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French Revelations - a guest post from Lorna Fergusson
I'm delighted to welcome my good friend, writer and creative writing teacher/coach/editor, Lorna Fergusson, to the blog to talk about the location of her new short story collection and why she chose to write about visitors to France and the unique persepctive that offered her in writing the stories.
Clare Flynn
6 days ago3 min read
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Why (Almost) Everyone Loves Canada
I’ve only visited Canada once – a road trip in 1999 to the Canadian Rockies. Memorably, I decided early one morning to leave the main...
Clare Flynn
Mar 214 min read
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Guest Blog - Jean Gill on her new novel, Hunting the Sun
I’m delighted to welcome Jean Gill onto the blog today.   Jean is a friend and the author of books across multiple genres from poetry...
Clare Flynn
Mar 204 min read
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On Location – at The Galle Face Hotel
Clare Flynn stays at Galle Face Hotel, a key location in two of her Penang Series novels.
Clare Flynn
Mar 73 min read
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A Glimpse Inside the Editing Cave
Clare Flynn takes readers through the process of editing a book and getting it published.
Clare Flynn
Feb 194 min read
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Why The Artist’s War is dedicated to the grandfather I never met
Sadly, I never met either of my grandfathers – they both died in the 1930s when my parents were still children. My paternal grandfather,...
Clare Flynn
Jul 11, 20244 min read
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Indulging My Love of Stained Glass – at Chartres Cathedral
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 –...
Clare Flynn
Jun 1, 20243 min read
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A False Start
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...
Clare Flynn
Apr 27, 20242 min read
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A Change is as Good as a Rest – Writing and Research Trip to Sri Lanka
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...
Clare Flynn
Mar 25, 20244 min read
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Guest blog: The Bookseller’s Wife by Jane Davis
In this special guest blog my good friend and fellow writer Jane Davis introduces her latest novel, The Bookseller’s Wife. Over to you,...
Clare Flynn
Mar 13, 20245 min read
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My visit to Colour Revolution at the Ashmolean, Oxford
When I think of the Victorians I get visions of Dickensian smoke-clogged cities, widows’ weeds, funeral coaches with black-plumed horses,...
Clare Flynn
Jan 30, 20243 min read
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A Day out in Ditchling
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...
Clare Flynn
Dec 11, 20233 min read
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Penang - How a Location Spoke to me
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....
Clare Flynn
Nov 27, 20233 min read
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"My" Chateau in France
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...
Clare Flynn
Sep 11, 20232 min read
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Visiting Gallipoli
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...
Clare Flynn
Jun 26, 20235 min read
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It's not all about the word count: inside a writing retreat
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...
Clare Flynn
Mar 31, 20233 min read
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Another story about stained glass
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...
Clare Flynn
Mar 21, 20233 min read
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A Visit to Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight
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...
Clare Flynn
Jan 18, 20233 min read
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A trip to Osborne House, Isle of Wight
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....
Clare Flynn
Dec 11, 20223 min read
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A Visit to Lamb House in Rye – former home of Henry James
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...
Clare Flynn
Nov 21, 20224 min read
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