by Clare Flynn | Oct 9, 2019
I’m thrilled to share with you the fabulous cover for my forthcoming book, The Pearl of Penang. Thanks to all those readers who subscribe to my newsletter and gave me your opinions on the three options. In the end the vast majority gave their thumbs up to the...
by Clare Flynn | Jul 30, 2019
Those of you who have read Storms Gather Between Us will know that several crucial scenes are set at the beach or in and around the dunes between Seaforth Sands and Crosby, Liverpool. I wrote the scenes largely from my childhood memories of Waterloo sands, Crosby. As...
by Clare Flynn | Jul 12, 2019
While I was ending the third month of my four-month Round the World voyage, one of my old friends, Peter, asked me the following question on Facebook. “Clare, several of your novels feature long ocean voyages (in very different times) – having circumnavigated...
by Clare Flynn | Jun 23, 2019
About three years ago, when I was writing The Chalky Sea, I read as much as possible about the impact of the Second World War here in my home town of Eastbourne. I wanted my main character, Gwen Collingwood, a childless married woman whose husband has gone to war, to...
by Clare Flynn | Mar 6, 2019
I’m delighted to welcome Carol Cooper today to talk about her writing. I met Carol about four years ago soon after I published my first novel. Carol is a multi-talented individual who as well as being a successful novelist, is a medical doctor, a graduate of...
