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The fabled Publishers Weekly gave Boston Proper a fantastic review.
The review: Caro’s fleet, assured debut centers on class and love in the late 19th century in what was then America’s most prim city, Boston. In the sprawling—and splendidly described—Bon …
Write For You.
A friend of mine called me to tell me that he found the scenes in which Jack was sexually molested profoundly sad and moving. He felt it was particularly well …
Boston Proper as a television series
I got a message over the weekend from a woman producer in Toronto who wants to chat with me about Boston Proper. She thinks it will be a great television …
Gay back in the day.
While writing Boston Proper I needed to grasp the turn of the century gay world that Mason Bon Vive would have inhabited. In the book we don’t actually see him …
My Boston Proper Journey…Oh My!
Why Boston Proper? Especially since I have not even been to Boston. Well, I didn’t really have a choice. It was a story that was in my head, and to …
Joseph Grew Up in a Victorian House
I grew up in a massive Victorian house built in 1878. It was located in upstate New York – a small hamlet with its ties firmly rooted in Victorian history. …
The Research Surprised Me
When I decided to write Boston Proper I knew I was going to have to do a great deal of research. Since we live in the information age, I was …
My Teacher Told Me I Had No Talent
I was fourteen years-old and entering the eighth grade. I was so excited. There was a creative writing class that everyone had to verbally interview for. I was so nervous. …
The Very Notion That I Should End Up a Writer is Laughable.
When I was in the tenth grade, it became clear to my new teachers that I had some problems with reading and writing. The word dyslexic had yet to be …
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