Fun and Cool and Weird With Claire Comstock Gay

First Draft Episode #248: Claire Comstock-Gay

Claire Comstock-Gay is the author of weekly horoscopes for New
York magazine’s The Cut, and her debut book about astrology,
Madame Clairevoyant’s Guide to the Stars, is out now.


This episode was sponsored by HIGHLAND 2, a better way to write,
and by We Didn’t Ask For This, the newest novel by Adi Alsaid,
out from Inkyard Press April 7 (listen to his First Draft
interview here).


Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode




The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner




Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien




Molly McCardle, an author and editor, first got Claire her
job writing horoscopes for


The Rumpus




CafeAstrology




The Toast




Courtney Maum, author of I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without
You, Touch, Costalegre, and Before and After the Book Deal: A
Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and
Surviving Your First Book




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