by Clare Flynn | Jul 11, 2024
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, William Joseph Flynn served in the First World War on the Western...
by Clare Flynn | Jun 1, 2024
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 – complete with two swimming pools! In the midst of vineyards. As well as lots...
by Clare Flynn | Apr 27, 2024
A False Start When I was in Sri Lanka recently, I started writing what would have been my seventeenth novel. At that stage, I hadn’t even had my structural edits back on number sixteen, which I’d only submitted to my publisher the day before I left. (Happily, my...
by Clare Flynn | Mar 25, 2024
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 shop? Isn’t it an unnecessary indulgence to travel somewhere...
by Clare Flynn | Mar 13, 2024
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, Jane… Moorfields and Chiswell Street, 1780 Although most Londoners live...
