by Clare Flynn | Jan 10, 2019
To mark the publication today of the new digital edition of A Greater World by Canelo, here’s an interview with the main character, Elizabeth Morton.First of all, Elizabeth, can you give us a brief introduction to yourself – who are you and where are you...
by Clare Flynn | Jan 3, 2018
I love to write standalone stories. Maybe it’s because I have a very low boredom threshold, but I want to move on at the end of a book. I felt the same way when I finished The Chalky Sea, but then as the days went by, I kept thinking about Jim, one of my two...
by Clare Flynn | Dec 12, 2017
I recently held a workshop for five other authors so we could all share marketing ideas and critique each other’s websites, cover designs and social media presence. It was a fun day and we all came away with loads of useful ideas as well as some new friendships....
by Clare Flynn | Aug 30, 2017
I was invited to give a talk, a reading, and a Q&A for The Chalky Sea at The Hawthorns in Eastbourne. I was a little nervous as they had taken out a half-page ad in the local paper and had kindly laid on tea and cakes for all. There was a good crowd who asked lots...
by Clare Flynn | Jul 25, 2017
I published my latest novel, The Chalky Sea, this month and have promised my readers to write a sequel. As I sat down to work on the second book I found I was struggling to re-connect with my characters. One of them was a secondary character in The Chalky Sea but...
by Clare Flynn | Jul 3, 2017
Back in 2010, the anniversary of the Blitz, I recorded my elderly mother on video talking about her memories of wartime. Mum had dementia but was still relatively lucid then – she died in early 2016, by which time she was lost deep in a fog. Publishing my new book The...
