Out & About

Moments from the road

A running journal of life between the pages — launches and signings, book clubs and bookshops, and the quiet hours at the desk where book two is taking shape.

A deer crossing a wooded dirt road, seen through a car windshield

Jun 2026

Another deer in the road

These deer just won't leave me alone!

The Dover, NH book club gathered around a table

May 2026

The Dover, NH Book Club

Attending a book club luncheon.

Claudette's writing desk in winter

Jan 2026

The view while writing book two

This is one of my writing spaces in my house. I enjoy the view.

A writing session with fellow members of the Write Club Brew Crew

Dec 2025

The Write Club Brew Crew

A writing session with AJ Smith and his Write Club Brew Crew, this one at Atomic Cafe, in Beverly, MA.

Claudette at an author table at a book fair

Nov 2025

Book Fair

Selling my book at a local author book fair.

Newspaper headline about a rise in deer-related road incidents

Nov 2025

Real deer in the road

Since I wrote this book, I notice everything that has to do with deer in the road.

Claudette at the Provincetown Bookshop

Jun 2025

At the Provincetown Bookshop

Last stop on my Cape Cod bookstore tour.

Claudette holding the first paperback copies of Deer in the Road

May 2025

The first box arrives

The first box of Deer in the Road paperbacks arrive.

Keep in touch

Letters from the desk

Occasional notes on the new book, reading recommendations, and where to find me. No noise — just a letter now and then.

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