter at all, but a bro-themed resource list, and now this. So here

Getting Jock on Main

Or, How to Get Touraine's Arms Woohoo, birthday month! [edit: i posted this thinking it was already august. oops. oh well! party early!] It’s been a long time since an update, mostly because I have little news that I can share with you other than the fact

March 2024 - The Sovereign, A Glimpse

One year from the release of The Faithless, one year out from The Sovereign... Howdy, everyone. I hope you’re hanging in there. Unfortunately, things haven’t changed greatly for the world since my last newsletter. Despite the great galvanizing of people across the world against the Palestinian genocide, most

"Revolution is not a game."

In Support of a Free Palestine Hello, everyone. As I type this, the continuous bombardment of Palestinians in their homeland ramps up to a horrifying pitch, supported by the biggest governments of the west spending your tax money, nations who are complicit in their own colonial crimes and have a

Bonus - We Mow Lawns - Magic of the Lost AU

Another AU, this one of a decidedly different and NSFW 18+ nature. Finally free to read.