CLARE FLYNN

Clare Flynn takes readers through the process of editing a book and getting it published.

Sadly, I never met either of my grandfathers – they both died in the 1930s when my parents were still children. My paternal grandfather,...

Last month I spent a wonderful week in the Loire Valley on a writing retreat with six of my writer friends. We rented a huge gite –...

Evening at the beach When I was in Sri Lanka recently, I started writing what would have been my seventeenth novel. At that stage, I...

People sometimes ask me why I love writing retreats. Surely you can write just as easily in your own home, or in a library or coffee...

In this special guest blog my good friend and fellow writer Jane Davis introduces her latest novel,  The Bookseller’s Wife.  Over to you,...

When I think of the Victorians I get visions of Dickensian smoke-clogged cities, widows’ weeds, funeral coaches with black-plumed horses,...

I can’t believe I’ve never been to Ditchling before. Less than twenty miles from me, it used to be home to artist Frank Brangwyn, and...

I’d had a writing drought for three months. Not what I’d expected when I set off to sail around the world in one hundred and thirty days....

Next March I will be heading to France to the Loire Valley with several of my writing friends for a week-long writers’ retreat.  We’re...

I’ve visited Istanbul several times – once in the mid 90s on holiday and several times on business with the odd weekend tagged on.  I...

I’ve been doing writing retreats for ten years. Not the sort with tutors but ones where you can hunker down and do some serious writing...

Final edits are completed on my latest book – number 15 is set for publication this June! I need to stop beating about the bush and tell...

Here’s the second part on my recent visit to the Isle of Wight. Although we were staying on the Osborne estate we had time to explore...

Although I’m planning an extended trip abroad in April-May 2023, since Covid I’ve tended to go for frequent short breaks here in the UK....

I’ve just spent a delightful three days staying in Rye. I rented a house at the top of Mermaid Street in the heart of the old town with...

My earliest childhood memory is from when I was a baby. Apparently, I cried all the time – probably because of the rude arrival of my...

One of the interesting highlights of my recent trip to Berwick-upon-Tweed was a look at one of the few churches in England built under...

Recently I visited Ireland for a family wedding. Whilst there, enjoying an evening in a local pub, I was reminded of one of the inspirations behind part of my book Storms Gather Between Us - an inspiration I'd entirely forgotten about until now!

I’m lucky enough to live just a fifteen-to-twenty-minute drive from Charleston, former home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. My sister...