by Clare Flynn | Jul 1, 2017
I’m very happy that today is publication day for The Chalky Sea – and by a happy coincidence also Canada Day – and the 150th anniversary at that. As the book is partly set in Ontario and has several Canadian characters that is good news indeed!
by Clare Flynn | Feb 14, 2016
In honour of Valentine’s Day I thought it would be fun to share some extracts of first meetings from my novels, thinking of the words of Dostoyevsky – “We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight,...
by Clare Flynn | Aug 26, 2014
It was only after I’d finished the first draft of my second novel that I realised it had something in common with the first. Then after sketching out a rough outline of novel number 3, I’ve realised that I’m exploring a similar theme there too. ...
by Clare Flynn | Aug 14, 2014
The main character in my novel, A Greater World, is effectively won in a game of poker, after her desperate father uses her as a stake. Poor Elizabeth Morton has to go through what amounts to a forced marriage when all her options run out. Someone asked how I’d...
by Clare Flynn | Jun 23, 2014
I’m very pleased with the cover for A Greater World – done by Jane Dixon-Smith of JD Smith Design. Jane is now working on the cover for Kurinji Flowers – and I am cracking on with the horrible and frustrating task of setting the two texts up for...
