CLEWS is now a podcast to feature true crime stories and interviews with our favorite authors talking about our favorite genre.
On the etymology of the word CLEWS - a clew in Greek is a ball of string. In Greek legend, Theseus found his way out of the monster's labyrinth with a clew. In English, the word came to mean something that helps guide one through a perplexing problem. Over time the spelling changed.
Journalists spelled the word "clue" as "clew" until around the 1940s. In my true crime research, I came across the word constantly. When I started my CLEWS literary blog in 2005, I capitalized the word in an effort to conjure an old-fashioned headline. I have seen other creatives use CLEWS in their work, which is great. Imitation being the sincerest etc.
I once received a terse note from someone with the surname Clews demanding I explain why on earth I chose their name for this project. See above.
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